I then, added multiple sound layers so I could play sounds all at once as they happened in the clip. I then saw that I could add a sound layer to the piece so, I looked online for free soundtracks to download and registered an account on ZapSplat which is a website where I can search for free sounds to download.

All of these decisions were on the spot, and for future animations with actual full body figures and backgrounds, I will make sure to plan in advance the story and direction before I begin to animate so that I know when to resolve me clip rather than continuing it until I run out of time. I then made my second pull out a gun from his stick pocket and attempt to start a duel with the first, only to be decapitated. So, I had my first stick figure wipe the blood from his nose while the second recovered from the drop kick, and from the left, a lightsaber flew into the shot and into the first stick figure’s hand for him to wield. I also didn’t feel the animation was resolved as I believed my first stick figure shouldn’t have to take a kick to the face without fighting back. Once going, I wanted to see how long I could make this first experiment as so far, I had only made a couple seconds worth of film and realised as these figures were only stick figures, I needed to at least make the scene double the length in order for it to have any weight as an experiment. Both of which I will like to reference for a final outcome, whether it be idea for a story or just including an epic fight scene. It was a spur of the moment decision which was potentially influenced by the content I watch on television, being at the time of animating this, WWE, and also the content I watch on other platforms such as the RackaRacka on YouTube. Once I animated the stick figure waving, I wanted to include some action in the piece so, I included a second stick figure to run up to the first and drop kick him in the face. I also stuck to using the pen (n) rather than the brush (b) as the pen was thinner and I had had an issue surrounding changing the size of my cursor as originally, there were two boxes in the top left corner of my screen with things such as size and opacity, as well as a tool box however, I accidentally deleted one and then moved another which made it impossible to access some of the tabs, which resulted in me deleting the second box so now, I change the thickness by holding ‘shift’ and dragging the pen either to the left or right. Eventually, I found a button where I could duplicate the stick figure onto the following panel however, only the section I highlighted.Īt first, I chose my tools by manually moving to the tool bar and selecting the one I needed to use however, after a while, I found that I learned which buttons equalled which tool so could use ‘v’ to select a section and ‘m’ to move said section around, which came in useful when I needed to keep the head the same size however move it around the frame. I only had this one layer on however which meant I couldn’t see where the previous stick figure was once I changed the frame. Graphics Tablet model and model serial reference (e.I began this experiment by drawing a stick figure and then by adding keys to the bitmap layer, moved his arm up and down as if he was waving. Please always when reporting hardware issues state:ī.

OR get a recent tablet that has a revision number e.g XP Pen tends to release V1 and V2 of the same model, which has hardware updates and more support.įor now try out point 1, 2 and 3 (just in case make sure your drivers are the absolute latest and hopefully recent ones), and let me know what works and what doesn’t.

They should be either very popular and receive constant software updates e.g I have a Wacom Intuos 5 Pro which is like 10 years old,.However know that some models that are too old, even if you are using their latest drivers from 2 years ago will have compatibility issues with every software, including Pencil2D, however some apps do some black magic wizardry to try to smooth out the signal from those tablets, however it is recommended that if you buy an older tablet:

Sometimes too obvious, you must have the latest updated drivers for your particular drawing tablet model.In Pencil2D for every drawing tool turn off the “stabilizer” option → Set it to None this setting is actually a jitter or noise filter, it does not smooth strokes as something like Lazy Nezumi.

Regardless of your tablet brand, if you’re using Windows you NEED to configure Windows Ink please take a look at this existing thread and the guide I answered with Wacom intuos jagged lines windows 10.Hi, this can be a mix of various factors, but for now let’s boil it down to the following troubleshooting steps:

Smoothness on pencil2d