Would you guys be interested in Toonboom tutorials/guides?
9 years ago
Hey, so, I'm considering making some guides for Toonboom Harmony, from basic stuff to more advanced/professional level concepts, and I was wondering if there were actually any demand for that. I'm assuming I would do that in 10-15 mins video format on my completely inactive YT channel. I realise that most of the followers i have are here for the porn stuff I occasionally make, but I also know a few of you are interested in animation and the making of it. I also know that Toonboom Harmony (especially premium, the version I use) is a very expensive software, that not many people can afford and in addition to that is pretty difficult to crack. At least there's always the 20 days trial though...
So tell me, would you be interested in such a thing? What format do you visualise for the guide?
So tell me, would you be interested in such a thing? What format do you visualise for the guide?
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There is no real demand for it, unfortunately. Even if you make it super-clear, super polished, just the right runtime for tutorial vids, it's a pretty niche so you'd be building a new audience from scratch.
I do still recommend it for you. Structuring a curriculum and teaching people is one of the best ways to shake off any rust and solidify the skill for yourself.
As for the last point you made, I'm actually teaching Harmony professionnaly to animation students in their final year, So I already have a curriculum ready that just needs to be adapted to a different format of teaching.
Thanks for giving me your point of view on the idea by the way, I really apreciate that you took the time to do that.
I'm still upset they removed the nodes, though...
I need to figure out how to quickly get rigs going. It kills my motivation to make a simple little thing. When the rigging takes me two days
I've had some ToonBoom training but it was a while ago and I'm worried I'm gonna forget everything as I haven't had the opportunity to practice ;w;
I'd totally watch them. I'm mostly interested to see a demonstration of your workflow and to see what features of it you personally use, as opposed to a general overview of every single feature of it.
Also, I'd be watching the videos to be sold on the program, and see if it's a good alternative to other animation programs. TV paint has a goddamn nightmare of a user interface, and clip paint studio is pretty bare bones.
As far as format, I feel like anything is fine. As long as the videos have a little polish, and you have decent presentation skills. (I love chluaid, but 5 minutes of his tutorials and I'm falling asleep. Whereas Aaron blaise videos are always presented well and entertaining.)
I've been eyeing ToonBoom for a while, as well as SmithMicro's Moho animation software.
I think it'd be pretty cool to see the ins and outs of the program as well as occasional tutorials on how to animate and such.
Any approach to presenting it would be fine.
I look forward to seeing whatever you end up sharing!