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This article provides a lesson breakdown of the Toon Boom Intro to Animation with Harmony Premium courseware.
Duration breakdown
The Harmony courseware duration is ± 106 hours, distributed as follows:
- Learning: ± 41,5 hours
- Activities & tasks: ± 64.5 hours
| NOTE: These hours are general estimates and may differ based on the individual student or the classroom structure. |
Lesson breakdown
The following table shows a description and estimated duration of each individual lesson in the courseware.
| No. | Lesson Name and Description | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The World of Animation Learn about the history of animation, animation innovations and different animation techniques used throughout history and today. | Learning: ± 1 hr |
| 2 | The Animation Pipeline Become familiar with the different animation workflows, the steps they contain, how they overlap, and how they work with Toon Boom Harmony. | Learning: ± 1 hr |
| 3 | Animating in Harmony Learn how to start, create and export an animated project in Harmony using a simple introductory exercise. | Total: ± 4 hrs Learning: ± 2 hrs Activity: ± 2 hrs |
| 4 | Getting around and Setting up Learn how to use Harmony’s workspace, including its views, toolbars, interface and preferences. | Total: ± 2 hrs Learning: ± 1 hr Activity: ± 1 hr |
| 5 | Drawing Tools Learn about Harmony’s many drawing tools and experiment with bitmap and vector artwork. | Total: ± 5 hrs Learning: ± 3 hr Activity: ± 2 hr |
| 6 | The Principles of Animation Learn about the 12 Principles of Animation, which are guidelines that were developed from the 1930s. They have been developed and improved over time by multiple masters of animation. | Total: ± 4 hrs Learning: ± 2 hrs Activity: ± 2 hr |
| 7 | Paint Tools and Palettes Learn about Paint tools, palettes and swatches, and how to create and use them. Experiment with several different ways to paint strokes and fills in Harmony. | Total: ± 2 hrs Learning: ± 0.5 hr Activity: ± 1.5 hrs |
| 8 | What is a Peg? Learn what a peg is and how it is used to animate art. | Total: ± 3 hrs Learning: ± 1 hr Activity: ± 2 hrs |
| 9 | Drawing Substitutions Learn what a drawing substitution is, how it works, and how to use the Drawing Substitutions view. | Total: ± 2 hrs Learning: ± 1 hr Activity: ± 1 hr |
| 10 | Import Images Learn how to import and use jpg and png images in Harmony. | Total: ± 1 hr Learning: ± 0.5 hr Activity: ± 0.5 hr |
| 11 | Pencils, Brushes and Shapes Learn best practices for tracing artwork in Harmony. | Total: ± 4 hrs Learning: ± 1 hr Activity: ± 3 hrs |
| 12 | The Effect of Nodes Learn about the Node view and different filter nodes in Harmony. | Total: ± 4 hrs Learning: ± 2 hrs Activity: ± 2 hrs |
| 13 | Rigging Dynamic Eyes Learn how to create a dynamic set of eyes using the Node view and rigging techniques. Use layers, art layers and masks to separate the white of the eyes from the pupils. | Total: ± 5 hrs Learning: ± 2.5 hrs Activity: ± 2.5 hrs |
| 14 | Lip-Sync Learn how to create a lip-sync by importing sound, creating mouth shapes, and mapping the lip-sync. | Total: ± 7 hrs Learning: ± 3 hrs Activity: ± 4 hrs |
| 15 | Importing Adobe Files Learn how to set up, import and work with Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator files. | Total: ± 1 hr Learning: ± 0.5 hrs Activity: ± 0.5 hrs |
| 16 | Camera & Creating Multiplanes Learn how to animate the camera and create parallax effects using multiplanes. | Total: ± 4 hrs Learning: ± 1.5 hrs Activity: ± 2.5 hrs |
| 17 | Setting up a Cut-Out Character for Rigging Follow the steps to create a setup for a simple Harmony rig. | Total: ± 4 hrs Learning: ± 2 hr Activity: ± 2 hrs |
| 18 | Adding Master/Hierarchy Pegs Learn how to parent and create a peg hierarchy to prepare your rig for animation. | Total: ± 8 hrs Learning: ± 3 hrs Activity: ± 5 hrs |
| 19 | Adding Deformers Learn how to apply Bone, Curve and Envelope deformers to your rigged character. | Total: ± 8 hrs Learning: ± 3 hrs Activity: ± 5 hrs |
| 20 | Animating a Cut-Out Character An introduction to tips and tricks on animating different elements, using cycles, and setting keyframes. | Total: ± 8 hrs Learning: ± 3 hrs Activity: ± 5 hrs |
| 21 | Modifying Colour Palettes Learn how to update and clone colour palettes, use reference images, apply colour schemes, and use gradient swatches. Apply some final touches to your animation. | Total: ± 8 hrs Learning: ± 3 hrs Activity: ± 5 hrs |
| 22 | Fly Little Bird Apply the skills learned in this course to animate a little bird flying. | Total: ± 8 hrs Learning: ± 2 hrs Activity: ± 6 hrs |
| 23 | Exporting Templates Learn how to prepare your animated scenes, backgrounds and/or characters as templates. | Total: ± 1 hr Learning: ± 0.5 hr Activity: ± 0.5 hr |
| 24 | Set the Stage Apply the skills developed throughout this course to design elements and apply them to the animated character from the previous lessons. | Total: ± 10 hrs Learning: ± 0.5 hr Activity: ± 9.5 hrs |
| 25 | Harmony Certification An overview of the Toon Boom Associate Certification with helpful information and resources. | Learning: ± 1 hr |