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Ammadeau

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"OT: Recommend a good 2D animation program?" , posted Sun 16 Nov 22:50

Basically, my ultimate goal is a demo of a mock 2d fighter, complete with animated intro (like KOF'98), character select screen, pre-battle quotes, a fight complete with special and super attacks, win quote, and possibly animated ending.

The only program I have to draw with right now is Painter and after attempting a very simple animation ( http://www.ammadeau.net/kumiko/akumika/images/kumi.GIF ) I found that Painter is great for still images, for for animation it plain sucks.

Any suggestions on what PC program I should by for this? Hopefully something that won't require me to take out a loan to afford.

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"Re(1):OT: Recommend a good 2D animation progr" , posted Sun 16 Nov 23:13

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Basically, my ultimate goal is a demo of a mock 2d fighter, complete with animated intro (like KOF'98), character select screen, pre-battle quotes, a fight complete with special and super attacks, win quote, and possibly animated ending.

The only program I have to draw with right now is Painter and after attempting a very simple animation ( http://www.ammadeau.net/kumiko/akumika/images/kumi.GIF ) I found that Painter is great for still images, for for animation it plain sucks.

Any suggestions on what PC program I should by for this? Hopefully something that won't require me to take out a loan to afford.

Autodesk animator. It might be old but it kicked.

Fatality
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"Re(2):OT: Recommend a good 2D animation progr" , posted Sun 16 Nov 23:18

How about flash?

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"Re(3):OT: Recommend a good 2D animation progr" , posted Sun 16 Nov 23:34

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How about flash?

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"Re(1):OT: Recommend a good 2D animation progr" , posted Sun 16 Nov 23:47

IF you want to do a gif one then you can try the one that comes with adobe image ready or the one packed with paint shop pro. Both of them are handy, i think.

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Basically, my ultimate goal is a demo of a mock 2d fighter, complete with animated intro (like KOF'98), character select screen, pre-battle quotes, a fight complete with special and super attacks, win quote, and possibly animated ending.

The only program I have to draw with right now is Painter and after attempting a very simple animation ( http://www.ammadeau.net/kumiko/akumika/images/kumi.GIF ) I found that Painter is great for still images, for for animation it plain sucks.

Any suggestions on what PC program I should by for this? Hopefully something that won't require me to take out a loan to afford.

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Ammadeau

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"Re(2):OT: Recommend a good 2D animation progr" , posted Mon 17 Nov 00:10:

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Autodesk animator. It might be old but it kicked.

I actually did do animations with that proggy back when it was new, usually very bloody for some reason, but fun. However, it's a little too primitive for what I want. I'd probably want to do the animation with vector lines to get a smooth look.

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How about flash?

Flash might be a solution if I knew more about it. Got any links for a total flash noob like myself?

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IF you want to do a gif one then you can try the one that comes with adobe image ready or the one packed with paint shop pro. Both of them are handy, i think.

I want to do something that's a little too much for the animated gif format to handle. I've got an .avi version of my test image where the animation is better, but for some reason the colors aren't as bright, though this is probably because I'm using Painter to create the .avi.

[this message was edited by Ammadeau on Mon 17 Nov 00:14]

Fatality
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"Re(3):OT: Recommend a good 2D animation progr" , posted Mon 17 Nov 00:58

well if u wanna work in vector, then flash sounds right. u cna start off with the tutorials that come wit Flash then find some online or buy a fat flash book.

http://www.tutorialfind.com/tutorials/macromedia/

Undead Fred

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"Re(4):OT: Recommend a good 2D animation progr" , posted Mon 17 Nov 01:37

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well if u wanna work in vector, then flash sounds right. u cna start off with the tutorials that come wit Flash then find some online or buy a fat flash book.

http://www.tutorialfind.com/tutorials/macromedia/

I was assuming he meant non-vector... ah, well. Flash is good for that (I've still got to learn Flash one of these days!!), but if you want traditional-style 2D, you can go as simple as Adobe Imageready... just make yourself a Photoshop file and use the layers as imaginary pieces of paper. When you're ready, you can set up an animated gif and save it. Imagready even has a crappy "tweening" feature, but it's more of a dissolve between frames. Then there's the whole "get a lightboard and some animation paper and then scan or capture the frames and put them together in an editing program" method....

Actually, part of what I'm doing for my final in Experimental Animation will be using the Photoshop method...

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Fatality
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"Re(5):OT: Recommend a good 2D animation progr" , posted Mon 17 Nov 03:09

wahz i thought flash worked in vectors, thats wat i was told... -_-' sry i'm wrong, me n00b.

Undead Fred

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"Re(6):OT: Recommend a good 2D animation progr" , posted Mon 17 Nov 10:51

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wahz i thought flash worked in vectors, thats wat i was told... -_-' sry i'm wrong, me n00b.

Huh? No no, I meant I thought Ammadeau was asking for a non-vector program.... Flash is vector-based, from what I know, but I think you can use non-vector sprites or something, too? I'm not sure. So, if you want to do vector-based animation, Flash is good. But for non-vector, I'd recommend the Photoshop thing.

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