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2D Animation Software

Last post 08-07-2008 10:43 PM by iancanderson. 18 replies.
  • 04-21-2008 9:13 AM

    2D Animation Software

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    If anyone is interested, I've released a beta of my WindAnimator software. It allows you to create a project with multiple animation sets which can then be exported as a single sprite sheet. It has fairly simple drawing functions (Pen, Line etc) and a really simple palette - it's kind of more like a proof-of-concept really.

    You can get it here

    Any feedback would be much appreciated...


    Thanks.
  • 05-06-2008 1:23 PM In reply to

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    I played around with it for about five minutes and found it very easy to use, I made a simple animated hat, but it feels incomplete somehow incomplete out of curiosity, are there any other functions you've considered making.  I'd suggest importing images as a start, if you haven't already thought of that.
  • 05-07-2008 10:26 PM In reply to

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    I also downloaded it and I second that the major thing to address is importing images.
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  • 05-14-2008 3:23 AM In reply to

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    Thanks for the feedback guys. I'm working on importing images now - with routines for importing individual images, spritesheets and image sequences (img001.png, img002.png etc).
  • 05-14-2008 8:50 AM In reply to

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    Good tool. I like the easy to use interface.
    But as mentioned, importing images would be a nice addition.
  • 05-15-2008 5:19 PM In reply to

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    With importing images it would be great. I didn't look to hard but can it save your thing in a diffrent file than windanimator files?
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  • 05-29-2008 2:10 PM In reply to

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    I've just release Beta 2 of WindAnimator - you can download it from here

    Features now included:

    • Import single images, multiple frames off a spritesheet or a sequence of images.
    • Onionskin up to three frames before and after the current frame.
    • Fixed transparent background problem.

    The whole thing should be a little more stable as well. I've also started the documentation which you can get to under Help -> Contents... from the main window.

    Thanks again for your feedback.
  • 05-30-2008 3:50 PM In reply to

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    Just wanted to say it's a really nice little application, I'd even say it would be happily commercial with a little more development.

    Richard
  • 07-19-2008 7:54 PM In reply to

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    this is really cool. I have been looking around for stuff and this by far was the best.
  • 07-23-2008 8:07 PM In reply to

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    Could you post up some screen shots of your software you've created. (you dont have to if you think this bothers u)

    :) thank you

  • 07-24-2008 6:32 PM In reply to

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    I'll try and put some screenshots up when I get to work tomorrow. I also have a new version to upload with a few bugs fixed and some extra features like importing animated gifs - I'll post on here when it's available. Thanks again everyone for your feedback - it's nice to think it may be of some use to somebody!
  • 07-24-2008 8:26 PM In reply to

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    Wow. Pretty cool stuff. I made somewhat of an animation software too. It's not as detailed as yours  and doesn't have as much features but it gets the job done. I still have to get some features in (like moving the selecting rectangle with the arrows) but it's mostly done. I kept mine on the simple side. It's called Ray Editor. Good job man and keep it up.

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  • 07-25-2008 8:59 AM In reply to

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    Thank you. Keep it up :)
  • 08-02-2008 3:06 PM In reply to

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