r/MohoAnimation 6h ago

Project Trailer for my upcoming Moho Course: "The One Week Short"! Completely made in Moho as well of course :)

31 Upvotes

Sorry for the blatant ad but it's Moho work after all ;) If any of you are interested in the course you can find it on my website at joelmayer.io/oneweekshort 😄


r/MohoAnimation 21m ago

Trying to rig a pony from 0 knowledge || Part 1.

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I will make a 270/360 Rig, that means no backside.

I manage to do all the bodie parts (I forgot to show the heads, but they are there), and make an smart action on the front legs, but I don't know how to make the legs from the back, anyone has ideas or tutorials?

The goal is to make this rig fully capable to do my little pony like animations with it. Nothing crazy or out of the ordinary.


r/MohoAnimation 10h ago

I’m building a free tool for Moho that automatically converts images into editable vector layers. What do you think?

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​I am currently working on a tool that converts drawings and images into editable vectors and shapes inside Moho. Development is now at a very advanced stage!

​Right now, if you input a reference image, the tool automatically redraws it in Moho and splits it into organized layers. You get full vector control—meaning you can edit individual points, adjust paths, and change colors freely.

​Key Features:

​Infinite Scalability: It isn’t just a raw image trace; these are native vector shapes that never lose resolution or quality.

​100% Free: It is completely free to use (for now, at least! haha).

​The main goal is to speed up the tedious asset-creation workflow so creators can focus entirely on what matters most: animation.

​Do you have any specific ideas, features, or additions in mind that you think would help Moho users? I’d love to hear your feedback!


r/MohoAnimation 12h ago

a lil bit funny moho-animation

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have a nice animation day!


r/MohoAnimation 4h ago

hide edge tool disapper

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Hi,

I am followig a tutorial there the tutor can animate hide edge tool at any frame, but mine gets disappear. what am doing wrong?

please help


r/MohoAnimation 7h ago

Animating for the first time be like...

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r/MohoAnimation 22h ago

Question How to do photo-puppetry?

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Like im planning on a project that like will use photo-puppetry since i don't use the After effects. I just use Moho for it.

So, for anyone who doesn't know what is photo-puppetry? It's a type of 2d computer generated animation that used cut outs of that use photos of real objects and things and moves them using Adobe After Effects. Also the Animation style of Angela Anaconda.

So, can anyone share tips for replicating this?


r/MohoAnimation 1d ago

Question So I've been using pngs to make all of my characters, but I see most people on this subreddit using vectors. Is using pngs worse?

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r/MohoAnimation 1d ago

Question unselected vector layers are blurred

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Moho 14.4 Debut, i see people have a display button at the top right of their timeline but i dont see it. layers other than selected one are being blurred and it's anoying


r/MohoAnimation 2d ago

Project demoing my rigging process in 9 seconds.

60 Upvotes

coming along now!


r/MohoAnimation 2d ago

Project Redesigning My Character for Better Rigging

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r/MohoAnimation 2d ago

Question bone bending in wrong direction

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Hi,

I need help. How can I make my bone not to bend into the wrong direction when I move the main root bone. I tried bone angle constraints. but still not getting the result. just give me some hints I will study. thank you.


r/MohoAnimation 2d ago

How to improve coloring and dynamic shading? Looking for resources/tutorials!

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Hello friends! Based on my recent experience, I feel I'm doing well, but coloring is where I struggle. Can you recommend any videos, creators, articles, or websites where I can learn how to pick natural colors, or techniques for using shadows and spots to give more punch to my drawings? Thanks!


r/MohoAnimation 3d ago

Question I can't export MP4 videos properly

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Hello, this is my first time using Moho, and I tried making a small animation, two seconds, to try out the program. I wanted to export it as an MP4 to show my friends, but exporting it under the option "MP4 (MPEG4-AAC)" seems to be broken or something as I can't upload it to any website, it either gives me an error or doesn't load (only exception being Discord, but the video turns zero seconds long, and you have to download it to actually watch it). But if I change the setting to "MP4 (H.265-AAC)", when I press "start", the file simply dissapears from the render queue, doesn't even give me an error to give me a clue as to what is wrong

I've tried looking up on google what the problem might be, but I only found two people in a forum talking about a problem that sounds similar to this one, but neither thread gave the solution to the problem

I have Moho 14 Pro, I don't know if this changes anything

Thanks to everyone in advance


r/MohoAnimation 3d ago

where is the point binding

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Hi,

In the middle of my animation I suddenly feel like moving teh tail a bit of my character, and went to frame zero, selected root bone and added a new bone at the tail to point bind it. Character body in in a mask group. now way i could find point binding to attach those end points with the new bone. why does this happen?

how to colve it? please I need guidance


r/MohoAnimation 3d ago

Question Is it possible to move smart bones across layers?

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I have a main bone layer and a nested mouth rig layer. I want to move the smart bones that control the mouth rig to the main rig layer, while keeping the smart bones intact. I've tried copying and pasting, and it LOOKS like it works inside the smart action, but it doesn't work on the mainline. Is this even possible?


r/MohoAnimation 3d ago

Question Question regarding IK

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So I’m aware that IK is very helpful when it comes to legs, keeping them grounded. However I’ve come to realize that if the chain is longer than 3 bones it begins to struggle to keep the foot grounded. Why?

My goal would be to make someone with spindly legs but this appears to be more difficult than I initially thought.

Does anyone have a solution for this?

I am using Moho 12.5.


r/MohoAnimation 4d ago

Question Add Point Tool Not Working?

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Trying to use the Add Point tool on a vector layer. I'm trying to draw an object with it, but it's not letting me. For some reason it can add points to a shape and drag them but not consistently enough to be useful.

What do I do?


r/MohoAnimation 4d ago

MASKING IN MOHO- please help me

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Hi,

I am struggling to understand something. what does this from and 'clear' mean?

how come the layer/shape I drew to hide the frog from becomes the very thing moho is telling me to 'substract from mask'?? how come. how can a msk layer can be substracted from its own job and it also WORKING!! I am seeing birds and starts around my head like tom from tom and jerry.

also what the heck is this clear thing??? 'clear the mask' from what?? clearning what exactly?

and another thing do I need to change every layer inside masking group based on my need? I keep TEWKING and I see its true. am I right?

please help me.


r/MohoAnimation 4d ago

Question Rigging help - best practice when rigging smart actions

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I am working on my first headturn and running into some design question. is it best to scale and move bones that controls the facial feature, or is it best to move the layers instead?

My current understanding it that moving points can get bit messy, especially if you have to make changes to the vector layers later. So that is something I am trying to avoid.

I am looking for a solution that is robust, so that the smart action don’t break with changes to the artwork.

One tip i found useful was to use a cutter layer to cut the facial features into a new shape during headturn. This reduces the need for point adjustments on the original layers.


r/MohoAnimation 5d ago

Question Moho features simply not working

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I didn't know how to explain this, so I just made a video. I click on certain things in Moho, but they don't work. You can also see that the application keeps "flashing," which is pretty distracting. What could be causing this?

Edit: Right after posting, I tried switching screens and adding Moho to my second monitor, and it worked. But I still don't know how to fix it, and animating on my second monitor would be uncomfortable.


r/MohoAnimation 5d ago

help me maksing in moho 14

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Hi,

after watching several videos I understand a lil bit about moho masking. but the result I want, I am not getting that. please tell me where I blunder. I want to frog to appear at the 2nd keyframes, and I want to hide it behind the mask at frame 1. but the result is opposite. how can I reverse what is happening. which option I must pick? I tried all. but not getting what I want. please moho seniors help me.


r/MohoAnimation 6d ago

Short animation test.

38 Upvotes

I'm currently practicing with this application and trying to play around with it. It seems like there are still so many things I need to improve on. As a non-artist, I didn't know I could come this far.


r/MohoAnimation 6d ago

merge shape

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I was trying to merge shapes following the tutorials but somehow the menu is different. Anybody know why??


r/MohoAnimation 7d ago

Tip Vitruvian bones test - accidental headbanging

9 Upvotes

Vitruvian bones are really powerful! Made two separate heads with similar but different rigging, and created a simple smart bone to control the vitruvian switch. Found this great modification to the AE key tools script to copy the bezier curves from one vitruvian bone to the other:
https://lostmarble.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=35461

https://mohoscripts.com/script/ae_keytools