CreateStudio Easy 2D Animation and Video Production

In this lecture, I provide an overview of the course structure, section structures and lecture structures.

In this lecture, I describe the difference between professional hard 2d animation software and amateur easy 2d animation software.  I also describe the features of Moho, Cartoon Animator 4, Toon Boom Harmony, Doodly, Toonly and CreateStudio so that you can choose the correct software for your needs.

In this lecture, I discuss options for purchasing a copy of CreateStudio including an incredible discount offer.

In this lecture, I explain the CreateStudio installation process and demonstrate pinning the program to the Windows 10 taskbar for quick and easy execution.

In this lecture, I discuss how to get support when you get stuck.  I include email support, Facebook groups, online tutorials and forums in my list of support resources.

In this lecture, I explain how to speed up lecture video replay, leave notes for future reference on the timeline, how to submit section projects to the Q&A and how to contact your instructor.

In this lecture, I provide an overview of the section.

In this lecture, I provide an overview of the CreateStudio screen layout and how to create a project.

In this lecture, I demonstrate how to bring a character into an animation and configure the character in preparation for animation.

In this lecture, I present the timeline in more detail until it's fully explained.

In this lecture, we run the Exercise Girl character through all of her actions.

In this lecture, we look at using animation to move a character across the screen.

In this lecture, I demonstrate the use of the Advanced menu Change Color function to change the colors of a flat 2d character.  I then go through the rest of the Advanced menu demonstrating Shadows and the rest of the features.

In this lecture, I provide three pointers to making it easier to work with lots of characters and elements in a project.

In this lecture, I demonstrate the process of rendering MP4 video output from your animation.

In this workshop, we put all the pieces together by adding multiple animated characters to a Christmas scene.

In this article, I lay out the section project.

In this lecture, I provide a conclusion to the section.

In this lecture, I provide an overview of the upcoming section.

In this lecture, I explain the difference between templates and scenes and demonstrate how to use them both.

In this lecture, I go into detail on using layer groups to organize your timeline.

In this lecture, I provide a solution to the deficiency of not being able to add a layer to a group that I brought up in the last lecture along with selecting multiple layers and renaming layers to keep your timeline clean.

In this lecture, I demonstrate how to modify a simple template to make it my own by changing the music, video background, text, logo and colors.  When finished, the video is unrecognizable from the original template.

In this workshop, I show you how to review a major template to learn how CreateStudio works.

In this article, I lay out the section project.

In this lecture, I provide a summary of the previous section.

In this lecture, I introduce the topics to be covered in the upcoming section.

You're justified in being a little confused, after all, there are multiple ways to do things in CreateStudio and some actions modify others. Here's my best attempt at explaining everything.

In this lecture, I discuss how to improve CreateStudio performance and stability to keep the program humming.

In this lecture, I demonstrate multiple sources for inserting backgrounds into your animation, how to organize layers and how to darken the background to make white text in the foreground pop.

In this lecture, I demonstrate how to grow a background to add movement and how to have a character walk in place in front of a moving background.

In this lecture, I explain how to insert simple and complex shapes and how I use them in projects.

In this lecture, I show how to spice up a hard cut from one scene to another with transitions.

In this lecture, I demonstrate how to display a scene on a simulated computer screen.

In this lecture, I demonstrate video effects and then browse through the remaining entries under the Studio tab.

In this lecture, I show three ways to add comic book style speech and thought balloons to a scene.

In this lecture, I show how to implement animated layer masks to animate image reveals.

In this lecture, I demonstrate how to loop an animation to produce an in and out effect.

In this and the following lecture, I produce a project utilizing all the effects presented in this section.

In this and the previous lecture, I produce a project utilizing all the effects presented in this section.

In this article, I lay out the section project.

In this lecture, I provide a conclusion to the section.

In this article, I plead with you to please leave a review for the course.

In this lecture, I introduce the topics to be covered in the upcoming section.

In this lecture, I explain how to load free fonts off the Internet, convert them to WOFF2 format and load them into CreateStudio.

In this lecture, I demonstrate basic kinetic typography using three styles of animation.

In this lecture, I demonstrate various Text Effects while focusing on doodle text animation.

In this video, I demonstrate how to make text pop off a busy background by placing a colored box behind it.

In this lecture, I demonstrate how to create a neon text effect.

In this lecture, I demonstrate how to use the built lower thirds and how to create your own from scratch.

In this lecture, I demonstrate two ways to implement a counter (built-in number counter Text Effect and manual) and show two really cool counter applications.

In this lecture, I demonstrate the use of color-changing text and shapes.

In this lecture, I demonstrate the Text Spacing text animation effect.

In this lecture, I demonstrate how to merge text and characters using a layer mask to have a character pop out of the hole in a "D".

Let's all take a break, shall we?

In this article, I lay out the section project.

In this lecture, I provide a conclusion to the section.

In this lecture, I introduce the topics to be covered in the upcoming section.

In this lecture, I show you three sources of music including built-in and pay for and how to sync animations to the music by displaying the music waveform.

In this lecture, I demonstrate the use of the new camera pan and zoom feature to add additional motion to your animations.

In this lecture, I demonstrate the text to speech feature built into CreateStudio.

In this lecture, I demonstrate how to perform a crude approximation of lip-syncing by lining up speech with character talk actions.

In this lecture, I demonstrate how to add vignettes to your videos, either black or white, to provide a blurry frame around your animation.

In this lecture, I demonstrate the use of the glitch effect.

In this lecture, I demonstrate two techniques for implementing a video progress bar at the bottom of the screen.

In this lecture, I identify 3 cool features of CreateStudio that I forgot to talk about.

In this article, I lay out the section project.

In this lecture, I provide a conclusion to the section.

In this lecture, I  show how to create a simple timer using the number counter features of CreateStudio.