#tutorial software

[never-obsolete]

Microsoft Productivity Pack for Windows (1992)

[myork]

hello!

[batsyl]

Yes hello, have an Obi-Wan with a pinch of ObiMaul

Don't know which version I like best, so there ya go

[marosii]

Frog floatie Gon☀️

[sixofclovers]

saw your recent post (cool as shit btw that's really incredible) but I have to ask if you like ENA Dream BBQ?? I would not be surprised if that game's animation was inspired off of you or vice versa

Anyway, how did you learn to animate? I've tried once or twice but have been to intimidated to actually start. I can draw still images but I feel like it's witchcraft when you animators actually make them move

Thanks so much! I have to say I'd never heard of ENA Dream BBQ before (not much of a gamer, that is a random string of words to me) but a few others have mentioned it too- I can see the similarities! No association as far as I know tho haha, but it looks really cool

I started animating just before UNI and did it for my undergrad, but didn't engage in the environment tbh- I honestly learned to animate by sitting down and animating, I know that's the lame common answer but you really learn the most by doing. I've just started my masters (after 6 years away from school and a whole new attitude) and still have sooo much to learn (exciting). I also began animating in toonboom (a bit intimidating) but apps like flip-a-clip, procreate, even clip studio paint are great for getting a feel for frames and timing, keeping it simple helped me

To actually start out I'd recommend doing studies and the basics, do some small exercises on Disney's 12 principles of animation, do the bouncing ball, try a walk cycle, follow a tutorial you like on YT, do some life drawing. If you can draw still images draw two in different poses and start by adding a single drawing between them to see how it moves, how the timing feels. When you get sick of that try animating your fave character with their hair blowing in the wind, blinking, something small and fun to reset :) Especially if you can already draw it can feel demoralising to not be as good when you first start animating, but that just means you have a good foundation

I also think it helps to enjoy the process, though it can be tedious or frustrating. I know people make jokes about it being a pain but it's like bringing something to life, its awesome. And try to find some pride in whatever you make because you'll have learned so much to improve next time

This was my first animation over 10 years ago, I watched that A Lullaby for Gods and loved it so much I tried my own. You don't have to share your work cause I know that can feel vulnerable, but make what you like and keep what you make hasn't steered me wrong yet :)

[magpie-trinkets]

How do you "bookmark" posts on Tumblr?

Bookmark as in, saving a post in a place that you can easily access later in case you want/need to look at it. Posts like resources, references, links, tutorials (to name a few)... Anything you might want to save for later.

I am curious! I personally reblog them into the Drafts but I'm aware people do it differently.

[fohatic]

“Oh No” / Avengers: Assemble (explicit lyrics)

i made another fanvideo for a bingo fill, this time for square Y4 / “starting a new team” for @cap-ironman stony bingo round 2

[agatedragongames]

Coding tutorial: Chain-of-responsibility pattern

A peasant, knight and king walk into a software design tutorial, and are here to teach you the chain-of-responsibility pattern. Learn how to create a chain of handlers which can handle different request types.

This tutorial shows you how to code the chain-of-responsibility pattern in the Visual Studio development environment, using a console application and the C++ programming language.

The chain-of-responsibility pattern passes on a request to a chain of handlers one at a time. Each handler can handle different requests. So if the first handler can’t handle the request, then it will pass it on to the next handler. Once a request is handled, the chain ends. Since there is no longer a need to pass on the request.

It is also possible that the request doesn’t get handled by any of the handlers. Since each handler can handle 0, 1 or many requests of different types.

See the full tutorial here.

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[never-obsolete]

Microsoft Productivity Pack for Windows (1992)

[nahbees]

Basic JDownloader 2 Tutorial

With the world realizing that media on the internet can be lost with a snap, I thought it would be a good idea to show you how to download media, either music, videos, pictures, and text in bulk. (LONG POST WARNING)

I. Downloading the Program

Behold, the download page, is this safe? There is a pretty high chance that the software is safe, as it is open-source, meaning anyone can look at the programs code and/or modify it. However if you still don't feel safe installing the file, that's okay! I don't have any alternatives however TmT.

I will be downloading the windows version since that's the OS I run, however I'm sure the other downloads work just as fine.

You should get either the top one or the bottom one, if one doesn't work then try the other, the other versions on the website I believe are for older computers.

Double click on the file it downloaded and wait for the installer to load.

Go though the installation and wait for it to install. Once it's done downloading click finish and JDownloader 2 should open automatically (or if you disabled that int he installation, you can just open it there.)

II. What the Heck am I Doing?

What do you do? The program is a bit confusing at first, however it's rather simple to understand. See that button circled in red? That's how to add items to download, click it. However, if you look at the top of the image and locate the clipboard circled in blue, that makes is so anything you copy, links, images, etc, will automatically be added to the program, if you think this will be annoying then disable it.

Once you click the "Add New Links" button, this window should appear. Everything here looks pretty scary, however you only need the two that are circled, the rest is for more advanced searching. Simply copy and paste a link that has any content supported by JDownloader 2. (NOTE: Youtube is fully supported by JDownload 2).

(Just if your looking for the continuation!)

[dtnave]

GIMP - How To Make Images Brighter

A short tutorial showcasing how to make your images a bit brighter using GIMP, a free photo editing software.

[otiksimr]

I'm in a constant state of wanting to learn modeling and proceeding to try and learn and proceeding to not understanding anything I'm being told.

[bobcatteeth]

Guys wish me luck I’ve decided to make a vtuber model and instead of picking something easy for my first rigging experience it’s going to be a furry.

[jaeharuart]

As usual, my tutorials focus on understanding the software and how to use its tools for your own works so here is one focusing on how you can use texture brushes with your painted bases and the software's modes and tools to paint more believable textures. You could also create textures this way and export the maps to bring into 3D material nodes if you wanted. Happy arting!

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[doom-nerdo-666]

How to make Vanilla arches! (feat. BTSX E2M03)

[pyritewolf]

Tutorial: SVGs for sticker printing

english version over here

Desde que empecé a hacer stickers me pasó que varias amistades me comentaron que tienen problemas para armar la versión vectorizada para corte de una ilustración. Y para mí es fácil. Yokesé. Les cuento cómo hacerlo acá abajo.

Lo que necesitás

Tu software de ilustración de preferencia (yo uso Procreate)

Inkscape (gratarola)

5 minutos libres

Paso 1: Las imágenes

En tu software de ilustración favorito, hacé tu dibujito. Exportá eso como PNG.

También vas a tener que dibujar por dónde querrías cortar el sticker en negro, y rellenarlo de negro, y exportarlo como PNG.

En Procreate yo hago todo esto en un mismo archivo y uso la función de exportar todas las capas visibles como PNG... porque paja.

Deberías terminar con dos archivos, uno que tenga la silueta por la que querés cortar y otro que sea la ilustración.

Paso 2: Trazado en Inkscape

Abrí el archivo de tu silueta en Inkscape. Andá a Path > Trace bitmap. Asegurate de que esté seleccionado tu PNG a la derecha, y te va a aparecer a la izquierda una vista previa de cómo quedaría tu SVG. Podés jugar con los settings un poco si te parece necesario, pero yo casi nunca tengo que tocar nada.

Cuando sentís que está todo en orden, le das Apply.

Felicidades, ¡creaste tu SVG! Volviendo a la pestaña de Layers and objects vas a poder ver que además de la imagen, ahora tenés un path. Podés borrar la imagen, ya no la necesitamos.

Paso 3: Limpiar el path

Para que sea más visualmente legible el archivo, vamos a cambiar el estilo del path. Dale click derecho y andá a Fill and stroke.

Yo en general uso

Fill: no paint

Stroke paint: Fucsia

Stroke style: 1pt

Es lo que me piden la mayoría de las imprentas, pero podés usar lo que te pinte realmente. Si tenés otro archivo SVG ya armado y querés copiar su estilo sin cambiar cada cosa a manopla, podés abrirlo en inkscape, seleccionarlo, copiarlo; ir a donde querés pegar el estilo, seleccionar el path y hacer CTRL+SHIFT+V. Eso aplica el estilo de un path sin modificar el target.

También podés aprovechar a chequear que los nodos estén bien con la Node tool a la izquierda. Yo francamente nunca lo hago porque siempre sale limpio, pero está bueno para confirmar que todo está ok. Básicamente mientras que tus nodos no se vean como un serrucho, todo joya.

Paso 4: Incorporar tu ilustración

Hacé CTRL+I para abrir el menú de importación y buscá tu ilustración. Agregala, ajustala, movela hasta que quede bien.

Felicidades, terminaste.

Hacé CTRL+SHIFT+E para exportar tu archivo como SVG y estás. Te recomiendo guardar los archivos individuales de cada diseño, hace mucho más fácil el armado de pliegos.

¿Gustó? ¿Sirvió? Reblogeá, gil. Y si tenés ganas, dejame un cafecito.

Bonus meme 1: Clipping

Si tu imagen es mucho más grande que tu capa de corte, puede estar bueno clippearla para que no sobresalga. Es una pavada de hacer.

Seleccioná tu path de corte

Dale click derecho, duplicalo

Seleccioná la copia del path Y la imagen (importante que el path esté arriba de la imagen en el navegador)

Click derecho, Set clip. BOOM.

Bonus meme 2: Renombrar capas

Muchas imprentas usan Adobe Illustrator para abrir los archivos. Si querés que las capas se lean bien para ellos, tenés que darle click derecho a la capa y cambiarle el ID en Object Properties. No te olvides de apretar el botón de Set cuando terminás de cambiarlo!