2D animation

JonFar

anyone works with 2D animation? like cartoons and stuff?

i bought a drawing tablet, cause i wanna revive my cartoon drawing skills from the school days, when i used to sit in the back of the classroom and draw cartoons in the maths and chemistry books (im an architect now...)

i already use photoshop, illustrator and sketchbook, but i was wondering what's the best tool to animate those drawings?

from what i researched, i found Toon Boom, Anime Studio and Flash to be the most common..
but which is the easiest to learn? (something with sketchup's learning curve would be great, cause it's not for professional use...)

software recomendations other than those 3, are also welcome, of course

pilou

Don't know what sort of animation you want but
this free one seems amazing!
Animata

or from living personnage

Fake 3D

pilou

another free one
http://www.synfig.org

JonFar

i tried them, but its not exactly what i want, cause they lack the drawing tools..
Synfig actually has drawing tools, but its vectorial, like Illustrator

i need something like Sketchbook, perfect for cartoon drawing, but with "bone" rigging and frame by frame animation

from what i researched, Toon Boom and Anime Studio are the industry standard for that.

I tried them both and they're pretty simple once you figure out the logic behind it (with the help of some youtube tutorial videos, of course hehehe..)
I was just wondering if there was someone here that used such kind of software to help me decide between the two (or maybe other one that i dont know of...)

but thanks for the sugestions!

pilou

Ah ok
This one is not exactly that you want but maybe useful
Ikenema for Indie animator

pilou

Ah ok
This one is not exactly that you want but maybe useful
and seems free too!
Ikenema for Indie animator

JonFar

thanks for the sugestions

i have decided to go with Toon Boom

i'll post some animation videos, when i have something worth sharing, hehe