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Animation Workout

Touching on all aspects of animation creation, the Toon Boom Animation Workout Series is a dedicated program of exercises designed to help you develop the techniques and skills necessary to get the most out of Toon Boom Studio.

All Workouts include a PDF file that guides you through the lesson plan, project files and a Quicktime demo of the final output (Project Development comes with a PDF file only).


Workouts use Studio 5 User Interface for demonstration and are compatible with Studio 5, unless otherwise indicated

 Workout #8 Stop-Motion
Animation Tutorial

Stop-motion animation has become incredibly popular. Learn how to use various features in Toon Boom Studio to create a short stop-motion video from start to finish. All you need is a digital video camera or external webcam, bright solid-coloured fabric, some favourite toys and your imagination.


Price: $26.99 US
Time required: 2.5 hours
Difficulty level: 4/5
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 Workout #1 Project development
Animation Tutorial

This Workout will help you organize yourself for multiple types of projects and to effectively use the tools in Toon Boom Studio to save the most time.




Price: $26.99 US
Time required: 3 hours
Difficulty level: 1/5
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 Workout #7 Anime Project in 5 Easy Steps
Animation Tutorial

Become a member of the Japanimation Nation with our workout, "Anime Project in 5 Easy Steps". Anime has been delighting audiences for years in more countries than just Japan.
V4.5 UI used for demonstration
Compatible with V4.5 & V5




Price: $16.99 US
Time required: 1.5 hours
Difficulty level: 3/5
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 Workout #3 Cut-Out Character Design
Animation Tutorial

This Workout will help you organize yourself for multiple types of projects and to effectively use the tools in Toon Boom Studio to save the most time.




Price: $16.99 US
Time required: 2 hours
Difficulty level: 3/5
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 Workout #2 Animating
Animation Tutorial

In this workout you will improve your understanding of the use of drawing and animating techniques by drawing a flower, first in a rough form and then cleaning it. When this is done, you will animate it so it sways from side to side.


Price: $26.99 US
Time required: 4 hours
Difficulty level: 2/5
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 Workout #4 Cut-Out Character Rigging
Animation Tutorial

Start your treasure hunt with Toon Boom Pirate: Get Rigged! The Cut-out Character Rigging Workout features our own Pirate character ready to take you on an adventure and show you how he can be rigged for cut-out animation.



Price: $16.99 US
Time required: 2 hours
Difficulty level: 3/5
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 Workout #5 Two-Legged Walk Cycle
Animation Tutorial

Continue the treasure hunt with Toon Boom’s Pirate character and take him for a walk on Pirate’s Bay! Learn how to create a smooth and perfect walk cycle with the Two-Legged Walk Cycle Workout exercise.



Price: $31.99 US
Time required: 4 hours
Difficulty level: 4/5
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 Workout #6 Four-Legged Walk Cycle
Animation Tutorial

By completing this exciting and challenging workout, you will learn how to create a four-legged walk cycle using our latest template character, Clyde the Donkey.




Price: $31.99 US
Time required: 4 hours
Difficulty level: 4/5
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 Photo Animation Cut-Out Puppet Interactive Workout Video
Animation Tutorial

The Toon Boom Animation Workout Video focuses extensively on Cut-out animation and teaches you how to turn a set of pictures into a fully animated character using the latest version of Studio.

Price: $24.99 US
Time required: 3 hours
Difficulty level: 3/5
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V4.5 UI used for demonstration/Compatible with V4.5 through V5
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Animating: How to Animate eBook
  How to Animate eBook

The How to Animate electronic book is a great tool for learning all aspects of animation. It covers the foundations of animation in 11 lessons, from character design, timing, squash and stretch and lip-synchronization, to multiplane sceneplanning, composition and camera movement. Each lesson comes with sample material too.


  • Lesson   1:  Introduction to Animation and Animating Basic Shapes
  • Lesson   2:  Timing
  • Lesson   3:  Squash and Stretch ("The Bouncing Ball")
  • Lesson   4:  Anticipation, Drag and Overlapping Action
  • Lesson   5:  Character Construction Sheet
  • Lesson   6:  Animating a Jumping Character
  • Lesson   7:  Animating a Walk Cycle
  • Lesson   8:  Breaking Down a Character and Animating It
  • Lesson   9:  Stop-motion Animation
  • Lesson 10:  Basic Multiplaning/ Sceneplanning
  • Lesson 11:  The Take
  • Lesson 12:  Visual Break-Down and Lip Sync
  • Lesson 13:  Storyboard and Staging
Price: 44.99$ - Version 5 Available as of June 26th