Introduction to Toon Boom Harmony
By Pedro Alpera , Animation Artist and Illustrator
Learn to create 2D animations with this industry leading software and bring your stories and characters to life
Learn to create 2D animations with this industry leading software and bring your stories and characters to life
Domestika Basics · 7 courses included
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Course 1: First Steps
By Pedro Alpera
Discover the Harmony interface and get to grips with the main tools
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Course 7: Importing and Exporting
By Pedro Alpera
Learn how to import characters and export your animations
Toon Boom Harmony has become the standard software in the animation industry, and one of illustrator and animator Pedro Alpera’s personal favorites. His professional experience includes working with major clients like WeTransfer, Muno, Paramount Comedy, and Cartoon Network, among others. In this 7-part Domestika Basics, he teaches you all you need to use the software, without any previous experience. Discover how he works to create your own incredible 2D animations and give life to your animated stories and characters.
Start by understanding how the software works, go through its characteristics and main tools to get familiar with the interface, and set up your preferences.
In the second course, explore the different options available to draw and add color. Pedro teaches you how to use the drawing tools and introduces you to the layer functions.
Start animating in Toon Boom Harmony in the third course by discovering the main tools to do so, such as the timeline and interpretations.
In the fourth course, see the methods to create masks and get introduced to nodes, learning how to work with them and create effects.
Go a step further by creating bones and deformers for your animated characters in the fifth course, learn some Rig tricks to help you work on your project.
Although Toon Boom Harmony is a 2D program, it also has a 3D space, which you will discover in the sixth course. See how to work depth, and see some viewer modes to navigate through the interface easily to conclude the course.
Technical Requirements
⦁ A computer with Windows 8.1 (or higher) or macOS 10.12 Sierra (or higher).
⦁ Toon Boom Harmony v.17 or higher Premium (you can either buy it or download the 21-day free trial version on the ToonBoom website).
⦁ A graphics tablet is recommended for this course.
- 100% positive reviews (166)
- 4,842 students
- 50 lessons (4h 30m)
- 7 courses
- 24 downloads (23 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish
- English · Portuguese · German · Spanish · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
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By Pedro Alpera
Pedro Alpera is a Fine Arts graduate with experience in animation and illustration for clients like WeTransfer Muno, Ayuntamiento de Barcelona, Ediciones en Babia, Paramount Comedy, and Cartoon Network, among others. He has also been an advisor for Clean Up and given training to the team involved in the movie “Buñuel en la Laberinto de las Tortugas”.
Throughout his twenty years of experience, he has developed projects in animation, illustration, comics, websites, video games, and design in many different areas. For almost two years to date, he has been sharing small animation projects on his Instagram account on a weekly basis, which has helped him build a successful career in the industry. As an illustrator and comic strip creator, he has participated in several collective and individual exhibitions.
Content
Course 1: First Steps
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U1
Introduction
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Introduction
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U2
Starting screen
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Starting screen
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U3
Preferences
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Preferences
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U4
Interface and workspaces
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Interface and workspaces
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U5
Basic tools
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Basic tools
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U6
Practice
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Practice
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Course 2: Drawing Tools
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U1
Introduction and color chart
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Introduction and color chart
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U2
Pencil and Brush
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Pencil and Brush
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U3
The Cutter
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The Cutter
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U4
Layers
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Layers
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U5
Sublayers
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Sublayers
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U6
The camera view and the drawing view
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The camera view and the drawing view
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U7
Colour
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Colour
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U8
Color palettes
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Color palettes
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U9
Drawing guides
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Drawing guides
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U10
Vector layers or bitmap layers
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Vector layers or bitmap layers
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U11
Practice
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Practice
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Course 3: Animating in Harmony
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Introduction to the course and timeline
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Introduction to the course and timeline
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U2
Onion paper
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Onion paper
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U3
Animating a cloud of smoke
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Animating a cloud of smoke
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U4
Substitution of drawings
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Substitution of drawings
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U5
Tweens in Harmony
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Tweens in Harmony
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U6
The bouncing ball with interpolation
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The bouncing ball with interpolation
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U7
Morphing
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Morphing
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U8
Customizing the timeline
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Customizing the timeline
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U9
Practice
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Practice
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Course 4: Node View
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Introduction to the course and how nodes work
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Introduction to the course and how nodes work
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Organizing the nodes
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Organizing the nodes
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U3
How to make a mask
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How to make a mask
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U4
Effects: Transparency
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Effects: Transparency
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Effects: Glow
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Effects: Glow
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U6
Effects: Shadow
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Effects: Shadow
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U7
Practice
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Practice
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Course 5: Basic Rig
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Introduction to the course and the bone deformer
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Introduction to the course and the bone deformer
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U2
Curve Deformer
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Curve Deformer
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Deformer Envelope or Wrap
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Deformer Envelope or Wrap
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Freeform deformer
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Freeform deformer
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Curvelope or Curve-wrap deformer
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Curvelope or Curve-wrap deformer
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U6
Practice
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Practice
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Course 6: 3D Spaces
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Introduction to the course and the Z axis
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Introduction to the course and the Z axis
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Peg 3D
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Peg 3D
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The perspective view
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The perspective view
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The camera
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The camera
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U5
Practice
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Practice
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Course 7: Importing and Exporting
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Introduction to the course and how to import an image or video
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Introduction to the course and how to import an image or video
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Import a sound
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Import a sound
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Import an Adobe Illustrator file
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Import an Adobe Illustrator file
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Import and export items between Harmony files
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Import and export items between Harmony files
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U5
Export from Harmony
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Export from Harmony
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U6
Practice
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Practice
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About Domestika Basics
Domestika Basics is a series of courses focused on teaching the most commonly used software by creative professionals worldwide.
The content has been meticulously curated and is intended for both students going into a new creative field and more experienced professionals who want to polish their skills.
Learn with the best Domestika teachers through practical lessons, tons of resources, and a progressive difficulty that'll allow you to see results from day one.
Domestika Basics will allow you to step up your professional game and be prepared to score better projects.
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Without prior knowledge.
Domestika Basics gives you everything you need to get started in a new creative field and become an expert in it.
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Discover its main components, techniques, and the tried-and-true methods you need to master it.
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Toon Boom Harmony
torres_garcia
Muy buen curso. Recomendable!
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jennyforeignamerican
This is a very good course. I chose to follow along with the instructions by building my own animations to see if i could do it. It worked great! Pedro's way of breaking down the functions of the program and giving exceptional insights into how an animator would really be using the tools is great! I'm not quit to the end of this beginner course and was already looking for another that goes further in depth. I hope Pedro will continue making these.
cristians.gonzalezg
Curso recomendado. Te da todas las bases para manejar el Software. Explica claramente y de forma concisa
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vpapageor
A very honest and explanatory course.
It would be nice to see some more advanced things, such as textures etc, but anyway it's written in the description that this is a course for beginners.
Looking forward to see an advanced course from the tutor on Toon Boom.
Totally recommended.
fedezuzu90
Muy sencillo, fácil de entender y de seguir. Realmente me ayudó a despejar algunas dudas que tenía con el programa y sus herramientas, sus posibilidades. Me ayudó a poder avanzar con mis proyectos.
Muy recomendado.
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