Editorial Reviews:
Synopsis
Complete Animation for Digital Artists: The fun, quick and affordable way to create animations, Anime Studio is the ideal solution for first time animators, hobbyists and digital enthusiasts. Create and Import Content: Create your own art using intuitive vector-based draw, paint and fill tools. Easily import artwork from popular graphics programs and use pre-built content to get started fast! Bone Rigging Saves Time: Point-and-click to attach bones to your characters for easy manipulation and reduce production time over traditional frame-by-frame animation. Advanced Timeline Control: Inverse Kinematics moves your character naturally between keyframes for smooth animations. Add sound, special effects, and preview in real time with multiple layers to edit your animation. Share Everywhere: Export your creations to the most popular web and video formats supported by FaceBook and MySpace, or upload your animation directly to YouTube from within Anime Studio.
Amazon.com Product Description
The fun, quick and affordable way to create animations, Anime Studio is the ideal solution for first time animators, hobbyists and digital enthusiasts./p table width="300" cellpadding="20" align="left" tr td align="center"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/B002ABMVD6-4-th.jpg" border="0" style="border: 1px solid black;" psmallbiCreate your own cartoons and animations--the ideal solution for first time animators, hobbyists and digital enthusiasts. Click to enlarge./i/b/small /td /tr /table h2Complete Animation for Digital Artists/h2 pbCreate and Import Content/bbr Create your own art using intuitive vector-based draw, paint and fill tools. Easily import artwork from popular graphics programs and use pre-built content to get started fast! pbBone Rigging Saves Time/bbr Point-and-click to attach bones to your characters for easy manipulation and reduce production time over traditional frame-by-frame animation. pbAdvanced Timeline Control/bbr Inverse Kinematics moves your character naturally between keyframes for smooth animations. Add sound, special effects, and preview in real time with multiple layers to edit your animation. pbShare Everywhere/bbr Export your creations to the most popular web and video formats supported by FaceBook and MySpace, or upload your animation directly to YouTube from within Anime Studio. h2Anime Studio Debut Gets You Started Right Away/h2 table width="300" cellpadding="10" align="right" tr td align="center"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/B002ABMVD6-1-th.jpg" border="0" style="border: 1px solid black;" psmallbiImport and animate your own video and artwork. Click to enlarge./i/b/small /td /tr tr td align="center"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/B002ABMVD6-2-th.jpg" border="0" style="border: 1px solid black;" psmallbiSimple interface makes animation easy. Click to enlarge./i/b/small /td /tr tr td align="center"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/B002ABMVD6-3-th.jpg" border="0" style="border: 1px solid black;" psmallbiCustomize your workspace to your liking. Click to enlarge./i/b/small /td /tr /table pimg src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/B002ABMVD6-5.jpg" align="middle"bFree Characters/bbr Anime Studio includes Jace, Thorn, and many other exclusive, royalty-free, vector-based characters you can use for your own animations. pimg src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/B002ABMVD6-6.jpg" align="middle"bFree Tutorials/bbr Tutorials and sample files show you how to maximize Anime Studio's powerful features and get you animating right away. pimg src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/B002ABMVD6-7.jpg" align="middle"bImport Your Art/bbr Import your own illustrations or create unique characters for your cartoons. Animate anything within the reach of your imagination. pimg src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/B002ABMVD6-8.jpg" align="middle"bBring Photos to Life/bbr Give life to your favorite photos. Import digital camera images, attach bones and easily turn your photographs into animated movies. h2Features/h2 ul liNew--User interface makes animating your creative vision easier than ever liNew--Anime Studio's Sequencer gives you the ability to easily combine Video and audio, with animation liNew--Upload your creations directly to YouTube from within Anime Studio liNew--Improved drawing tools make creating original artwork a snap liNew--Quickly make characters talk with built in Lip-Synching liIncludes lots of ready-to-use content such as characters, actions words and props liImport Quicktime or AVI video liImport layered Photoshop documents liPen tablet support lets you draw naturally with a pen tablet and recreate the sensation of drawing on paper liIncorporate audio files such as WAV or AIFF liBuilt-in tutorials and sample files get you up and running quickly liSpecial effects like motion blur and shadows liExport SWF, AVI, MOV, plus image sequences for the web, short or full length films liRender up to 720x720 resolution liTrack, zoom, roll, pan, and tilt the camera /ul p/