Making animation | Which application do you use

MeinMilchKaffeeMeinMilchKaffee Member, PRO Posts: 114
edited November -1 in Working with GS (Mac)
I have created my art with photoshop and illustrator but know I want to make animation..
I have tried it with photoshop making animation but it is worse.
Which application is good in doing animation ?

Thank you
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  • jadjad Member Posts: 135
    Once you get to understand it Gimp is pretty good for things like that, but if you are talking about GIFs then theres a free app on the mac app store for that
  • old_kipperold_kipper Member Posts: 1,420
    Flash if you have the money, and for less I like DoInk on the ipad is good and Pencil off sourceforge.
  • LumpAppsLumpApps Member Posts: 2,881
    Photoshop isn't that bad, just don't use the animation option but use layers and layer-groups.

    The animations option isn't working for me either because when you change a layer or ad one the animations get mixed up, it ads it to all frames and you have to turn them of one by one.

    Lump Apps and My Assets

  • TobyToby Member Posts: 478
    Flash does pretty well for animation. Cant beat symbols and tweening animations to create some nice transitions then pump out the animation as a png sequence!

    You can download a 30 day trial of the latest Flash or pickup an old copy CS2 or CS3 from ebay for 100>400 dollars.
  • SlickZeroSlickZero Houston, TexasMember, Sous Chef Posts: 2,870
    To animate something done in Photoshop or Illustrator, I use Toon Boom Studio.

    http://www.toonboom.com/products/toon-boom-studio/
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  • dusker24dusker24 Member Posts: 30
    Hi

    I use Flash but I also bought anime studio which is pretty good!
  • MeinMilchKaffeeMeinMilchKaffee Member, PRO Posts: 114
    Thank you all .
    There are so many:D
    I added a poll.. Please choose your favurite :)
  • xyloFUNxyloFUN Member Posts: 1,593
    Hey MMK,
    Flash is a good way of producing animations but, when ever something moves on the screen the workload is HUGE!
    Depending how much time you have to complete your project, I would recommend CrazyTalk6 Animator.
    I just bought the program and it is simple to learn as well as inexpensive.

    Check it out on youtube and see if that fits your needs?

    ciao for now,
    XMAN
  • gamedivisiongamedivision Member Posts: 807
    Flash is more unstable than game salad,animate, close down, open again, then half your friggin images are missing you have to delete them and then click backspace to get them back then they show up,after effects is great but no bone tool,so you have to separate all the moving parts,and you can use expression controls to move your images instead of dragging around, whereas flash has the bone tool but is buggy as hell,and that leaves you right back at the start ha ha sorry
    ok id use after effects
  • JadarStudiosJadarStudios Member Posts: 264
    For explosions, I use ExplosionGenerator...
  • MeinMilchKaffeeMeinMilchKaffee Member, PRO Posts: 114
    xyloFUN said:
    Hey MMK,
    Flash is a good way of producing animations but, when ever something moves on the screen the workload is HUGE!
    Depending how much time you have to complete your project, I would recommend CrazyTalk6 Animator.
    I just bought the program and it is simple to learn as well as inexpensive.

    Check it out on youtube and see if that fits your needs?

    ciao for now,
    XMAN

    Thank you..looks great, but is there a mac version ?
    gamedivisionuk said:
    Flash is more unstable than game salad,animate, close down, open again, then half your friggin images are missing you have to delete them and then click backspace to get them back then they show up,after effects is great but no bone tool,so you have to separate all the moving parts,and you can use expression controls to move your images instead of dragging around, whereas flash has the bone tool but is buggy as hell,and that leaves you right back at the start ha ha sorry
    ok id use after effects

    Yes i realize that too.. I started flash than I imported my artwork but 10 seconds later it crashed..
    I will try after effects. thx:D

    Cheers
  • 3d103d10 Member Posts: 471
    I use none of them as i use a 3d program to do all animation and special effects.
    My opinion was not needed but still i liked to post.
  • MeinMilchKaffeeMeinMilchKaffee Member, PRO Posts: 114
    3d10 said:
    I use none of them as i use a 3d program to do all animation and special effects.
    My opinion was not needed but still i liked to post.

    Wich program do you use ?
  • gamedivisiongamedivision Member Posts: 807
    MeinMilchKaffee said:
    Thank you..looks great, but is there a mac version ?

    Yes i realize that too.. I started flash than I imported my artwork but 10 seconds later it crashed..
    I will try after effects. thx:D

    if you want flash to work then its best if you create your artwork within flash then youu can draw your bones straight onto your arms and legs for anyone who doesn't understand or hasnt tried to animate a walk cycle ,to do this normally you would have to separate all the limbs that move then move the rotation point of each to the point where you think it would rotate ie the elbow.but with the bone tool you could have a straight and complete arm with no disconnections,you then add your bones and flash manipulates the image to the movement of your bones giving a more realistic feel to the movement saves a load of time,but flash tools are not as good as illustrator tools plus the program has issues,more when importing images,less when creating in flash
    Cheers
  • 3d103d10 Member Posts: 471
    MeinMilchKaffee said:
    Wich program do you use ?

    Well i like 3d max to do all the stuff.But blender also goes well.
  • gamedivisiongamedivision Member Posts: 807
    MeinMilchKaffee said:
    Wich program do you use ?

    for anyone who wants to get into there own graphics its completely unnecessary to learn animation in a 3d program because the time difference is about 6 months if your new to graphics and animation then just stick with 2d animation,with a few simple tricks you could make it look 3 dimensional anyway shading lighting ect...
  • SkyMapleSkyMaple Member Posts: 817
    With flash, can you make a run cycle with one image?
  • 3d103d10 Member Posts: 471
    gamedivisionuk said:
    for anyone who wants to get into there own graphics its completely unnecessary to learn animation in a 3d program because the time difference is about 6 months if your new to graphics and animation then just stick with 2d animation,with a few simple tricks you could make it look 3 dimensional anyway shading lighting ect...

    Yes i totally agree with you.it is practically useless to learn a 3d program for somenone who is new to graphics to make 2d animations.I am doing 3d for atleast 4 years so it looks easier to me.
  • gamedivisiongamedivision Member Posts: 807
    for a run cylce i have about 7 separate images that you have to pose.
    check out this sprite sheet shows you the poses for running jumping ect..
    http://www.spritestitch.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=224&p=1635
  • xyloFUNxyloFUN Member Posts: 1,593
    MeinMilchKaffee said:
    Thank you..looks great, but is there a mac version ?

    Jein (German for "yes and no")!

    It latest version (the one you get when you download the app which costs about $50 Canadian) is 6.2.x and will install into Parallels.
    This is how I run it at first but I've decided to dust off my old HP X2 5000 I got a few years ago and use that instead.
    It runs better than on my iMac because of the nVidia card? (just a rough guess).

    Ciao,
    xMan
  • gamedivisiongamedivision Member Posts: 807
    ok here is a great website with a ton of free tuts on after effects,if you dont find what you want here just google after effects tutorials
    http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/
  • TJMNUTTJMNUT Member Posts: 236
    I use toon boom animate. But for images i use inkscape, and i hate every minute of it.
  • MeinMilchKaffeeMeinMilchKaffee Member, PRO Posts: 114
    xyloFUN said:
    Jein (German for "yes and no")!

    It latest version (the one you get when you download the app which costs about $50 Canadian) is 6.2.x and will install into Parallels.
    This is how I run it at first but I've decided to dust off my old HP X2 5000 I got a few years ago and use that instead.
    It runs better than on my iMac because of the nVidia card? (just a rough guess).

    Ciao,
    xMan

    Haha I know.. I am german.. you too ?
    I try this on my old pc..
    thank you:D
    gamedivisionuk said:
    ok here is a great website with a ton of free tuts on after effects,if you dont find what you want here just google after effects tutorials
    http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/

    Looks very difficult.. I will try this later. thx;)
  • StormyStudioStormyStudio United KingdomMember Posts: 3,989
    Adobe After effects ... for sure...
  • Alien8Alien8 Member Posts: 37
    What's great about using Flash is that it is vector. You can create your graphics initially for the iphone, and when you are ready, just resize for the ipad and Mac. Vector keeps the images nice and clean, not pixelated.
  • QuinnZoneStudiosQuinnZoneStudios Member Posts: 452
    I use a combination of Anime Studio (which for the most part is vector), Photoshop and After Effects. At least for all my 2D character stuff anyway.

    Mike
  • xyloFUNxyloFUN Member Posts: 1,593
    MeinMilchKaffee said:
    Haha I know.. I am german.. you too ?

    too!

    Actually more like half / half.

    My mother is from Wien (Vienna) and my dad was from Hamburg.
    I am therefore a perfect mix of a wiener and a hamburger :)
  • DizkoDizko Member Posts: 498
    All of the above?

    I actually went to school for animation, so I pretty much use everything I need to pull off whatever effect I'm trying to get done.
  • MeinMilchKaffeeMeinMilchKaffee Member, PRO Posts: 114
    xyloFUN said:
    too!

    Actually more like half / half.

    My mother is from Wien (Vienna) and my dad was from Hamburg.
    I am therefore a perfect mix of a wiener and a hamburger :)

    Haha nice..

    I use now Flash.. It is awesome with the bone tool ;)
  • osucowboy18osucowboy18 Member Posts: 1,307
    I don't make that many animations, but when I do, I use Toon Boom Studio. While the program itself is pretty expensive, I would say it is very user friendly. You just have to know what your doing.

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