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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Desktop Audio and Video => Topic started by: commodorejohn on August 21, 2012, 09:00:42 PM

Title: Animation tools?
Post by: commodorejohn on August 21, 2012, 09:00:42 PM

I'd like to play around with 2D animation on the Amiga, and I'm wondering if there are any recommendations for good tools to do so. I'm not looking for hyper-advanced rendering and film editing suites or anything, just something that will let me put together a simple 320x200 OCS (or possibly AGA) animation without too much hassle. I've seen MovieSetter and it seems like a decent tool, but it doesn't seem to want to run on my A1200. Any suggestions?

Title: Re: Animation tools?
Post by: rednova on August 21, 2012, 10:02:35 PM

Dear Friend:

I use to have moviesetter running on my a1200, and it always worked fine.
Now I have moviesetter running on my a2000 and it still works fine.
moviesetter should be able to run on an amiga 1200,Just try getting a
different copy. A free original version of moviesetter came on an CU amiga
coverdisk, and even that shall run good on your amiga.
Also, Disney animation studio is just as good as moviesetter for 2d cartoons,
and it should also run on an amiga 1200. I also had disney animation studio
running on a1200, and always worked.

Cheers !!!

Title: Re: Animation tools?
Post by: rvo_nl on August 21, 2012, 10:05:40 PM

hm, Im quite sure I had Moviesetter running on my 1200 back in the days, because I think that is the tool you should use. You can ofcourse also animate with Deluxe Paint, but it takes a bit more effort and you will soon run out of memory. Also worth checking out is Disney Animation Studio.
 
edit: lol, yeah.. rednova beat me to it :)

Title: Re: Animation tools?
Post by: Ral-Clan on August 21, 2012, 11:34:00 PM

While MovieSetter is probably good, I find using programs with the onionskin feature better.  Disney Animation studio has this, and so does (later) versions of DPaint.

DPaint is definitely the most full-featured 2D cel-animation program for the Amiga.

If you want to try vector 2d animation, get Fantavision.

Title: Re: Animation tools?
Post by: runequester on August 27, 2012, 05:22:11 PM

Quote from: ral-clan;704576

While MovieSetter is probably good, I find using programs with the onionskin feature better.  Disney Animation studio has this, and so does (later) versions of DPaint.

DPaint is definitely the most full-featured 2D cel-animation program for the Amiga.

If you want to try vector 2d animation, get Fantavision.

Probably cant go wrong with deluxe paint for old school 2d animation. I was able to figure it out as a 14 year old so it can't be too difficult :)