Animation for Amiga 1200

[mrmoonlight]

Hi is there a simple Animation program that would work with My Amiga 1200 even just a stick man moving ,best wishes Brian.

[mrmoonlight]

Depends what you exactly mean by animation program. DPaint is a good start for making animations.

Hi and thank you Dpaint is awesome very pleased best wishes Brian.

[mrmoonlight]

dear friend:
 
I highly reccomend moviesetter.
Is very easy to learn and use.
You can make nice 2d cartoon animation, from a stickman
to a nice anime style.
It is one of the programs that Eric Swchartz used for making his
aerotoons amiga cartoons.
I use moviesetter and I really love it.
Good Luck !!!

  Hi do you know where I can get moviesetter  from only I have just looked on aminet and there were some demo examples of using the program I could not see the  moviesetter program best wishes Brian.

[mrmoonlight]

Dear Friend:
 
I have good news for you.
The complete legit moviesetter came for free in an old CU amiga magazine
coverdisk. The magazine even came with the complete and printed manual
for moviesetter.
I used to have both, but do not know if I still have it.I can check for you,
and if I do, i would send it to you for free, but please pay shipping.
I do not need the coverdisk, as I have the complete moviesetter original
and commercial package.
Cheers !!!

 Hi that's very kind of you and I am very grateful to you but I have just seen one on ebay which I am about to buy its going for very little ,but once again thank you so very much ,my very best wishes Brian.

[mrmoonlight]

Dear Friend:
 
I have very good news. If you get moviesetter, is very easy to learn and use.
If you do the tutorials in the manual, you will easily can create cartoon animation.
If your artistic skill is zero, you can still easily make animation like a stick man.
But if you start learning how to draw on paper, eventually your skill with
moviesetter will grow and you can get better and better at making cartoons in
amiga. Also start learning to make pictures in deluxe paint or similar software, it
will increase your skill and you can export dpaint pics into moviesetter.
MOVIESETTER IS VERY EASY TO USE !!!
Start drawing on amiga.

Hi ,I really do need to thank you for your enthusiasm ,quite contagious my dear friend so I will tell you where I am up to now lol
I have Moviesetter  on the way and I am very excited and just to top it off ,in my collection of unopened boxes containing Amiga floppies I have discovered 3 immaculate  commodore DELUXEPAINT III DISCS One with program on it another with animation and the other has Art  on it and they work perfect and I also bought a manual with   commodore DELUXEPAINT III instructions for use lol  and I managed to get a figure moving and I am absolutely amazed at the outstanding quality my humble Amiga 1200 delivers ,totally blown away ,my very best wishes to you and everyone else for all the help and encouragement ,looks like a long night ahead ,bye for now Brian.:laugh1::laugh1::laugh1::laugh1::biglaugh:

[mrmoonlight]

Hi:
 
I am very happy you got deluxe paint !!!
Is one of the best paint programs for amiga and it will
undoubtedly be good for your learning.
I suggest you get pictures from books you like, and try to
draw them in deluxe paint.Little by little your artistic skill
will grow. You can export deluxe paint pics into moviesetter.
Good luck !!!

Hi I too am really pleased as the manual I have bought which has not arrived yet has three more D/Paint discs with it but my only problem is my mouse Is not the best so I have ordered this and I hope it will work better ,best wishes Brian
 
Its a
 Typhoon wifi optical rechargeable mouse for the Amiga

[mrmoonlight]

Another Paint / Anim program you can use is Cloanto's Personal Paint v7.
It supports custom screens, AGA, and multiple file formats, like JPEG, BMP etc.
I use it more then Dpaint.
 
Another anim program you can try is Disney's Animation Studio.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSeYivHZpB8
 
And another item, if you are more serious about your animations, you probably need a graphic tablet. Old WACOM serial work good with accelerated Amiga. When you are interested, I can dig one out and tell you the model number.

 
Hi and a warm thank you my friend and I would be very very grateful if you could let us know the model number and thank you for help in what to maybe try ,I ve got so many things coming this week and I am dying to try the Animation software that's due to arrive and on top of that a beautiful amiga 600 has just turned up and I need to try that first and I have a shed full of hardware to install in to that lol all exciting stuff my very best wishes and I look forward to the kind offer of the model number .Brian

[mrmoonlight]

It's ArtPad II Model KT-405-R
 
This Pad works good with Wacom Drivers found on Aminet here http://aminet.net/package/driver/input/Wacom_150 . To use it, you'll need 9-25pin serial converter.
There are bunch of these cards for sale on ebay w/o the pen, but here is the pen you need: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Wacom-Duo-Switch-Ultra-Pen-Holder-UP-801E-OOH-Mac-PC-/291001001852?pt=US_Graphics_Tablets_Boards_Pens&hash=item43c102e77c

 
Wow that was quick and I am sure myself and other members are truly grateful to you for that important information ,thanks a million my friend Brian.

[mrmoonlight]

Dear friend:
 
I have good news.
There is a complete training lessons online on how to draw,
from begginning to advanced.It is completely free...and it will help
you make better animations and drawings.
Check on 'lessons' and 'free lessons' on
www.drawspace.com
The lessons are good, free, and it will hep you with animation
an drawing on amiga.

 Excellent my friend  the weekend is coming up and I will certainly be having a look at the free lessons I think I could do with some lessons because I am not the best drawer by a long way ,do you have any drawings that you have done and would like to share because there must be a lot of Amiga users who would gain a lot from some one like your self ,just a thought and my very best wishes to you Sir ,Brian.

[mrmoonlight]

Dear Friend:
 
I am a hobbyist animator with lightwave 3d. My cg portfolio is in
https://sites.google.com/site/rednova3d/
please check it out !!!

 
Hey wonderful my friend and really impressed I hope I can become as good as you .and now Moviesetter has arrived so I am off to enjoy my Amiga and new software for a while ,we  will speak again my friend as I will let you know how I am doing with Moviesetter bye for now ,best wishes Brian.

[mrmoonlight]

i was reading to see if anyone would mention Disney Animation Studio which is also my suggestion.

Hi I had a little trouble with this one I downloaded it but it kept showing an error ,so I left it at that and went on to D/ PAINT which I like and Moviesetter but I don't have a manual to that one yet ,thanks for your input ,best wishes Brian.

[mrmoonlight]

dear friend:
 
I also have disney animation studio. I haven't used it yet, but is installed
in my HD and works fine. I checked it out a little bit, and it seems amazing
and good enough for doing great animations.
I believe it will be good for you to use disney animaton studio.
I also believe you can get as good (3d art)as I am, you just need
to start working dedicated and keep on. Eventually, you will become very
good.
Love !!!

Thank you for your kind words and I promise you I will settle down and begin to learn ,its been busy for me the last few days as I have 5 vintage computers arriving shortly so I am preparing a place for each of them along side my beautiful Amiga 1200 and baby Amiga 600 ,just incase you are interested my vintage computers are as follows
 
      two Vic 20,s
  one commodore plus 4
one commodore c 64 c
and one c 64
also a sd card reader that works with any of the five vintage computers
a psu power supply for the commodore  plus 4
so as you can imagine I am very excited but really need to begin my Animation learning , so very best wishes Brian xx

[mrmoonlight]

Hi,
 
Do a search on YouTube for "Amiga Deluxe Paint". There are several tutorial videos for using it for animation on there. These are videos that were sold commercially in the 1980s/90s.
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S04TCNGkSD4
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfc0Slzf-sY
 
Deluxe Paint IV and V and Disney Animation Studio are the best because they have onion-skinning. I tried MoveSetter but didn't like it because of the lack of onion-skinning, which makes it really hard to base the next frame on the old one (you can't see the old one). I don't know how Eric Schwartz did so well with Movie Setter.
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onion_skinning

   
Hi thank you so very much for your help excellent video/tutorials by the way and I really like D/Paint although I have a lot to learn ,I have been setting up my studio and will be happy when I can spend more time with D/Paint which is some thing I am looking forward too ,take care Brian.