Animation

TheVoiceOfNick · December 03, 2003, 10:56:52 AM

Quote from: zerocool41i'm assuming cartooning is an art that can be learned.

I think you're supposed to have some inborn talent as well...

zerocool41 · December 28, 2003, 06:23:44 PM

ok...maya costs 7k, flash costs 400.....can i make something similar to southpark with flash? I'm guessing maya is for pixar types of animation mainly and that's why the high cost...anyone know?

kotte · December 28, 2003, 06:32:13 PM

you can do "southpark" with flash. Maya is used cause it's an industry standard and it's faster.

zerocool41 · December 28, 2003, 08:42:26 PM

so...what can't i do with flash?

as far as an animated film is concerned, what are my limitations in this program that this 7thousand dollar maya program allows me to do..

kotte · December 29, 2003, 05:09:34 AM

flash doesn't really let you do 3d if you know what I mean. Maya is one of the most powerful 3d animation application out there.
Can't name any but several if not most of the animated festures are done with maya.

Redlum · December 29, 2003, 05:31:16 AM

3d Studio Max - Lost in Space
Maya - Stuart Little

zerocool41 · December 29, 2003, 08:03:39 AM

flash - family guy?

Pubrick · December 29, 2003, 10:47:03 AM

flash - LotR

Link · December 29, 2003, 05:23:20 PM

I just started trying to make a short animated movie on Flash. I'm digging the program (though due to time restraints [I'm trying to finish the movie by the 31st and I started the other day], the movie's short and kinda sucks). But it's fun to mess with and I've got a lot of props for animators now.

booji_boy · January 01, 2004, 02:52:53 PM

It's much better to export te .swf from flash, and convert it into a video file with a program made to do so. For some reason , macromedia gave the program a very bad exporter, which ignores any alphas, or movie clips, etc. Flashants has a great program, that can put flash into nearly any video format, and still maintain the original animation's properties. A popular animation style right now is cell shading, where a 3d object is coloured to look like a 2d cartoon. I can't think of a specific example off the top of my head, but there are lots.

Link · January 04, 2004, 10:25:04 PM

Legen of Zelda: Windwaker and Jet Grind Radio are examples of that, for those who play the video games.

Jeremy Blackman · February 02, 2004, 06:22:53 PM

If Sphinx had a Mac, he would use iDraw.

It's really a beautiful thing, and I just realized it exists.