Creating animation in Synfig Studio (Udemy.com)

Learn how to create 2D animation with free and open-source software

( 77 Reviews )

Created by: Konstantin Dmitriev

Produced in 2018

What you will learn

Create basic tweened animation using bitmap images (sprites)
Construct and animate simple cutout characters
Use skeleton to construct and animate complex characters

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Overall Score : 92 / 100

Course Description

In this course you will learn how to create 2D animation using Synfig Studio animation software package.

Synfig Studio is a free and open-source application available for Windows, Linux and Mac OSX. Do you want to create your own animated movie, or just animated postcard, or animation for a game? Synfig can do that for you! You can use Synfig anywhere without limitations - at home, at work or at school.

Create your own animation using Synfig Studio

Learn all basic principles of creating animation of Synfig Studio.
Build and animate characters for your animation.
Learn the basic and everyday animation skills, like face animation and walkcycle.

Cutout (sprite) animation technique

In this course I will show you how to create animation constructed from bitmap images. This approach is called "cutout" or "sprite" technique. Cutout technique is known to be the fastest way to create animation and at the same time it's the easiest way to learn it. Despite it's simplicity, the cutout technique remains very expressive and used by many creators to create exciting animation.

Contents and Overview

This course is created for people who would like to learn how to use Synfig Studio in a short time. It equally fits for those who just starting to learn computer animation, as well as for established artists who would like to master cutout technique with free software.

The course will guide you from the very basics of application interface to the techniques of creating character animation and some advanced features. The sample files are also included, so you will be able to work alongside with instructor during the course. Also, all the lectures in the course are available for downloading and watching offline.

For your convenience the course includes subtitles in English, Spanish, Italian, and French.

Note: This course is not for you if you would like to learn the technique of frame-by-frame (traditional) animation.

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Written and recorded by: Konstantin DmitrievTranslated by: Anna Orlova Narrated by: Terry HancockWho this course is for:
Artists who would like to use free software for animationSchool teachers who would like to adopt free software in the education processAnyone who would like to learn animation

Time: 1.5h

Instructor Details

Konstantin Dmitriev

4.6 Rating
77 Reviews

I am freelance animation artist, working with open-source software since 2008. Currently I am heading a small studio in Siberian part of Russia. My team makes commercial, as well as indie animation works and our production is purely based on open-source software.

As a head of the studio I put a special emphasis on contributing back to open-source software world. Within our production process we continuously developing and improving various open-source animation tools. I was happy to present the results of our work at several international conferences, such as Libre Graphics Meeting (2012, Austria), FSCONS (2012, Sweden), Libre Graphics Meeting (2013, Spain) and others. Also, since 2013 I am acting as coordinator of development of Synfig Studio animation software.

In addition to all that, I am also work as a teacher by hosting regular animation classes in our studio.

What else can I say? I love animation, I love open-source and I love to share my experience. This is what I do. ^__^

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By Ismail Sobah on 10/27/2020

excellent course on synfig. very informative

By Luke Bellinger on 9/3/2020

I've used Animation Shop and Paint Shop Pro in Middle School and was confused. This made more sense.

By Kamil Povic on 9/3/2020

Great value!!! Exactly what I need. Now I can make my charts animated and creating advertising bars easily. Thumbs up!!!

By Livia Meo Santos Ayres on 7/14/2020

O Synfig uma ferramenta extremamente poderosa, mas com muitos botes. Esse curso ensina de maneira fcil algumas funes extremamente importantes que no s possibilitaram eu criar animaes mais complexas, como fazer isso na metade do tempo!

By Alexandre Zilahi on 7/10/2020

SIM!

By Tom Van Schoor on 6/22/2020

Could go a little bit further, expand on cutting characters inside Synfig for instance... But I did learn a lot so thank you for that.

By Rico Myrick on 6/13/2020

This teaching gets straight to the point and easy to understand and follow along.

By Wahyu prasetya Utomo on 6/5/2020

Belajar animasi itu mudah dan menyenangkan

By Amit S. Palkar on 5/21/2020

presentation is too good

By Arvind Prasad on 5/17/2020

It started with tutorials that had clear instruction. But as the course moved on to higher topics, the instructions were rushed through. This course at best is a demonstration of the capability of the animation software. It does end up giving you some basics that can be used to discover the higher features from elsewhere. Would like to have a better and a more thorough course.

By Sarva on 5/8/2020

Nice explanation and paced just right. I am a beginner at animation and this course really helped me kickstart creation of simple animation that I intend to use in my videos of explanation of secondary school physics concepts. Also would like to receive recommendations on 2D character creation software.

By Yann Caron on 4/2/2020