03.04.19 | Moho Dojo: An insight to Moho™ Pro Animation Software (5 Wednesday Evenings)

Used in the OSCAR^® nominated films, The Breadwinner and Song of the Sea, for Best Animated Feature Film, Moho™ Pro is the all-in-one animation tool. With an intuitive interface and robust features such Smart Bones™, Smart Warp, Bezier handles optimised for animation, frame-by-frame tools, physics, motion tracking, motion graphs, 64-bit architecture and much more, Moho™ Pro delivers advanced animation tools to speed up your workflow and combines cutting-edge features with powerful technology for the most unique animation program for digital artists.

Course Content.

Over the 5 weeks the course will cover:

Week 1:

Introduction to Moho interface – specialist tools and functions with a focus on character animation and rigging. Looking at examples of character animation within Moho.

Week 2:

Asset creation and Rigging 1 – the binding of forms, smart actions and smart bones IK and target bones moving towards creation of a flexible rig.

Week 3:

Rigging 2 – Creating meshes and nested properties for rigs. VfX and and introduction to animation.

Week 4:

Animation 1- Frame by frame animation with Moho. Rig animation with Moho – the fundamentals.

Week 5:
Animation 2 – Creation of a character performance in Moho and output.

Participant profile:

Graduates or professionals with an understanding of 2d vector based animation software.

Tutor Info: John is a lecturer of animation and illustration at Athlone Institute of Technology. He has worked with Cartoon Saloon as a Moho animator on Puffin Rock, The Breadwinner and Pete the Cat, for the latter he has been nominated for and Irish Animation Award.

Date & Times:

5 Wednesday evenings from 6.30pm-9.30pm; April 3rd, April 10th, April 17th, April 24th and May 1st.

Venue:

Guinness Enterprise Centre, Taylors Lane, Dublin 8 (Directions and Map: http://gec.ie/get-in-touch/).

Cost:

Members: 100 Euro, Non Members: 125 Euro

Payment can be made by credit card online (a link will be sent to you) or by cheque/postal order payable to Animation Skillnet.

Application Procedure:

Please apply by sending an email to: animationskillnet@gmail.com

Deadline for Applications:
Friday 22nd March 2019 at 5pm