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by **MunkyWorks** » Wed Aug 20, 2003 10:01 am

Are there any professional 2D apps for Mac OS X? What is used for ink and paint now since nobody really uses cels anymore?

by **Toonimator** » Wed Aug 20, 2003 10:04 am

MunkyWorks wrote:What is used for ink and paint now since nobody really uses cels anymore?

A PC.

I'm not sure what apps are even available for Mac. Animation Nationers keep clamoring for DigiCel to get a Mac version out, which I think they're working on. Otherwise, no clue. PC, there's Toonz, DigiCel, and others.

by **MunkyWorks** » Wed Aug 20, 2003 11:50 am

Toonimator wrote:
MunkyWorks wrote:What is used for ink and paint now since nobody really uses cels anymore?

A PC.

I'm not sure what apps are even available for Mac. Animation Nationers keep clamoring for DigiCel to get a Mac version out, which I think they're working on. Otherwise, no clue. PC, there's Toonz, DigiCel, and others.

Heh-heh... screw that!
:lol:

I'd rather do it in Flash and export it as a Quicktime or try to composite the art in After Effects. Windows gives me the creeps...

Thanks for the info though!

by **SpaceBoySlim** » Wed Aug 20, 2003 5:42 pm

MunkyWorks wrote:Are there any professional 2D apps for Mac OS X? What is used for ink and paint now since nobody really uses cels anymore?

Animo has a mac OSX version, but it costs a zillion $. if you co to:

http://www.animationmeat.com/index2.html

and scroll down to software, they have some more links. Let me know if you find anything that works better than photoshop... that crap sucks :shock:

--E

by **emceeONE** » Wed Aug 20, 2003 6:11 pm

I guess you could use Painter 8. Not really sure about earlier versions, but in 8, you can create animated movies. Good luck cracking it...I mean, uh, never mind.

Actually, I think Flash and Illustrator is your best bet if you want vector. Then composite in After Effects like you planned. You get rack focus, 3D space, multiplaning, etc...

by **MunkyWorks** » Thu Aug 21, 2003 2:36 am

emceeONE wrote:Good luck cracking it...I mean, uh, never mind.

I've already turned my Painter 8 Demo into a "full featured evaluation".

My big gripe about Painter 8 is that it's a HUGE resource hog. Doing anything hi-res is actually painful. Hopefully I will have my dual 2ghz G5 before the year is over...

by **Wpilot** » Thu Aug 21, 2003 4:09 am

There are several:

Toon Boom- (OSX)
http://www.toonboomstudio.com/

Animo- (OSX)
http://www.animo.com/index.htm

Retas-(OS9 I believe there's an X version in the works)
http://www.retas.com/

Animation Stand-(OS 9)
http://www.animationstand.com/

Frame Thief- (OS X Stop motion software)
http://www.framethief.com/

iStop Motion- (OS X another stop motion software)
http://www.istopmotion.com/

Flash-(OS9/X Takes some doing to work for broadcast but it can be done)
http://www.macromedia.com/

Pencil Test-(OS9/X)
http://www.slashjpl.com/html/software/p ... index.html

by **Benjamin Arcand** » Thu Aug 21, 2003 6:25 am

I use Photoshop & After Effects then I export it to a Quicktime version.

by **MunkyWorks** » Thu Aug 21, 2003 8:43 am

Thanks Wpilot!

Since I'm doing stuff for myself I think I may have to "rough it" and do the characters in Illustrator and composite elements in After Effects.

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