The following are some 2D animation softwares on the Internet:
First, Animo-the most widely used!
1. Information:
Cambridge Animation Company, UK.
ANIMO 2D cartoon animation system is the most popular and widely used 2D animation system in the world. It is used by more than 300 animation studios in more than 50 countries. At present, the stunt animation committee in Hollywood, USA, has adopted it as the standard for making two-dimensional cartoon animation.
2. Advantages:
In the past, the perfect combination of two-dimensional and three-dimensional needs very precise technical design, but it is difficult to modify it in the future. With the appearance of ANIMO 3.0, two-dimensional and three-dimensional tools can be used at the same time in all stages of production. It provides the world's first internal environment combining 3D animation and 2D animation. It can perfectly combine the lighting and shadow effects in a three-dimensional scene with two-dimensional character animation.
ANIMO system is a world-class pioneer in providing cooperation for animators on the Internet. And with its strong flexibility and ability to cooperate with other software, it occupies an absolute advantage.
3. For example:
The Prince of Egypt
It is a successful example of ANIMO's combination of 2D and 3D. Including a large number of complex special effects and three-dimensional scenes, the producer has developed more than 120 plug-in filtering special effects in addition to various functions provided by ANIMO.
All the shots in this film were drawn by ANIMO.
Animators of movies use various 3D models, animations and generating tools to create 3D images (including scaffolding, temples, ancient carriages and ships). Perfect combination with two-dimensional images in ANIMO's scene 3.
In traditional production, the camera is still in most lenses. In this movie, the camera can move more freely by using three-dimensional animation, and the movie can be made in a way similar to real-life shooting by controlling the angle of the camera.
Scene 3 in ANIMO enables animators to combine three-dimensional objects into two-dimensional animation scenes. This is a great breakthrough in animated films.
The king and I
Before making this film, Ricky Animation Studio sent a special team to test all 2D animation software. Finally, they decided to use ANIMO and let all the cooperative studios use some systems.
In order to reduce costs, Rich Animation will put the animation of movies outside the United States, where wages are low and there is no additional tax. Set up local area network and FTP server in California, USA, and transmit animation scenes between studios through the Internet.
The film studios in South Korea and Dublin first completed the draft of the lens, sent the draft to Rich Animation Studio for the director to preview, and then sent back the comments. When the animation draft was approved, they sent the pencil draft to the studio in Dublin, created the scene in the ANIMO system, and added camera movement where the scene was needed. Then the draft and ANIMO scene files are sent to the studio in Korea, where the staff will process the images. After the lines are processed, the graphics are sent back to the rich animation through FTP server. After confirmation, the modified scene was sent to ANIMO system of Dublin Studio to complete the rest work. When a complete scene is confirmed, it will be generated in the format of movie resolution, then output to Exabyte or DLT tape, and then sent back to rich animation.
The film took 97 weeks to travel. It has set a precedent for animation production across different cultures of the earth through electronic information exchange in the future.
Second, the finishing touch pen-developed by China
1. development unit and information:
Peking University is jointly developing with CCTV.
1998 released the first version-the finishing touch 2.0. 3.0 is a vector version, and it was all a dot matrix version before.
2. Module:
A) Management module: create, delete and back up snapshots.
B) Photograph sheet: Check the contents of the photographic sheet.
C) Input: including scanning input and file input.
D) Line manuscript inspection: string uncolored line manuscripts and play them. Different colors can be used to distinguish different levels of pencil lines, so as to check the quality of lines and the consistency of actions.
E) Lens special effects: simulate various effects of the camera.
F) Line color: Color the draft line.
G) Synthesis: Synthesize all layers and backgrounds of the same scene and image the lens.
3. Scope of use:
Domestic.
Third, Retas Pro-a Japanese thing, is also the plane animation software of 02 animation.
1. Development:
Selsis gmbh
The full name of the software is revolutionary engineering general system.
1993 came out.
2. New functions (the author selected several major projects):
A) Support HDTV and movie synthesis. The lens size can reach 8000*8000 pixels.
B) Open source code allows third parties to develop unlimited plug-ins.
C) Using the nesting function of photo tables, complex photo table synthesis can be realized simply.
D) you can merge Rla files of 3D Studio MAX.
3. A new module that you may not know:
Quick inspection line inspection tool
Four, Softimage │TOONZ two-dimensional cartoon animation production system
Features:
It makes the synchronization of sound, music and images very easy.
Keep the strokes in the hand-drawn draft, and the intelligent paper output function can quickly identify the standard and user-defined paper size, and register and align the draft according to the positioning holes of the paper.
The drawings beyond the scanning area are scanned in sections and seamlessly spliced. TOONZ adopts built-in compensation algorithm to ensure the consistency of linear density. The automatic closing function can automatically close the uncolored area to prevent the color from leaking like a flood.
Whether it is a single frame or a continuous image, you can change the black and white lines into other colors.
Five, American animation-full vector animation
1. Development and information:
Canadian cartoon company.
At present, the animation companies that choose it are:
Disney Disney
DreamWorks DreamWorks
Warner Bros.
Paramount film company
China CCTV; closed circuit TV
2. Features:
You can directly output the works of animators to TV movies or the Internet.
Support FLASH format. A variety of generation formats. Interactive instant play. Multi-level stereo lens planning.
Automatic scanning, real-time picture quality preview of D 1
The coloring system (including shading, special effects and highlights) is recognized as the fastest in the industry, and maintains the brush strokes and image quality.
Intransitive verb clothes peg
1. Development and information:
199 1 year, Vincent Laporte and his team developed cartoon animation coloring and composition software for the first all-digital cartoon "Peter and Sonia". 1993, this development team accepted the requirements of Europe and jointly developed the two-dimensional animation software PEGS with LBO and TDI (currently belonging to Alias Warefront).
2. Features:
A) Two animation methods, dot matrix and vector, are provided.
B) Omni-directional lens moving environment.
C) Powerful positioning and automatic mode.
D) Open the material construction environment, including lens blur, under illumination, automatic highlights and shadows, ground shadows, etc.
E) interactive synthesis function.
F) Real-time color check function.
G) adjust the quick coloring function of the scanner in combination.
H) semi-automatic coloring function.
I) multi-format output (network, video, 35mm, HDTV, Quicktime, image file).
The word wrap closing function can automatically close all animation word wraps without changing the real line segment gap.
Vectorization module allows users to vectorize the scanned pencil manuscript and generate completely vectorized lines to ensure the final line quality. And allows dot matrix and vector coloring to be used simultaneously in the same shot.
Seven, AXA
Features:
If you are not satisfied with the speed of animation, there is only one very uneconomical way to make traditional two-dimensional animation, and that is to change the photo station and retake it. But in some software, you can change the timing of animation by inserting or deleting the number of squares.
In AXA, you can't enter the next coloring job without online inspection.
An epoch-making professional 2D animation production system —— RETAS PRO for PC and Mac
RETAS is a professional two-dimensional animation production system developed by Celsys Co., Ltd. in Japan, which is applied to ordinary PCs and Macs. The full name is the total animation system of revolutionary engineering.
It mainly consists of four parts:
Traceman-scan a large number of animations into the computer through the scanner and scan lines.
PaintMan-a high-quality coloring software that makes batch coloring easier and faster?
CoreRETAS and rend dog—— Using brand-new mathematical tools, they have realized all the characteristics that traditional animation photography can express, and have a high degree of freedom of expression. In addition, each scene synthesized in CoreRETAS can be output in various file formats and graphic resolutions.
QuickChecker 1.0-flexible line shooting software to ensure the highest quality animation?
RETASPRO won the first prize of the 48th Japan Film and Television Technology Association because of its excellent performance and reliable price.
RETAS PRO is a professional two-dimensional animation production system developed by Celsys Co., Ltd. in Japan, which is applied to ordinary PCs and Macs. Its appearance quickly fills the gap that there is no professional two-dimensional animation production system on PC and MAC. Since 1993 10 was released in Japan in October, retas4.1window95,98 &; With the successful production of NT and Mac versions, RETAS PRO has occupied more than 80% market share in the Japanese animation industry, and has been ranked first in Japanese animation software sales in the past four years. More than 100 animation companies in Japan have used RETAS PRO, among which Dongying, Sunrise, TokyoMovie (using RETAS PRO to make Rubin III of Lubang) and TMS (using RETAS PRO to make Spider-Man of Spider-Man) are famous. Yoyogi Animation School, a famous Japanese animation school, and Hudson and Konami, famous game producers, also used RETAS PRO.
The production process of RETAS PRO is very similar to the traditional animation production process, and mainly consists of four modules, which replaces the whole process of drawing lines, coloring, making photo tables, special effects processing and shooting synthesis in traditional animation production. At the same time, RETAS PRO can not only make two-dimensional animation, but also synthesize real scenes and computer three-dimensional images. RETAS PRO can be widely used in movies, TV, games, CDs and other fields.
English and Japanese versions of RETAS PRO enjoy a high reputation in Japan, Europe, the United States and Southeast Asia. Now the Chinese version will bring a new era of computer animation to China animation industry.
It stands for "Green Six" and so on.
PS: The latest RETAS PRO has the function of a pressure-sensitive pen in the photo table, which means that you can draw animation directly in the photo table without using paper. His personal edition also supports this function, which is the paperless animation popular in Japan now.
Retas Professional Edition 5. 1
Retas Chinese course
USAnimation is the world's first 2D cartoon production system.
The most practical creative tool
You will get the most powerful arsenal in the industry to provide you with simulation services.
Creation gives you the freedom to create effects unimaginable by traditional cartoon technology.
. Easily combine 2D animation and 3D images. Using multi-plane shooting, rotating
Turn the focus to push, pull, shake and move the lens, infinite palette and
Infinite layer. The only absolutely innovative interconnected synthesis of American animation
After any layer is modified, the system can immediately display the simulation of all layers.
Effect!
The fastest production speed
Every aspect of USanimation software was originally designed with the whole product in mind.
How to get the fastest production speed at each stage of the process? With automatic scanning,
Preview the quality of DI in real time to make the system work quickly. Using animation requires
The vectorization-based coloring system is recognized by the industry as the fastest system.
Shadow colors, special effects and highlights are all automatically colored, which saves the whole coloring process.
30%-40% of the time, without any loss of image quality. Ussani Matt
The ion system produces the most perfect "hand-drawn" lines, retaining all the strokes of the artist.
And lines. Non-parallel synthesis when the progress is stagnant for some reason.
Speed and production speed will give you the greatest freedom.
Impressive means and tools!
Production tools include: color modeling, shot planning, dynamic inspection, color filling and line coloring, special effects for synthesis (2D, 3D and real shot) and so on.
Including self-generated actions and 3D animation software.
Color reference system for cartoon with international standards.
The most professional output quality!
The excellent quality of Usanimation system has been confirmed and tested many times, and the number of products processed by this system is also increasing. At present, there are more than 1800 American animation systems running around the clock in more than 30 countries.
It stands for "beauty and the beast" and so on.
User Animation 6.0 (Cartoon Animation _ User Animation _ Works _6)
American Animation Chinese Manual (Tutorial)
Animation software AXA
As the saying goes, "if a worker wants to do a good job, he must sharpen his tools first." Cartoon animation used to be a labor-intensive industry, which needed a lot of manpower. Making a cartoon for more than 70 minutes takes as much manpower, time and spirit as a movie. Therefore, even Disney, the cartoon kingdom, has to rely on computers to complete more attractive cartoons. Among all kinds of software, AXA is the only PC-level full-color animation software, which can be executed on WIN 95 and NT. The simple operation interface can make cartoonists or "fresh people" get started quickly, and the quality of animation line processing and coloring is also very professional.
Working environment based on legal table
AXA contains all the components needed to make computer cartoons, such as scanning drawings, pencil manuscript inspection, lens operation, color fixing, coloring, synthesis, inspection, video recording and other modules. It is completely designed for animation producers, allowing traditional producers to easily enter the ranks of digital production. It is characterized by taking computer exposure sheet as the main operation backbone. Because comics is a high-cost, time-consuming and laborious work, it relies on the use of exposure sheets to connect the production process, thus improving the production efficiency, so computer exposure sheets are as friendly to animators as a familiar old friend.
One hundred animation layers
Because of the transparency of celluloid and the thickness of colored pigments, the traditional animation design usually has less than six layers.
The old AXA provides users with ten animation layers. But in recent years, after people get used to computer creation, the design becomes more and more diverse, and the lens movement becomes more and more difficult, and ten floors are not enough. Therefore, when version 4.0 was released, it has been increased to 100 animation layers, so that animation directors can design animation layers, shadow layers, light and shadow layers and gradients at will. Furthermore, by making good use of the characteristics of computer digital images, animation layers or backgrounds can also use real people or 3D animation. Just as Disney started with Beauty and the Beast, every animated feature film has a computer-generated background and hand-drawn animation for digital synthesis in the CAPS synthesis system developed by the company itself, which is a very successful example.
Make full use of cut-and-paste function to edit legal forms
If you are not satisfied with the animation schedule, there is only one very uneconomical way for the traditional animation homework, that is, to change the schedule and make it again; In AXA software, it is much simpler. As long as the number of squares can be inserted or cut, considerate design can save users a lot of valuable working time.
A professional cartoon coloring tool-AXA ink&; pigment
Compared with other commonly used software, AXA coloring module has the most exciting functions, such as palette and ink&; Paint), and automatically generate Creat Tone Matte, etc. Only these three functions have greatly solved the difficulties and setbacks often encountered in using general software.
The best gatekeeper-AXA pencil test
Before each animation is colored, it must pass a pencil test. The key point of this operation procedure is to check whether the movements are smooth and whether the characters are deformed. If you fail the pencil test, an important quality control checkpoint, you will immediately enter the downstream coloring work. After the production is completed, you will find that there is something wrong with the animation timing. At this time, it is too late to start again, which will waste a lot of precious time and money.
AXA was one of the first two-dimensional animation softwares to enter China, which occupied a large share in CCTV at that time. In China, it's a beautiful place, and many old companies still use it. Especially, it is famous for its simplicity, convenience and quickness. This is a tool that I highly recommend for individuals to do animation. Cleaning is copying his kernel.