Uploaded August 2018 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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This video shows how to use the Plastic Tool to create multiple meshes & skeletons for a single level, to add more flexibility to your turnaround cut-out character for puppet animation in OpenToonz.

Previously, I've covered other areas of setting up your cut-out character and you can see the playlist to all of these here: youtube.com/watch?v=wIc3Ocag8s4&index=2&list=PL-kyUCiIIVS7oJpX051UIrQu8cwe-n8X3

I try to speed through my explanations as quickly as I can, speeding up the drawing where necessary, so you're not just watching me draw, but there's a lot to get through and I try to give out as many tips as possible along the way, but if you want to skip through the video, here's the list of topics I cover.

Contents:
00:00 Introduction
Final animation

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My full list of tutorials, including a beginners guide to getting started with OpenToonz:
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I use the free software, OpenToonz, to animate. There are different versions that you might want to check out:
Opentoonz official version: github.com/opentoonz/opentoonz/releases
Opentoonz Morevna project: morevnaproject.org/opentoonz

FFMpeg to create MP4 videos: ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds

Other freeware tools I've used:
Image editing/painting - Krita: krita.org/en
Audio recording/editing - Audacity: audacityteam.org/home
Screen recording - OBS: obsproject.com
Video editing - Shotcut: shotcut.org

Intro/outro audio courtesy of Voltaire: youtube.com/user/VoltaireMusicPage