Learn to do animation

Since you are a digital worker.

You may not have artistic talent.

Why not learn some software?

If you know all this, you can become an "animator"

1 Adobe Photoshop simplified Chinese software category: image processing

Adobe illustrator csv11software language: English software category: image processing running environment: Win9x/NT/2000/XP/

Vector design software

Photoshop is a famous image processing software.

Photoshop is a famous image processing software, which has a very powerful function in the modification and processing of photographic works and painting works.

2 Adobe Illustrator CSV11Adobe Illustrator is a set of products designed for output and web page making.

Powerful and perfect drawing software package, this professional drawing assembly has become a powerful vector drawing tool, complete

PostScript output, and closely combined with Photoshop or other Adobe family software. 10 version adds some functions,

New drawing and automation advantages, such as rectangular grid and polar grid tools; Add edit

Flexibility and logo (editing a copy of the main object or image). You can use brushes and other tools, such as merging, data-driven coordinates, etc.

There are some creative tools in the list that can help you build templates that link to the database. The new Illustrator also provides more network production functions.

Including crop images and support for variable vector drawing file (SVG) enhancement.

3 Fireworks MX 2004 Simplified Chinese Software Language: Simplified Chinese Software Category: Image Processing

4 AutoCAD design

5 Corel Drawing Vector Design Software

6 painter coloring software

7 pagemaker text typesetting processing software

software

Animation book

It will help animators scan or photograph their paintings under the camera. When the shot starts, an editable output rate table allows the animator to play the shot over time. Animators can make colors before inputting videos or putting them online, and make color palettes for each character or animation. There are 1600 colors to choose from. If a new color is selected, the software will automatically recolor the entire lens. In the shot with limited motion, the software will automatically color each frame to match the first frame, saving the time for animators or painters to color each frame manually.

Collaborative test plan

Version 1.4 also provides full compatibility with Flash. This software is an ideal tool for animators who want to publish animation works on the website. Improving the compatibility between CTP 1.4 and FLASH is our next step, "said Joe Alonso, president of Crash Software Company. Because most network users have installed FLASH in their browsers, it has changed from a file format to a standard for website media transmission. In order to maintain our business philosophy and provide a professional, affordable and fully functional software package, we need to face the growing demand for website compatibility. The new CTP also has 30 new image filters and special effects. In addition, the software is completely compatible with the image file formats made by other 2D and 3D animation software.

Aura V2.5

Aura Aura is a product of Newtek, and the full name of the software is Aura Video Paint. As the name implies, the main use of Aura is "video painting". You can understand video paint from many angles: AURA can let you draw electronic celluloid animation on your computer, and can also be used to edit or modify videos and add special effects. You can even draw a picture with it. The most remarkable function is to draw computer animation. In terms of performance, Aura does not belong to animation software of large and medium-sized enterprises such as Animo or TOONZ, nor does it have those high-end additional functions and multi-module design. However, for us young CGer who only have a computer, a tablet and a simple scanner, the software that provides high-end scanning and super-registration coloring functions seems to be extravagant and difficult to use for our general production. There are many modules, and I don't even know where to start learning ~ ~ But the design of Aura is different from these high-end animation software, and only one module realizes a variety of computer animation functions. Let's talk about its performance first. Many softwares designed by Newtek have a characteristic, that is, they require a wide range of systems, low configuration can be used stably, and high configuration can give full play to system performance. In Aura, you can browse animation effects in real time, and the saving, importing and exporting of files are very smooth. Moreover, it supports manual setting of the amount of memory occupied by revocation, and even if the memory is small, the memory usage mode can be manually adjusted.

Short for MOHOROVI?I? DISCONTINUITY

MOHO, a two-dimensional vector cartoon animation tool, is a vector animation tool similar to FLASH, with simple operation interface and powerful animation control function. We do animation in FLASH, and each layer can only have one component activity, while in moho, there is no such restriction. Moreover, because it has a very professional "skeleton" function, it provides us with the possibility of making complex character animation. And provides a good mouth shape function. So we don't have to worry about the layering of many components in FLASH.

Toona sinensis arm studio? Is a professional 2.5D cartoon animation software, which can not only help you shorten the production time, improve the animation quality, and detonate your creative core, but also make it easier for you to grasp the progress of the project, and one person can complete the cartoon animation. In addition, Toon Boom Studio can integrate Flash 4 and Flash 5. The new version 2.0 adds support for Flash MX, and can easily complete 3D animation scenes. You can directly input hand-drawn drawings and vector files to compile animations, and output them to SWF web page format and QuickTime playback format.

Although Toona sinensis arm Studio2-D is a two-dimensional software, it can read both two-dimensional objects and three-dimensional objects. There are shots, lights, scenes, 3D and other objects in Toon Boom Studio 2-D. Pictures, sounds and animation files can also be imported, and they are all based on SWF format. After completing these works, we can export all or part of the current animation to SWF format, and automatically establish a symbol library when exporting, which can reduce the download load and make the download faster.

Features:

1. Painting (sketch &; Drawing): A drawing board, various brushes and modeling tools are provided for users to sketch and continue modeling.

Animation, as vector data, shows perfect drawing quality.

2. Exposure meter: a necessary format for orthodox cartoon production, so as to facilitate the management of each object, the real-time animation of the object and

Drawing function, input drawing files in *BMP, *TGA, *TIF and *JPG formats.

3.3D scene planning.

You can put 2D components in 3D space, and use special effects such as top view and side view windows of 3D lens and layered 3D object movement to make 3D field.

The 2D animation objects in the scene have the effect of depth of field, which can increase the lens, freely switch the favorite angle, and give full play to the quality of 2.5D animation.

4. lip synchronization: it has the functions of automatic sound wave analysis and automatic lip synchronization designation, which solves the problem of mouth animation.

5. Audio track integration tool:

Support the correction of track effect and lip synchronization error, and provide editing function. Provide web pages, advertisements, music and video products and

Animators and graphic designers in games and other fields, an excellent and perfect 2.5D animation production tool.

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SOFTIMAGE|TOONZ is the best cartoon animation software system in the world. It can run on IRIX platform of SGI super workstation and windows NT platform of PC, and is widely used in cartoon animation series, music films, educational films, advertising films and so on.

TOONZ uses a scanner to digitally input the pencil sketches drawn by the animators into the computer, and then carries out line processing on the drawings, detects the drawings, splices the background images to configure the color palette, colors the drawings, establishes a photographic table, synthesizes the color drawings with the background, adds special effects, synthesizes the previews, and generates the final images. Use different output devices to output the results to video tapes, movies, HDTV and other visual media.

The use of TOONZ not only retains your familiar workflow, but also retains your unique artistic style. At the same time, you throw away the heavy labor of manual coloring, the repeated labor of remaking with the camera and the waste of film, get real-time preview effect, smooth cooperation mode, and quickly reach the high quality level you need.

An epoch-making professional 2D animation production system —— RETAS PRO for PC and Apple

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-high-quality coloring software makes large-scale 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.

Representative works include 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.

Use animation

With the application of USanimation, you will get the most powerful arsenal in the industry to serve your creation, allowing you to freely create effects unimaginable by traditional cartoon technology. Easily combine 2D animation and 3D images. Using multi-plane shooting, rotary focusing can push and pull the moving lens, infinite palette and infinite layers. USanimation is the only absolutely innovative interconnected synthesis system. After any layer is modified, the simulation effect of all layers can be displayed immediately!

The fastest production speed

Every link in the initial design of USanimation software takes into account how to obtain the fastest production speed at all stages of the whole production process. The automatic scanning and real-time preview of DI quality make the system work quickly. USanimation's 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 30%-40% time in the whole coloring process and will not lose any image quality. USanimation system produces the most perfect "hand-drawn" lines, retaining all the strokes and lines of the artist. When the schedule is stagnant for some reason, the non-parallel synthesis speed and production speed will give you the greatest freedom.

Impressive tools and means include: color modeling, shot planning, dynamic inspection, color filling and line coloring, synthesis (2D, 3D and real shot) using special effects 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.

His masterpiece is Beauty and the Beast.

Animo

ANIMO is a two-dimensional cartoon animation production system developed by Cambridge Animation Company, which runs on SGI O2 workstation and Windows NT platform. It is the most popular and widely used system in the world, and more than 1200 sets of animo systems are used by more than 220 studios in the world. It has a working interface designed for animators. The scanned draft retains the original lines of the artist. Its quick coloring tool provides the functions of automatic coloring and automatic line sealing, and is integrated with the color model editor to provide unlimited colors and palettes. A color model can set multiple "color assignments". It has a variety of special effects, including lighting, shadows, camera lens push and pull, background blur, water waves, etc., which can be combined with two-dimensional, three-dimensional and real shooting. The visual scene diagram it provides enables the animator to complete complex operations in just a few simple steps, which improves the work efficiency and speed.

Input, output and editing of 3D scenes: 3D models can be imported from 3D scenes, including their positioning, lighting, camera and material information, and displayed together with any 2D drawings or scanned, drawn or synthesized images. This new 3D tool can move, zoom and rotate 3D data, lights and cameras. Three-dimensional animation can be modified by F-curve editor, and all adjustments and modifications can be stored and used in three-dimensional software.

Texture mapping: All 2D elements in Animo 3 can be synthesized in 3D coordinates by using cameras in 3D scenes. Animo's 3D nodes can input 2D elements as textures.

Cartoon rendering: Animo 3' s new image generation module can be used to generate the final 2D and 3D composite scenes. It will display 3D elements in the familiar way of Animo 2D cartoon generation, and artists can also browse and edit animation cartoon images generated in Maya or 3DS Max.

Output 3D data as Animo layer file: 3D data can be directly output as pre-drawn partition Animo layer file and its color designation in Maya or 3DS Max. These areas are defined by material or object icons. These three-dimensional data can also be output as sketches before drawing the basic gray level, which is the most useful feature in two-dimensional and three-dimensional synthesis.

The finishing touch aided animation production system is the first computer-aided traditional animation software system with independent copyright in China. The software was jointly developed by Founder Group and CCTV. Using this system to make cartoons can greatly improve the speed of drawing lines and coloring, and can produce rich animation effects such as push-pull, swing, fade-in and fade-out, Venus and so on, thus improving the production efficiency and quality.

The finishing touch system is applied to the field of two-dimensional animation that needs to be made frame by frame. It is mainly used for TV stations, animation companies and studios to make animated feature films, and can also be used for some advertising ideas (such as inserting cartoon shapes into three-dimensional animation) and animation drawing in multimedia production. Secondary game makers can also use this software to make simple cartoon images and demo titles.

The main function of the finishing touch software is to assist the production of traditional comics. Corresponding to the production process of traditional animation, the system consists of fourteen functional modules, such as shot management, photo table management, scanning input, file input, pencil test, positioning/photography stunt, palette, line drawing, animation drawing, scene processing, imaging, shot switching stunt, picture preview and recording, and each module completes certain functions.

The finishing touch software has the following remarkable features:

All-Chinese interface, all-Chinese user manual and all-Chinese online help.

Flexible system scalability.

Supports the combination of color palette and color template, and each layer can have multiple color templates.

Powerful background (or foreground) stitching function, which is convenient for masking operation.

The photography table can have at most 100 layers, and information such as shooting requirements can also be marked in the photography table.

The system provides commonly used 3D animation interface.

The practical batch processing function greatly improves the work efficiency of document input, pencil draft test and imaging.

His masterpiece is the Haier brothers.

Ansheng

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

Due to the influence of celluloid transparency and pigment thickness, the traditional animation design usually does not exceed six layers. The old AXA provides users with ten animation layers. But in recent years, because everyone is used to computer creation, the design has become more and more changeable, the lens movement has become 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.

Representative works include: ghosts and elves, etc.

clothespin

The first set of PEGS software licenses began to be sold in 1994. Today, there are more than 1000 sets of PEGS software installed in more than 100 animation systems all over the world. Make more than 800 hours of cartoons every year.

1997, under the control of Humanoid Group, MEDIAPEGS Company was established to develop and sell PEGS software. Los Angeles branch was established in the middle of 1997, with the purpose of expanding the work of PEGS technology and market.

1999, the current nt version of PEGS was released. Since February 1999, PEGS has released vectorization tools on NT platform, making PEGS the only cartoon software in the world that can provide vectors and dot matrix. So that users can make choices according to their own needs. At the same time, the new version can synthesize files in Flash format, and PEGS software has opened up the market leading to the Internet.

Optional system of quantity mode and dot matrix mode

Omni-directional lens moving environment

Powerful positioning and automatic mode

Custom special effects (open special effects construction environment includes lighting, automatic highlights and shadows under lens blur)

Interactive synthesis function

Real-time color detection function

Combined with the fast coloring function of high-speed scanner

Semi-automatic coloring function

Multi-format output (network, video, 35mm, HDTV, QuickTime, image file)

PEGS camera motion editor module:

Control the movement and trajectory of each lens. At the same time, all element systems allow real-time playback.

All layers are set in the virtual lens workspace.

Playback control can realize real-time playback of shots.

Parameter settings of any lens include position, size, rotation and speed.

The motion control of the lens can define the trajectory speed and predetermined speed of the lens motion.

Lens motion smoothing function

Multi-angle lens observation function

Applying OPEN GL technology on NT platform can realize real-time preview without any generation.

Vectorized animation layer

You can define three degrees of freedom for the lens in 3D mode, including defining the depth of field in a separate window.

Different layers can define the opposite direction of lens movement, and the system will automatically generate different effects of scenes at all levels.

Animator Pro graphic animation software can support synchronous sound playback and so on.

Animator pro and Animator studio are Autodesk products!

Painting function

23 kinds of painting tools: such as lines, splines, boxes, polygons, sprays, etc.

35 pigment effects: daubing, glazing, glowing, scraping, embossing, glazing and de-glazing.

Various painting brush shapes

The zoom window can be set freely.

The palette with RGB and HLS can be adjusted freely to bring up the rainbow gradient.

Show lace and carving effects

Set the mask area freely.

Text tool

PostScript Type 1 font (. PF and HP Laserjet bitmap fonts). The software contains a variety of bitmaps and Postscript fonts, which can freely control line spacing and word spacing, and can set left or right and middle positions. Built-in document editor, easy to modify text content. Six animation effects, polygon shape deformation effect.

The Combination of Animator studio's Full-color Animation Performance and Sound Effect

Autodesk Animator Studio can turn your imagination into real drawings. Is a set of most versatile combination tool software, including sound effects, dynamic images, full-color drawings and so on. Autodesk Animator Studio is not only a set of color computer drawing software, but also a set of computer animation software with complete drawing function specially designed for you. With powerful tools and your originality, Autodesk Animator Studio has fully realized your dream. It presents your animation frame by frame on the computer screen, just like an open film negative. Allows you to view every single cell on the screen. You can open several animation files at the same time and edit the images between these files, such as cutting, pasting and copying. You can complete your animation through cartoon grid drawing, or through special effects such as color and transparency conversion. If you encounter difficulties in the operation process, the system provides online instant help function, and is equipped with simple sound and image examples. Provide the information you need immediately and create your own masterpiece. Clever drawing tools allow you to create high-quality full-color animation. You can easily merge video images with 24-bit images without causing color problems. Use the pressure sensing spray gun drawing tool. Allows you to draw directly on a digital image, and can adjust the color intensity and the width of the pen by controlling the pressure of the pen. With the function of multiple recovery, you can use your imagination and test your ideas without fear.

Add mixed sound.

With Autodesk Animator Studio, you can easily record the required sound from various sound sources during the animation process, correctly match the sound with the animation, and then save it as a common standard file format. The sound will be presented on the screen in the form of sound waves, and the length of the sound can be changed without adjusting the tone, so that the sound can match the animation. In addition, it also provides sound editing functions such as chorus and echo effect.

The collocation of Photoshop and Quicktime software

In Autodesk Animator Studio, we can use the filter special effects function of Adobe Photoshop to make animation. Autodesk Animator Studio is an open file architecture that supports AVI, Quicktime and most standard image formats. If you want to read and write other supported image formats, you can also use Autodesk File Translator Toolkit to convert files.

Integrate all multimedia images together.

If you already have many complete multimedia images, you can combine them in the Scriptor module and edit the playback order. If you want to change the order, you don't need to start editing again, just change the playback order in the Scriptor module. In this Scriptor module, you can control the playing time, repetition times and pause times. Or add sound effects to FLIC files, and use the Scriptor module to output images to other applications for digital image editing or video output.

Linker animation bracket

Two-dimensional cartoon animation software adopted by the world's largest cartoon animation companies and post-production companies, such as Walt, Warner Bros., Disney and Nckelodeon, is used to produce the most original patterns, the most original and full animation series for commercial applications in the entertainment industry.

Other functions of Animation Stand include: multi-directional camera control, automatic coloring, three-dimensional shadow, audio editing, pencil test, dynamic control, scheduling, stroke checking, automatic control, special effects, sketch tools and so on. , and can easily output to movies, HDTV, videos, QuickTime and files.

The only computer two-dimensional animation system suitable for all high-performance platforms is commonly used in MAC, SGI, PC-NT and Alpha AXP workstations. A fully (thoroughly) integrated 2D system, according to the traditional animation production process, from the initial rendering to the final movie or broadcast video output, without any additional software. Since 1989, professionals, industrial animation studios and TV stations of film and television companies all over the world have adopted Animation Stand two-dimensional cartoon animation software. The only computer two-dimensional animation system suitable for all high-performance platforms is commonly used in MAC, SGI, PC-NT and Alpha AXP workstations.

A fully (thoroughly) integrated 2D system, according to the traditional animation production process, from the initial rendering to the final movie or broadcast video output, without any additional software.

Including digital coloring and brush (including automatic brush), color of 1-64bits, automatic coloring, sound editing, pencil test, dynamic control, schedule, stroke checking, automatic control, special effects, sketch tools, etc. It is a planning tool that saves practice and labor, supports different platforms and is not limited to operation.