Overview of 2D animation programs
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Summary
When considering which of these programs an animator should choose, KTooN can be eliminated, not least because of all its technical shortcomings that the Tupi fork surpasses. However, Tupi also leaves too many unfulfilled items on the animator's wish list.
Pencil recommends itself as an uncomplicated introduction to 2D animation. Because of its similarities with ordinary drawing programs, novices can quickly find their feet. Those who create elaborate animations with many parts that change simultaneously might find that working with Pencil is not very economical, not least because of the missing tweening function.
In this respect, Synfig Studio jumps into the breach with its many options and tweening methods. Bottom line, depending on the requirements of a project, either Pencil or Synfig Studio will prove to be suitable 2D animation software.
Infos
- KTooN homepage: http://www.ktoon.net/
- How to compile KTooN: http://www.ktoon.net/portal/howCompileKTooN
- Tupi homepage: http://www.maefloresta.com/portal/
- Installation packages for Tupi: https://launchpad.net/~xtingray/+archive/tupi/+packages
- How to compile Tupi: http://www.maefloresta.com/portal/howCompileTupi
- The Tupi developer's YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/maefloresta
- Pencil homepage: http://www.pencil-animation.org/
- Pencil manual: http://pencil-animation.org/wiki/doku.php?id=en:users:manual:0.4.3b:index
- Synfig Studio homepage: http://www.synfig.org/
- Packages for stable Synfig: http://www.synfig.org/cms/en/download/stable
- Synfig Studio manual: http://wiki.synfig.org/wiki/Category:Manual
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