Simple Animation of PNG Images Using Tahoma2D

Using the free, open source software Tahoma2D we will take a static, PNG image of Santa and make it into an animated green screen video of him waving.
LINKS:
tahoma2d.org/
openclipart.org/
VIDEO INDEX:
00:00 About Tahoma2d
01:21 The Type of Images You Will Need
04:22 Setting up Tahoma2d To Run under Windows
07:31 Setting up a Project and Scene
10:27 Setting the Scene background color
10:26 Setting Preferences
15:51 Importing an Image
17:14 Resizing the image if necessary
20:03 Using the Plastic tool to create a mesh
22:23 Planning your animation
24:45 Creating the skeleton
28:00 Practice moving our character
28:40 Painting in Rigid portions of the character
31:48 Setting keyframes in the timeline
35:32 Exporting out the final video

[@dashsmash4664]

Been looking for a free animation software with a skeleton system for a week now, thanks a bunch man

[@arwen4y]

God, thank you from the bottom of my heart, it is very useful for me!!!!!

[@saskia8567]

I'm excited for this series!!! Can't wait to try this!

[@HauntingsLibrary]

This is amazing, another great program I didn't know about. I'll definitely use this in my videos sometime!

[@stuwalton1384]

Outstanding. Thank you for this!

[@rgbtvuk]

Nicely done Thanks

[@RicheUK]

very helpful, thanks
Look forward to future tuts !!!

[@pixel_dank]

Thanks

[@ManiacalMidget13]

Can you add a background image and then just animate your png file ?

[@holidayeffects3933]

Yes, the green screen was just to make the animation more reusable so you could use it in multiple videos. Nothing wrong with placing the background in instead, however

[@adveals]

Thank you thank you thank you EXACTLY what i wanted to learn. You are a GREAT communicator and instructor. VERY WELL DONE