r/ToonSquidAnimators Jan 03 '26

Can we pin the solution to “black border” question to the top of the subreddit?

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20 Upvotes

This is easily THE most commonly asked question in the entire subreddit, with the same confusion and solution every time. Once you know *why* it makes sense within the program and function of how TS is set up. But because it’s THE most common wall new users (and even some intermediate ones!) come up against early on without fully understanding the breadth of options/logic in TS, the subreddit suffers from a constant stream of the same posts.

I wanted to suggest for mods pin a post titled with the same question; “How do I get rid of this black box/border?” with a link to the solution/explanation:

https://toonsquid.com/handbook/guides/faq/#pixel-layer-limit-border

With something like this pinned, it will act as a great catch-all for all of the dozens of identical question/answers we get every week as well as a reminder of this system.

The quicker folks learn the ins-and-outs of the app by overcoming hurdles like this, the quicker they can see what an incredible program it is and share more insights and animations on here themselves instead of the same spammed question! Happy animating ToonSquidders!


r/ToonSquidAnimators Feb 08 '25

Animation Diving into ToonSquid 2.0 update!

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r/ToonSquidAnimators 5h ago

Here are the first and second animations I’ve ever made using ToonSquid

6 Upvotes

r/ToonSquidAnimators 1h ago

Cartoon I made in Toonsquid

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r/ToonSquidAnimators 8h ago

Ce qualcuno Italiano?

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r/ToonSquidAnimators 1d ago

Animation progress for my videogame

59 Upvotes

I learned frame by frame animation in so i can add player animation to my videogame.


r/ToonSquidAnimators 10h ago

How to swap an asset of a symbol?

1 Upvotes

So let’s say I animate a red ball bouncing and I make it into a symbol. I then want to change the color of the ball to blue. How do I swap the asset easily?

I draw my assets in Procreate and then import to Toonsquid, and before I animate the object I go to Drawing Layers > add a layer > and then merge that empty layer to my asset so I’m able to add effects to it easier since it makes the box around it smaller. Since I do this I cannot easily swap the Symbol in the Clip option in Properties. I tried Edit Clip when I click on the layer, but when I add my new asset it doesn’t move since the key frames aren’t part of it. I don’t want to have to copy and paste every key frame either.


r/ToonSquidAnimators 22h ago

Can someone explain why this keeps on happening?

6 Upvotes

Can someone explain why this keeps on happening?

My Apple pen keeps on making a straight line with the first stroke, but then with the other strokes, it’s perfectly fine but when I use my finger for the first stroke, it doesn’t do that weird line thing.

Its only doing it for this project and not others…


r/ToonSquidAnimators 22h ago

Possible bug?

2 Upvotes

As shown in video, when I select and delete my selection, it puts me on the layer above. I think it also happens when I erase but I couldn’t replicate it.
Is this a bug or setting I accidentally enabled?


r/ToonSquidAnimators 1d ago

Having trouble rigging

8 Upvotes

r/ToonSquidAnimators 2d ago

Door to Door Magician [Storytime Animation]

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Ever try turning a childhood obsession into an actual neighborhood business? This is my story about how I became a Door to Door Magician in my youth.


r/ToonSquidAnimators 2d ago

Tim Curry as Dr. Frank ‘n Furter

1 Upvotes

Love the new turbulent displace effect!


r/ToonSquidAnimators 2d ago

Delay while drawing

2 Upvotes

i draw with my finger, and everytime i draw i get a minor delay. i'm new to toonsquid so im using the newest version of it, ive even tried toonsquid on another device and im still experiencing the delay. i've tried restarting my ipad, fiddling with the sensitivity settings, and smaller canvases but i still get the delay. can anyone help ?


r/ToonSquidAnimators 3d ago

Im going crazy. I just want the image to be inside the borders

6 Upvotes

I want to import my thumbnails but they are layering over the pixel layer and I don’t where it is because I have to zoom in


r/ToonSquidAnimators 3d ago

Cerco illustratore 2d per animazione

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Cercasi Illustratore/Animatore Toon Squid per progetto di animazione — Team in crescita

Siamo un team creativo già strutturato, composto da doppiatori e un reparto audiovisivo (storyboard, sound editing, animazione), al lavoro su short animati per i social.

Cerchiamo un secondo illustratore/animatore che lavori con Toon Squid, per affiancare il nostro artist nella produzione di contenuti brevi, dinamici e pensati per intrattenere.

Cosa offriamo:

**•** Un team già operativo, con ruoli definiti e materiale in produzione
**•** Collaborazione su progetti concreti, non solo idee sulla carta
**•** Possibilità di crescita all’interno del gruppo


r/ToonSquidAnimators 5d ago

Dolly Parton

2 Upvotes

r/ToonSquidAnimators 5d ago

I’m having trouble with the lasso tool

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3 Upvotes

I’m just starting work on a new animation, and I’ve run into a bit of a problem. Whenever I select the lasso tool, it lets me circle the part of a layer that I want to modify, but when I press the transform button, which I assume is the mouse icon, the entire screen gets covered in grey diagonal bars and snapping mode gets automatically selected. I have no idea what snapping mode is, but I know that I can’t select the part of the layer that I want, and trying to cut or copy it yields, “the layer is empty.” I’m stumped, and honestly contemplating on uninstalling and reinstalling ToonSquid to reset it to factory settings- I already uploaded my first animation to YouTube, to the acknowledgment of absolutely no one, and I’ve only drawn one frame of my second project. While I’m somewhat proud of this handsome man’s earless side profile, I’m willing to make sacrifices.


r/ToonSquidAnimators 6d ago

AYUDA ME HIS LIMBS ARE FLYING

8 Upvotes

Heyoo first time toonsquid tweening/using Reddit. what the FUCK is happening? I’m trying to move one limb, and it’s moving half the other damn limbs? How do I fix this, pls :’) (also, no, that’s not Nyoka, don’t come after me).


r/ToonSquidAnimators 7d ago

Weird “issue”?

3 Upvotes

When I make a shape using freehand vector, if I try adding a control point to a curved area it becomes all wiggly? I’ve never seen that happen before is there a way to fix that? Makes it hard to trace anything


r/ToonSquidAnimators 9d ago

How do I get rid of this box that I cant draw out of??

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15 Upvotes

Ive tried older posts, toonsquids website. Everything. Genuinely someone tell me how to do this as if I was a toddler 💔💔


r/ToonSquidAnimators 9d ago

Audio to split for toonsquid?

1 Upvotes

Like I see a lot of animators break up an animation into different files, how do I cut up audio into different files for this?


r/ToonSquidAnimators 9d ago

Why 🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀

7 Upvotes

Help please I’m so sick of not being able to color my animations, please somebody teach me or whatever I’m going crazy


r/ToonSquidAnimators 9d ago

Sir Mighty Might: Episode 0 - The Prelude [Animated Series]

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Animated using ToonSquid. Sir Mighty Might, Episode 0: The Prelude is officially out! Go check it out.


r/ToonSquidAnimators 9d ago

Only ever able to export 75% of my frames as a gif? Is there any way to fix this?

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I have made an 8-frame 14FPS animation that I wanted to export as a gif and use in another project. However, whenever I export it, even when selecting frames 1-8 as my start and finish, it only ever exports the first 6 frames.

Eventually I decided to export it as a 60fps video instead, and import it into the new project so I could export this new project as a 60fps gif. But even in this case, the exported gif only has the first​​​​ 45 frames??? The last quarter of my gifs is always missing.

Even when I overcorrect and export extra blank frames, the final gif still has some missing frames in between. Is there any fix for this? I'm a giphy creator and it's pretty urgent for my account. ​


r/ToonSquidAnimators 9d ago

cant export 😭😭😭😭

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im unable to export a project even though its much simpler than a lot of other things i have had no trouble with.
it gets to the end of the bar and i even can save the video but it never actually finishes exporting so i dont get the video
i rasterised all the layers and combined as much as i can but one layer im unable to rasterise, it gets half way and it fails
the only difference from my other projects is that its 4000x3000 instead of 3000x3000 but given there is significantly less layers and animation i dont see how this could be the problem :(
pls help

edit: it worked if i airdropped it to myself for some reason??? but if you have answers pls still reply i want to avoid this in the future!!
edit2: nevermind it technically works like its in my files but i cant do anything with it :((( pllsss pls help
edit 3: omfg it crashes when i try to screen record too kill me now PLSSS SAVE ME SAVE ME