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What are you trying to composite ? TVPaint has a system of layers, which can be considered analagous to the old cel system, with the background painting on the bottom layer and artwork painted on clear layers (cels) stacked in progressive levels on top of the background, the camera pointed down and as each frame is recorded the various cel levels combine into a single image.

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I don't seem to be able to composite my material in tv paint due to the lack of a 3d camera I just noticed you amended your earlier post with this comment : Shawn may have posted about that here on AWN forums. I will say that I've heard of at least one animator, Shawn McInerney, using TVPaint to rough out his animation (because it feels more like using a real pencil, especially with a Cintiq tablet), then he imports to ToonBoom to do his final line clean ups in vector. Have you considered simply drawing your animation on paper with a pencil, scan into Photoshop (since you said you like PS), do your coloring in Photoshop, then composite in AfterEffects ? (I've read about people using that Photoshop to AfterEffects method ). TVPaint thread and I'm not trying to turn it into one, but based on what you say you're looking for I think you'd be more likely to find it in something like TVPaint. The only area where I think ToonBoom excels over TVPaint or Mirage is that the Exposure Sheet function in ToonBoom is better. The limited pen tools in ToonBoom just aren't all that versatile to me. a pencil and/or pens, markers, watercolors ) and can do effects like soft shadows. You say you're looking for something that is more like traditional animation drawing, by which I understand you are looking for something that can simulate natural media (i.e. It is rather a complicated program and the learning curve is steep, but I'd say it's worth it, however, in the end 'your results may vary'.

I guess what I meant to say was : 'Give TVPaint another look.' and I'll say it again now. You did say that you had already tried it in one of your earlier posts. I allready did, but it just seems to make things harder when it comes to animation.

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How would that be composited in a software like toon boom or after effects?

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The thing is i have no idea how to composite a scene with multiple software, where a character interacts with the background, for example jumps on background elements while the camera is panning. From what i can say, personally i can draw,animate and paint in Tvpaint a lot faster than toon boom studio and it was a lot more enjoyable drawing in tvpaint, although i find its animation layers a bit nerve breaking. I'm a newbie so it aint much of an animation, so it was basically used for software experimenting. I used Tvpaint for animation and coloring, photoshop for a quick background, and i composited in Toon boom studio. I think its coming close but i don't seem to be able to composite my material in tv paint due to the lack of a 3d camera, so now i also need a composition software!:D Isnt there a raster based software that combines all this? I can't really afford to buy 3 software.:) Here's another drawing i made in Toon Boom studio and i painted the shadows and eyes in Tvpaint. I really need to solve this fast so i can start concentrating on the art instead of the technology, it's just nerve breaking.:confused: Does anyone paint the line art in vectors and does his/her painting elsewhere?įrom what i see most 2D software is made for cutout animation,but what i need is one for more traditional based animation, which is going to be hand drawn digitally with a tablet. I dont know if shadows are even possible in Toon boom studio, it really gets on my nerves when i try to do shadows with that software. It just looks too sharp? digital?įor example i wanted the shadows in this drawing to blend a bit more, and make the eyes a bit more detailed and glowy, like in anime.Īlso the eraser and brush tool usually suck with this type of software (vector based), so it doesnt really have the smooth feeling of drawing. So far from what i've seen, you can't produce traditional type of sketches like those of disney or anime with vector graphics.

I'm trying to begin my first serious animation and I'm experimenting with a few software. This is a drawing i made in toon boom studio:

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