Keyframe animation

[sjaydeep]

Hi,
I am working for a production house. we are doing a project in 2 D Animation. we have lately learned that there some new software has come up in which you can set two keyframes and in between animation will take place. i would like to know some more about this.

[athena]

Hey sjaydeep, welcome to Keyframe.

Hi,
I am working for a production house. we are doing a project in 2 D Animation. we have lately learned that there some new software has come up in which you can set two keyframes and in between animation will take place. i would like to know some more about this.

Strictly speaking, there has been software out there for a while that will do keyframing for 2D animation, but it kinda depends how intelligent you want that keyframing to be.

Flash on its own can do basic moves and morphs on 2D objects. I've also heard of add-ons to Flash that allow you to create 'character rigs' similar in concept to those used in 3D, however you are only over going to be animating the character across the same 2D plane. That is, if the character is in profile, you can only animate the rig in profile.

There are quite a few add-ons to 3D software like Maya or XSI, which allows you to create a 3D object and then shaded so that it looks 2D. The TV series, Storm Hawks (http://keyframeonline.com/Animation/Storm_Hawks/1170/), uses this 'toon-shaded' style.


Do you happen to remember what the software was called?