2D DIGICEL FLIPBOOK TRIAL
2D DIGICEL FLIPBOOK PROFESSIONAL

I have downloaded a trial from the official site. My general impression of it was quite positive, it has a nice and simple interface and there's no overload of extra unnecessary tools which is what I find annoying on other software. My only gripe was that for some reason despite it being pixel rather than vector based, I find it hard to draw as well on anything that isn't Photoshop - a possibility would be to draw the frames in PS then transfer them to FlipBook to sort out the timing and colouring. There's also a tool for scanning in paper-based drawings.

2D DIGICEL FLIPBOOK PROFESSIONAL

Can easily organise and edit timing of frames Extensive colour selection, and when you change a colour this change automatically applies to other frames Allows the addition of sound tracks, which is especially useful for lipsyncing Includes vertical timing sheet, with each row being a frame and each column being a layer Drawing allows pressure sensitivity, and you can choose between free drawing or 'smart' drawing which smooths out curves Allows you to draw with a tablet or scan/capture traditionally drawn frames Pixel-based rather than vector-based so allows a more traditional look I'm aware in a professional environment I'd be expected to adapt to new software, so I'm willing to practice getting used to it. When seeing examples of work produced in FlipBook, I noticed it tends to be very clean and flat, though I suppose that's more to do with artistic preference than the program. I would be able to add texture and other artistic effects in After Effects. Something that kept happening was a small moment of lag when I tried to draw, so at times it was very difficult to sketch roughly as it kept 'sticking'.

Also, sometimes it wouldn't detect the pressure at all so I'd have to keep trying to draw the same area. I'm not sure what the cause of this would have been as it sometimes would work fine, but it definitely would be difficult to draw good sketches with this repeatedly occurring.ĭespite 2D dramatically decreasing in popularity for big budget animations, there's still a huge interest and love for the medium as evidenced by the many fantastic short films that are around the net. I've been looking at a lot of them to try and study some of the different approaches different artists have taken, and to see if I can find one that would fit my project. One that has caught my interest is a film called Wolfsong by Toniko Pantoja.

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