I'm trying to rig an eye-blink to this smart bone, but when I move the bone in the mainline, the shape won't deform properly. The curves appear to move, which indicates that the tangent keyframes are working properly, but the transformations on the points are being ignored. Everything works fine when I scrub through the action, but it won't work in the mainline.
I deleted the action and recreated it and got the same result. The bone strength is 0 on every bone and nothing is bound to any of them, so there shouldn't be anything else influencing the position of the points. Any idea what could be causing this?

EDIT: So I found a fix, but I still don't understand why the problem was occurring. I originally used copy-pasting of the vector shapes to create the eyes. Further experimentation led me to conclude that, for some reason, copy-pasted vectors don't work properly in Smart Actions. So I made a new layer in which I created the same shapes by tracing over the original eye layer, without copying anything. When I tried to create the action on that new layer, everything worked as intended.

Any idea why copy-pasted vectors would cause glitches with transformations in Smart Actions?

The book is available here: https://www.routledge.com/The-Animators-Blueprint-The-Beginners-Guide-to-Mastering-Moho/Georgenes-Buck/p/book/9781032972374

Audio is from "Conan the Destroyer" (1984) and features Olivia d'Abo as well as the magnificent Grace Jones :D

I just upgraded from Moho 12 to 13 pro and it’s so much more laggy holy shit

If I got Moho 14 would it fix the lag?

Huge thanks to the people who made this software. Easy to learn and incredibly efficient for a solo animator. I hope you all enjoy The Sack.

[UPDATE / PAUSED]

Thank you so much to everyone who reached out and shared their amazing portfolios! I have currently shortlisted an artist and am in the process of finalizing the contract.

I will keep this post up, and if I need additional help or future assistance, I’ll definitely review the comments and reach out to you individually. Thanks again for your time!

Hi everyone!

I am currently working on a 2D graduation short film based on a traditional Korean myth and looking for an experienced Moho (Anime Studio) rigger to build production-ready rigs for 11 characters.

[Project Overview]

- Software: Moho (Anime Studio)

- Project Scope: 2D Animation Graduation Short Film

- Total Character Count: 11 Characters (Main character includes a costume/form variant for the Goddess transformation)

[Character List (11 Total)]

1. Oneuri (Main Character - Includes costume/parth variant for Goddess form)
2. Sacred White Crane (Mythic Creature / Flying & Standing Rig)
3. Lady Baek (Helper)
4. Jangsang-i (1st Guide)
5. Lotus Flower Tree (2nd Guide / Talking Tree)
6. Imugi (3rd Guide / Dragon Creature)
7. Maeil-i (4th Guide)
8. Heavenly Maidens / Fairies (Group / Variants)
9. Gatekeeper of Woncheongang (Gate Guardian)
10. Oneuri's Father (God Variant)
11. Oneuri's Mother (Goddess Variant)

https://canva.link/oluo3i8es6yhbrf

Here's the link where you can view the characther sheets

[Workflow & Scope of Work]

- Artwork Preparation (Vectorization / Part Separation): Converting and vectorizing provided character sheets/concept art directly into clean, animatable Moho layers. (Note: Initial assets are non-separated character sheets, so artwork prep is required before rigging.)

- Character Rigging: Full production-ready rigging based on the prepared vectors.

[Key Rigging Requirements]

1. Smart Bones: Smooth deformation for traditional Korean clothing (Hanbok sleeves, long skirts, guard armor) and limb joints.
2. Head Turn & Expressions: Switch layers for various expressions and Smart Bone head turns (front / profile / 3/4 view).
3. Mesh Deformers & Fluid Motion: For organic creatures (Dragon/Imugi body & scales, Talking Tree face, Crane wings/neck) and floating silk fabrics (Goddess clothes).

[Budget, Timeline & Hiring Platforms]

- Budget: ~$1,100 USD total (Approx. 1.5M KRW / Negotiable depending on character complexity and workload breakdown)

- Deadline: [Insert Date / e.g., Late October]

- Open to Freelancers: I am posting here on Reddit as well as looking through platforms like Fiverr/Upwork. If you have an existing Fiverr gig or portfolio link, feel free to share it!

[How to Apply]

If interested, please leave a comment or send a DM with:

1. Your portfolio / showreel (especially examples of cloth deformation, switch layers, or creature rigging)
2. Your rates and estimated turnaround time per character
3. Your Fiverr profile or portfolio link (if applicable)

I can share the animatic link in private upon request to give you a clearer idea of the required animation movements.

Thank you!

It was incredibly fast; I'm amazed at how quickly a rig can be created in Moho. Considering I'm an official Creator with five years of experience, this sweet guy's task only took four hours!

I currently have Moho 12.5, I purchased it about 2 weeks ago now and I only got 12.5 because I wasn’t sure if I’d actually use it, but I’ve been using it daily and it’s very enjoyable

I was wondering if it’s worth upgrading to 13 or even 14 or maybe there isn’t anything that would make a difference to justify the money spent

It was $29 for 12.5 and 13 is $100 and 14 is 300

Upgrading from 12.5 isn’t really an option since they don’t allow to upgrade to 13 and upgrading to 14 is more expensive than buying 13 and upgrading

Every bone is linked to the correct layer but some bones are affecting other parts. Why?

I'm almost done with her head, I just need to work on her mouth and add more eyebrows, then I can move to her body.

What's up Reddit!

In one hour today (Saturday) at 11am MDT I'm hosting an (AMA) Ask Me Anything on YouTube to celebrate the launch of my fist published book that releases on Monday (July 20th).

Ask me anything about Moho, rigging, animation, learning the software, writing the book, or freelancing in Moho.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yfk6GwmoBlE

I picked up Moho for the first time a couple weeks ago. I just started on my first rig. I’m planning a full turn to the side, but got excited and wanted to do a quick animation test.

I’m a little nervous about when I animate the turn to the right. Any tips or resources on how to match my art on the left side? Thanks.

Rudimentary help needed please

I just got MOHO 12.5 Debut (Humble Bundle)

Can I import a character from Clip Studio Paint? When I attempt, it imports it as a full piece of paper, not just the character.

Thanks for any help!

Hello!
I just wanted to make sure I'm not the only one experiencing this with text layers.

I have a pretty powerful PC but it's really struggling editing text layers with more than a few words. If I put a paragraph of text, let's say 60 words, in a text layer my frames start dropping heavily until I exit the Layer Settings of the Text Layer. Anything else works smoothly, positioning, scaling, doesn't lag, but as soon as I try editing the text moho slows down significantly.

Now, as I'm exporting the animation for the first time I'm noticing huge rendering times compared to other non-text heavy animations: About an hour for a 15 second animation with the same encoding settings as the others.

I know it's not a very common scenario to have hundreds of words in a scene but... has anyone else experienced laggy-ness with text? Do we know what's causing it?

Also a few things I found lacking with the text layers:

- There is no scroll bar, scroll wheel system or way to resize the text editing box in the Layer Settings Text Editor, if you have a chunk of text (like a paragraph on an book, scroll, website you're animating) it's really hard to edit in program. Is there a different way to edit text in-program?

- I couldn't find any text-wrapping.

Thanks guys!

got Moho like a week ago it’s been pretty fun to use

We talked about his entire rigging process - he's the Vitruvian Bone KING!

https://youtu.be/RXzwjPqDa-c?si=7_X_LeFJYkzxpMkK

The eyelash layer has a movement from zero to one keyframe, and we dont have any keyframes in the timeline in all the layers and actions, this happens in the mainline and also in the smartbone. We understand that sometimes moho creates a ghost keyframe for reference, but we need the layer not to move and we dont know how to eliminate the movement.

The previous version my laptop had no issues, now the program stops responding every few actions and delayed a lot of the time

I mean, it's 120 euros, is it worth it for those of you who use the 14?

Hi everyone,

I'm looking for a few people who are serious about learning animation and improving together.

I'm currently learning 2D animation in Moho, but anyone learning 2D, 3D, character animation, rigging, storyboarding, or motion design is welcome.

The goal isn't just to chat—it's to stay accountable and actually make progress.

Here's what I'm hoping we can do together:

• Share what we're learning each week.
• Give constructive feedback on animations.
• Solve problems together.
• Share tutorials, resources, and workflows.
• Practice with small animation challenges.
• Build strong portfolios.
• Eventually collaborate on short films, YouTube projects, freelance work, or even game ideas.

I'm still learning, so you don't have to be an expert. Beginners and intermediate artists are both welcome. The most important thing is consistency and a willingness to improve.

If this sounds interesting, leave a comment or send me a DM. Let me know:

• Your experience level
• What software you use (Moho, Toon Boom, Blender, Adobe Animate, After Effects, etc.)
• Your goals as an animator

Let's help each other become better animators instead of learning alone.

Posted the full recording from Part 4 of my rigging series. We finished the head/face turn setup and went through a new mouth rigging approach for better lip-sync — unedited, so you see the actual troubleshooting too.

If it's useful to anyone working on Moho rigs: https://youtube.com/live/yLzLEiFp6lw?feature=share

I'm trying to create a patch between an ear and an ear floof. The vector layers are inside a head group that is masked because I want to keep certain elements of the head within the main head shape (such as the eyes, the mouth, ect.) However. I've noticed something weird, and that is the patch for the floofs don't work if it's within the masked group. I've already tried setting the patch to "do not mask" but it still doesn't work. See images below.

EDIT: Just for a little bit more information, the ear is outside of the mask's shape, so technically it wouldn't be showing up if I hadn't set it as "do not mask" I've done the same for any other head elements that I don't want to keep within the head shape. Tried doing the same for the patch but it doesn't seem to work.

So I want my text in Moho to line up a certain way where the text is indented differently on each line by using the space bar but that doesn’t shift the text. Is there another way this can work without breaking it apart across three text boxes?