If you did not create a custom content folder at startup, you can create one any time by choosing Help > Set Custom Content Folder. If you’re having trouble with a tutorial, try opening the corresponding Moho file to see what it should look like. You can find them by going to your Content folder, and looking for the Tutorials sub-folder. The tutorial files that are used in this tutorial manual will get installed in that Custom Content folder. When you first start Moho, you will be prompted to create a Custom Content folder in a location that you specify. You don’t have to read them all (although that probably wouldn’t hurt), but choose the ones that address the specific techniques you want to learn about. Once you’re comfortable working in Moho, then you can move on to the other tutorial sections.
Each of these tutorials builds on skills learned in the earlier ones, and one-by-one will get you up to speed with Moho’s basic drawing and animation techniques. The best way to get started is to read all the tutorials in the Basics section in order. Even if you’re an experienced Moho user, this version of Moho has some big changes, so we recommend reading through the tutorials again. This is the perfect place to start if you’ve never used Moho before. Moho Tutorials In this manual, we will walk you through various aspects of using Moho. Tutorial Manual Tutorial 5.6: Actions (Pro Only) Tutorial 5.8: Creating a 3D Scene (Pro Only) Tutorial 5.9: Basic Physics (Pro Only) Tutorial 5.10: Using Frame by Frame Layers for Animation (Pro Only) Tutorial 5.11: Animated Shape Ordering (Pro Only)ĮffectsĂ33 Tutorial 6.1: Shadow Tricks Tutorial 6.2: Camera and Depth Effects Tutorial 6.3: Moon and Clouds Effect Tutorial 6.4: Particles (Pro Only) Tutorial 6.4.2: Custom Particle Generators (Pro Only) Tutorial 6.5: Particle Tricks - Grass and Crowds (Pro Only) Tutorial 6:5.2: Crowds, Particles, and Depth of Field (Pro Only) Tutorial 6.6: Using Pre-made Particle Effects (Pro Only) Tutorial 6.7: Speeding Up Particle Effects (Pro Only) Tutorial 6.8: Perspective Shadows (Pro Only) Tutorial 6.9: Using 3D Models (Pro Only) Layer Referencing (Pro Only) Tutorial 7.1: Reference Layer Basics Tutorial 7.2: Breaking and Updating Reference Layer Connections Tutorial 7.3: Breaking and Updating Original Layer Connections Tutorial 7.4: Using Reference Layers for Masking Tutorial 7.5: Referencing External DocumentsĢ33 237 240 242 246 249 253 256 259 263 269 274 274 277 281 283 287
Imagesā60 Tutorial 4.1: Image Layers Tutorial 4.2: Image Warping Tutorial 4.3: Image Textures Tutorial 4.4: Animating a Talking Head (Pro Only)Īnimationā79 Tutorial 5.1: Automatic Lip-Sync Tutorial 5.2: Phoneme Lip-Sync Tutorial 5.3: Cycling Tutorial 5.4: Animation Curves (Pro Only) Tutorial 5.5: Sorting Layers by Depth (Pro Only) Tutorial 5.5.1: Animated Layer Ordering Contents Quick Start Tutorial 1.1: A Quick Run-through Tutorial 1.2: Drawing Simple Shapes Tutorial 1.3: Drawing Complex Shapes Tutorial 1.4: Bone Setup Tutorial 1.5: Animationĭrawingą1 Tutorial 2.1: Welding Tutorial 2.2: Drawing Shapes with Holes Tutorial 2.3: Hidden Edges Tutorial 2.4: Varying Line Widths Tutorial 2.5: Shape Ordering Tutorial 2.6: Brushes Tutorial 2.7: Layer Masking (Pro Only) Tutorial 2.8: Styles (Pro Only) Tutorial 2.9: Simple 3D Construction (Pro Only) Tutorial 2.10: 3D Shape Design (Pro Only)īonesā04 Tutorial 3.1: Bone Binding Tutorial 3.2: Bone Constraints Tutorial 3.3: Bone Dynamics Tutorial 3.4: Character Setup Tutorial 3.5: Flexi-Binding Tutorial 3.6: Enhanced Bone Features (Pro Only) Tutorial 3.7: Animated Bone Targets (Pro Only) Tutorial 3.8: Animated Bone Parenting (Pro Only) Tutorial 3.9: Isolating Bones from Parenting (Pro Only)