![]() ![]() It apparently has been used on everything from Disney's Enchanted to The Simpsons Movie to the Wild Thornberries, and there are various videos of well-known animators - including Don Bluth - recommending it. After watching a couple of tutorials to get a general idea of how it works, I can see that it is potentially a good choice for me. I have downloaded a trial from the official site. My general impression of it was quite positive, it has a nice and simple interface and there's no overload of extra unnecessary tools which is what I find annoying on other software. My only gripe was that for some reason despite it being pixel rather than vector based, I find it hard to draw as well on anything that isn't Photoshop - a possibility would be to draw the frames in PS then transfer them to FlipBook to sort out the timing and colouring. There's also a tool for scanning in paper-based drawings. Can easily organise and edit timing of frames Extensive colour selection, and when you change a colour this change automatically applies to other frames Allows the addition of sound tracks, which is especially useful for lipsyncing Includes vertical timing sheet, with each row being a frame and each column being a layer Drawing allows pressure sensitivity, and you can choose between free drawing or 'smart' drawing which smooths out curves Allows you to draw with a tablet or scan/capture traditionally drawn frames Pixel-based rather than vector-based so allows a more traditional look I'm aware in a professional environment I'd be expected to adapt to new software, so I'm willing to practice getting used to it. When seeing examples of work produced in FlipBook, I noticed it tends to be very clean and flat, though I suppose that's more to do with artistic preference than the program. I would be able to add texture and other artistic effects in After Effects. Something that kept happening was a small moment of lag when I tried to draw, so at times it was very difficult to sketch roughly as it kept 'sticking'. Also, sometimes it wouldn't detect the pressure at all so I'd have to keep trying to draw the same area. I'm not sure what the cause of this would have been as it sometimes would work fine, but it definitely would be difficult to draw good sketches with this repeatedly occurring.However, there is a new 11" x 17" scanner on the market - the Brother MFC-6490 CW scanner - which retails for about $299.00 (although I've seen it for as low as $199.00 - to -$219.00 after a mail-in rebate).Īs you know if you've priced out an 11 x 17 scanner, until now this was really unheard of to find such an inexpensive 11 x 17 size scanner which can handle full-sized 12 Field animation paper fed through an Auto-Document Feeder (ADF) for very fast scanning. You can step back and forth through the frames you've shot and then right into the live frame to see exactly how it's going to look added on to the end of the scene so you know what you're going to get, and you get what you want.Ĭombined with an Auto Peg Hole Recognition system in software such as TVP Animation, Digicel Flipbook, or ToonBoom Animate, this new Brother MFC-6490 CW scanner is a great tool for independent animators or students. You can even use it to combine 2D, 3D and live action.įlipBook is great for stop motion too. ![]() It will help you breakdown your dialog for perfect lip sync. You can use FlipBook to experiment with different timing for sketches of your key frames without having to wait for rendering. Other programs may be OK if all you want to do is ink & paint but animators use FlipBook.įlipBook can also help you do 3D animation. That's why professional animators at every major studio and teachers at the best animation schools demand FlipBook. Whether you want to do 2D, 3D or Stop Motion Animation, DigiCel FlipBook Makes Animation Easier! FlipBook is the only 2D animation software designed from the ground up to do 2D animation the way animators want to do it. ![]()
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