Uploaded October 2019 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
Watch our video about the basics of OpenToonz: animatorisland.com/courses/2d-animation/lessons/open-toonz-beginner-tutorial
By default OpenToonz wants to save in a sandbox or project folder in its installation path. It's a bit tricky to find out how to save somewhere else. In this video I show you how you can save a project in another location. Choosing your own custom file path has many advantages because you can save on external hard drives or in your Dropbox cloud, so that your OpenToonz project is always backed up.
Watch our video about the basics of OpenToonz: animatorisland.com/courses/2d-animation/lessons/open-toonz-beginner-tutorial
By default OpenToonz wants to save in a sandbox or project folder in its installation path. It's a bit tricky to find out how to save somewhere else. In this video I show you how you can save a project in another location. Choosing your own custom file path has many advantages because you can save on external hard drives or in your Dropbox cloud, so that your OpenToonz project is always backed up.
![[Live] Gesture Drawing Time!](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mmg5fmDuNnI/mqdefault.jpg "[Live] Gesture Drawing Time!
J.K. of Animator Island is doing some gesture drawing practice, so why not stop by and either join in or watch? Everyone loves gesture drawings!
What are gesture drawings? Here ya go: https://www.animatorisland.com/defining-the-art-gesture-drawing/
Good Artists vs. Good Teachers video mentioned in the stream: https://youtu.be/v4cCeZKvmPA
The Pokemon Fan Art video also mentioned in the stream: https://www.youtube.com/live/p8OIWayjU3o?feature=share
And of course if youre looking for some great mentoring in your own artistic skills, be sure to check out what Ferdinand has available for you! https://www.patreon.com/animatorisland")
![[Live] Art Styles for Indiedev](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nP_eqQ2JzQ0/mqdefault.jpg "[Live] Art Styles for Indiedev
JK is working on art for the upcoming Indiegame Cardfire if you want to hang out!")
![[live] Animating 51 animation exercise 23 character being hit](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nfySR94xy-4/mqdefault.jpg "[live] Animating 51 animation exercise 23 character being hit
We tackle one of the 51 animation exercises ideal for beginner and intermediate animators. Wtach me work and learn how to animate.
Watch it here:
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![[live] 3D character animation step by step workflow - part 3](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/o6QbtRbDSog/mqdefault.jpg "[live] 3D character animation step by step workflow - part 3
Today we continue animating a dialog character animation shot in 3D in blender.
Support me on: patreon.com/animatorisland
More streams coming up:
Monday, October 14th, 18:00 CEST, 9:00am PDT, noon EDT
Monday, October 21th, 18:00 CEST, 9:00am PDT, noon EDT")
![[Live] Working on 2D art & animation](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oksm_tnxXis/mqdefault.jpg "[Live] Working on 2D art & animation
Working on some animations and illustrations
FREE 2D animation class: Free 2D class: https://animatorisland.com/2d
Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/animatorisland
Group Mentoring: https://animatorisland.com/group-mentoring")
![[Live] Working on... Pokemon Fanart!](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/p8OIWayjU3o/mqdefault.jpg "[Live] Working on... Pokemon Fanart!
Doing some fun practice today with a sort of Pokemon Fan-art! Stop by, hang out, and catch em all.
Want to see the previous live streams discussed in this video? Here are a few links!
Analyzing Female Character Proportions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YOEF9E59pc
All About Line Quality: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvdz2apgCAQ
Ever have a bad drawing day? They do happen! Heres a classic AI Article on the topic: https://www.animatorisland.com/tips-for-drawing-bad-days-happen/
And of course dont miss out on the possibility of some direct-mentoring of your OWN work with Ferdinand of Animator Island, over at https://www.patreon.com/animatorisland")
![[Live] Working on 2D animation in Harmony](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pWEh7k4PusI/mqdefault.jpg "[Live] Working on 2D animation in Harmony
Film noir detective time! Working on character animation for M.S. Salmon
FREE 2D animation class: Free 2D class: https://animatorisland.com/2d
Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/animatorisland
Group Mentoring: https://animatorisland.com/group-mentoring")
![Export your animation as a video file from OpenToonz - How to animate 2D animation course [#009]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/paMDWkR8fvY/mqdefault.jpg "Export your animation as a video file from OpenToonz - How to animate 2D animation course [#009]
You created an animation in OpenToonz and want to share it with the world? In this tutorial we will learn two ways to export a video file from OpenToonz... Download ffmpeg from here: https://animislnd.com/ffmpeg
Want to learn more? Get a free trial from Skillshare and watch our premium classes there:
Animation Physics Goblin and Orc - https://skl.sh/38yY8se
Logo Animation - https://skl.sh/3cCXFHF
Get group mentoring on Patreon: https://animislnd.com/group-mentoring
There are two different aproaches to exporting your animation from OpenToonz:
1. Fast Render MP4 - this requires you to install the video encoder ffmpeg and point OpenToonz to the location of it.
2. the professional workflow of exporting an image sequence and assembling it in a compositing or video editing software.
To demonstrate the professional exporting workflow in DaVinci Resolve, we will import the image sequence in DaVinci Resolve")
