#moho pro

my first time using moho 🥰 i used an old doodle of my dragonborn as reference! og drawing:

1st Test (Debut) -> -> -> Adding actions with Pro!

and after some tinkering...tada!

here's the current rig! after getting used to the interface you can customize actions to really do whatever you want with your character!

This Matty-Catty design deserves an animation SO i animated him

MOHO animation software (Debut) is a tiny bit of a scam.

Someone recently gifted this software to me after we went through the features list because they thought it would be something I could work with when getting back into animation. I went through the list, looked at their videos, etc. and decided, yeah, I could work with this. We also decided I probably didn't need the $399.99 version as it had a bunch of features I would probably not need when I'm just getting back into animation again for the first time in years... and the fact that it's fourhundredfuckingdollars. The major deciding point of getting this, for me, was the third option on the screenshot below:

The screenshot shows features for Moho Debut and Moho Pro. The specific feature is Smart Bones, where it says "Can create 2 smart bones per file" and there is simply a check mark in the Moho Pro side. To my understanding, this was a limited version of the same feature. Much like their trial version also had limited features of the paid for versions. In fact, I tried specifically just the Moho Debut trial version to specifically to see what I'd be using and nothing outside of that scope in the pro version. When you try it, it opens up a file with something already made, animated, etc. Including Smart Bones. A shit ton of smart bones.

But, if you're a newbie and don't know what is needed to make/use Smart Bones, you might not notice that further down on the list there is a missing check mark under "Actions"

Which you need to make and use Smart Bones to animate a HUGE amount of the stuff they show you in all their tutorials and videos. Something someone new to the software could not possibly know unless they went hours into tutorials and days into program use.

I'm also not the only one to assume that you can make Smart Bones in the Debut, considering they list it right there on their website.

But, no.

And maybe the website didn't imply that you can make smart bones in Debut back in 2016, but it sure as hell does now.

But what's this?

Oh, of course. We can't rely on your own fucking website to be factual, up to date, and true. Especially not when spending $60-$400 on software. Why would you ever assume they'd be accurate about their own programs?

So, I guess the lesson is: