Moho Class Lesson Plan

Introduction:

Moho is an Animation Software designed to do digital 2D animation which is capable

of both Paperless 2D Hand-Drawn, Frame-by-Frame Animation and Puppet
Animation using Bones and Smart Bones. With Puppet Animation style, there are
also different ways to work on your animation. You can do a 2D animation style
using vector based drawings or artworks done in Moho with rigged bones and you
can also use Images created from another software such as Photoshop or even
images such as your own pictures or photographs or any kind of image files
supported by Moho, this is called Motion Graphics. Currently, the latest version of
Moho is Moho 13 which now has the capability to draw in Bitmap format for Frame-
by-Frame animation. We currently have only 12.5 Version and this version is only
vector based so we are going to work on vector based artwork layers. In the
following lessons, we will go through the Interface, Basic Functions of each tools,
Basic 2D Frame-by Frame Animation Style to Advanced and a Full Rigging Course for
Puppet Animation.

Frame-by-Frame & Puppet Animation:

When we work on a project, we always have options to do however we want to

accomplish what we really want our animation to come out. Whether it’s the
artwork style, animation style or whatever things you have in mind that you want
your animation to look like. With Moho, you can do lots of way to animate. Ranging
from traditional hand-drawn animation to vector based puppet-like animation using
Bones. In this lesson, we will study how to use Moho from basic to advanced so,
enjoy and have fun with this powerful animation tool.

Interface:

Tools:
Select Points Tool - Since artworks, even hand-drawn are all vector-
based in Moho, every line we draw consists of points as they connect
the lines from the beginning to end of a line. These points however,
can be controlled or moved to different directions that could help us
change shapes or even animate our artworks. To do that, of course
we need to select those points that we want to adjust and so, we will
need a selection tool and this is the tool used to select those points.
We may select a single or multiple points at a time and also we may
select all to move the whole drawing or even fill colors or adjust the
line thickness. We can also use this tool to move a point to connect to
another and create a shape or close a gap to be able to fill color on a
shape.