Moho: 2D Illustration, Rigging and Animation with Moho Pro

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Moho 13.5 Update – 6/4/2023

Lecture 2: Recommended Learning Path

Lecture 3: Welcome

Lecture 4: What is Moho?

Lecture 5: Animation Workflow

Lecture 6: Course Overview

Lecture 7: Additional Resources

Lecture 8: Section Project: Install Moho

Lecture 9: Section Summary Using Moho Kinetic Typography

Chapter 2: Introductory Workshop

Lecture 1: Create Your First Animated Illustration in Just 10 Minutes

Lecture 2: Create Your First Illustration in Just 10 Minutes

Lecture 3: Create Your First Rig in Just 6 Minutes

Lecture 4: Create Your Second Animation in Just 10 Minutes

Lecture 5: Sharing Your Work

Chapter 3: Illustration Part I

Lecture 1: Introduction to Illustration with Spud the Potato

Lecture 2: Getting Started

Lecture 3: The Timeline, Keyframe 0 and Your Current Layer

Lecture 4: Remember, Cntl-Z Is Your Friend

Lecture 5: Using Library Resources or Character Wizard Instead of Drawing It

Lecture 6: Posing Characters for 2D Animation

Lecture 7: Drawing Shapes

Lecture 8: Selecting Points

Lecture 9: Transforming Points

Lecture 10: Adding, Deleting and Copying Points

Lecture 11: Smoothing Curves Using the Legacy Method and Bezier Curves

Lecture 12: Configuring Line Thickness and Hiding Lines

Lecture 13: Selecting Shapes and Applying Styles

Lecture 14: Let's Pause for a Mid-section Project

Chapter 4: Illustration Part II

Lecture 1: Drawing Arbitrary Shapes with the Add Points Tool

Lecture 2: Shape Stacking Order

Lecture 3: Layers

Lecture 4: Layer Groups and Masking

Lecture 5: Using Accelerator Keys

Lecture 6: Using Styles to Style Multiple Layers

Lecture 7: Displaying and Configuring the Grid

Lecture 8: Freeform Drawing Tool

Lecture 9: Reviewing and Exporting Your Work

Lecture 10: Tracing

Lecture 11: Section Project: Trace an Image of Your Head

Lecture 12: Section Summary with Dill the Pickle

Chapter 5: Illustration Workshop

Lecture 1: Using and Modifying Library Resources

Lecture 2: Tracing Scanned or Digital Images

Lecture 3: Originating an Illustration within Moho

Lecture 4: Illustrating Switch Settings

Chapter 6: Rigging

Lecture 1: Introduction to Rigging

Lecture 2: What is Rigging and What Have Bones Got to Do with It?

Lecture 3: Creating and Populating a Character Bone Layer

Lecture 4: Adding, Transforming and Reparenting Bones

Lecture 5: Setting Bone Strength and Binding Bones to Points

Lecture 6: Adding Switch Layers

Lecture 7: Smart Bone Dials

Lecture 8: Using Target Bones

Lecture 9: Bone Dynamics

Lecture 10: Using Pin Bones

Lecture 11: Reference Layers

Lecture 12: Section Project: Rig Your Own Character

Lecture 13: Section Summary

Chapter 7: Rigging Workshop

Lecture 1: Illustrating and Rigging the Perfect Arm

Lecture 2: Rigging a Character Body Pt. 1

Lecture 3: Rigging a Character Body Pt. 2

Lecture 4: Rigging a Character Body Pt. 3

Lecture 5: Rigging a Character Face: Eyes Blink

Lecture 6: Rigging a Character Face: Eyes Movement

Lecture 7: Rigging the Character Face: Mouth

Chapter 8: Audio and Lip Syncing

Lecture 1: Introduction to Audio and Lip Syncing

Lecture 2: Recording Audio Using Moho

Lecture 3: Manually Lip Syncing a Dynamic Mouth

Lecture 4: Manually Lip Syncing a Switched Mouth

Lecture 5: Papagayo Semi-automatic Lip Syncing

Lecture 6: Installing Papagayo

Lecture 7: Implementing a Preston Blair Phenome Set Based Mouth Switch Layer

Lecture 8: Section Project: Record Audio and Lip Sync a Character

Lecture 9: Conclusion to Audio and Lip Syncing

Chapter 9: Animation

Lecture 1: Introduction to Animation

Lecture 2: Basic Animation Using Bones

Lecture 3: Additional Animation Options

Lecture 4: Advanced Timeline Editing (Part 1)

Lecture 5: Advanced Timeline Editing (Part 2)

Lecture 6: Animating a Preston Blair Walk Sequence

Lecture 7: Using Cycles to Repeat Sequences

Lecture 8: Background Animation

Lecture 9: Camera Animation

Lecture 10: Producing and Distributing a Video

Lecture 11: Section Project: Create an Animation

Lecture 12: Section Summary

Chapter 10: Animation Workshop

Lecture 1: Sample Animation

Lecture 2: 1. Gather and Arrange Your Resources

Lecture 3: 2. Your Character Walks on Stage

Lecture 4: 3. Your Character Speaks as the Camera Zooms

Lecture 5: 4. Clean Up, Produce and Distribute Your Animation