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Chad Troftgruben
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Chad Troftgruben

Chad Troftgruben is a freelance animator who has spent several years learning about animation software while working on personal and commercial projects. Chad has worked with several companies for over a decade creating e-learning content. Some of these companies are Smith Micro, Lost Marble, Virtual Training Company, Packt Publishing, Train Simple, and Pluralsight. Presently, Chad spends his time being a father and expanding his animation knowledge through the creation of original works. Chad also offers a series of animation video courses through Udemy, Skillshare, and his own website.
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Animating bones


Like anything in Anime Studio, creating a keyframe for a bone movement is a simple matter of moving the bone when further in on the Channels timeline. For this, you will use the Manipulate Bones or Transform Bone tools to create the movements.

With the FlexiBindingExample.anme file still open, perform the following steps:

  1. Select the Manipulate Bones tool.

  2. Click on frame 48 on your timeline.

  3. Using the Manipulate Bones tool, click on the bottom bone of the front arm and move it in any direction.

  4. You will see three different channels appear for keyframes. A white bone that indicates movement is present for the bone layer, a red bone that indicates the selected bone/bones (in this case, the bottom bone of the arm), and a purple bone that shows all the purple colored bones which are currently keyed (in this case, the arm from our previous exercise).

  5. If we move any other color-coded bone, we will see separate channels appearing for these as well, as shown in the following screenshot...

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Chad Troftgruben

Chad Troftgruben is a freelance animator who has spent several years learning about animation software while working on personal and commercial projects. Chad has worked with several companies for over a decade creating e-learning content. Some of these companies are Smith Micro, Lost Marble, Virtual Training Company, Packt Publishing, Train Simple, and Pluralsight. Presently, Chad spends his time being a father and expanding his animation knowledge through the creation of original works. Chad also offers a series of animation video courses through Udemy, Skillshare, and his own website.
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