Spacing Charts (Patreon Exclusive)
Added 2023-08-27 13:00:06 +0000 UTCLet's learn about the anime spacing chart.
Layout Template : https://drive.google.com/file/d/17Ggh0ZSBZWDDgb9tFWhua2XeXWE3wpJ-/view?usp=sharing Layout Template for Clip Studio Paint: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZaTfJf3dC1r_GLoxsH_WBt5sBgc7aZlD/view?usp=share_link Timesheet Template: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iMmCox3gL2-2OWXRoBFj2Gu6rg15w2yl/view
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Thanks for the quick reply! :) But awesome, makes sense to use more than one chart in certain situations. I'm going to practice writing those spacing charts more clearly. I usually inbetween everything myself but it's good to know how to write them correctly when collaborating with other artists.
Raymond
2025-01-26 09:12:08 +0000 UTCYep, you can have separate charts for different parts of a body! Just label them appropriately. Eg if the arm moves differently than the rest of the body, have a separate chart for the arm and label it 'arm'. I am planning to expand this video out and get it on the main channel this year with more information!
Dong Chang
2025-01-26 06:58:20 +0000 UTCHi! Thanks for all the content here Dong, really useful info here for us animators! : ) I was wondering if you would use different spacing charts for things that have a different timing? if so, how would you note these? For example an arm swinging still forward while the body moves back. Basically, how would you use spacing charts with overlapping action.
Raymond
2025-01-25 18:16:12 +0000 UTCHey there! Me and most of the industry here uses Clip Studio Paint. But you can generally feel free to use whatever software you are comfortable with since I generally don't use any software exclusive functionality.
Dong Chang
2024-06-28 12:16:17 +0000 UTCHi I'm new here what software are you using here?🙂
Siope
2024-06-28 00:45:49 +0000 UTCThanks for ur reply, it really helps., a lot and ur recommendation is great.. ^_^
Obren Paragas
2024-06-13 12:15:24 +0000 UTCHi Obren, So yeah there aren't set rules so technically you can place the inbetweens where ever you want, but your directors might not like that. Note that in the example, the 1st key drawing is being held still until the character starts moving at frame 13 (first inbetween) and ends at the frame 22 (the last key). If for example, I wanted the character to start moving from the beginning, I would have the 1st key at frame 1 like what we have now, the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd inbetween at frame 4, 7, and 10, and the final key at frame 13. I placed the first inbetween at frame 13 because that is when I want the character to start moving, and it is really just a random decision by me as the animator. Placing the inbetweens in your example at frame 10, 16, and 19 means the distance between the fr10 and fr16 inbetween is 6 frames, and things start looking like a slideshow once you animate slower than 3s (3 frame between each inbetween drawing). To make that work, I recommend adding an extra inbetween drawing at frame 13. In that case, you will have 4 inbetween drawings, and you will need to fix the timing diagram on your key drawing. Let me know if that helps!
Dong Chang
2024-06-13 10:24:39 +0000 UTCHi, I would like to know if the in-between drawings of the girl in the video are in frame 13, 16 and 19? If I saw it correctly how you add a line or forward backslash on those numbers on the timesheet.. I'm also curious if I could use any frame from 4,7,10 as the first inbetween? for example I can use: frame 10 as having the first evenly spaced in-between of frame 1 (A1)and 22(A2) then, Frame 16 in-between of frame 10 and 22 then Frame 19 in-between of frame 16 and 22. or is it really have to be half of the time to set the first in-between which is frame 13? I'm scratching my head over this because in western timing chart they rely on frame numbers to put their key drawings and inbetweens. and I think in Japanese they rely on the spacing and number of in-between regardless of how long it takes the first key to the next key drawing, and I think that's related to the thing you said on the first part of the video about the names between spacing chart and timing chart. Hope you can enlighten me with all the things.. Thanks in advance.
Obren Paragas
2024-06-13 07:28:21 +0000 UTCGreat video, thank you
Oscar Bermudez
2024-05-06 01:46:26 +0000 UTCSorry for the late reply. Usually this comes with experience, but a method that I use is to act out the action, use a stopwatch to time the action, and figure out how much frames I need from what was on the stopwatch!
Dong Chang
2024-01-20 11:47:36 +0000 UTCI also have the same question, a part two more in depth would be amazing
Nehho
2024-01-19 06:21:03 +0000 UTCHello! I'm super new to animation but id like to know, How does the Layout Artist know how many inbetweens they want/will need for a shot?
Damien Breaux
2024-01-12 19:31:45 +0000 UTC
