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From: bobl@pro-graphics.cts.com (Bob Lindabury)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Animation Programs
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Date: 25 Sep 90 00:56:19 GMT
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In-Reply-To: message from acota@pro-realm.cts.com

I would suggest that you try DeluxePaint III and Disney's The Animation
Studio.  If you are really into old fashioned animation practices, I would
suggest the Disney program as it designed with the traditional animator in
mind.  (meaning, you draw each and every frame manually).   DpaintIII allows
you to switch resolutions and to give your brushes motion trajectories (can't
really call them paths).  DpaintIII is very flexable and affords you both
impressive animation capabilities along with useable output to video if you
need it.  I don't know what resolutions The Animation Studio runs under but
I've been told it is Lo-res only.

Another reasonable program is MovieSetter.  It allows you to have sound bytes
added to your animations and all played back in a runtime module via thier
movie program.

I use DpaintIII almost exclusivly for all my 2D animation chores.  If you are
producing animations for clients, I would suggest purchasing a few additional
animation tools.  There are several good tools from Hash and there are even
some reasonable tools in the PD that allow you to split, combine and make
anims from/to IFF images.

-- Bob
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