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May 24, 2007 6:22 AM
in response to:
Kyan
A quick review of "Pencil" - Animation freeware
quote I too am interested in what you find out! Keep us posted. [/quote]
I played with Pencil for a few hours, and I was both impressed and a wee bit frustrated.
I was impressed because the vector drawing is better than I expected, creating animation is simple, onion skinning is provided, and in general the capabilities are good at the price (free).
I was a little frustrated because vector art isn't easily tweakable, there is no "tweening" to automatically generate in-between frames, the paintbucket fill option occasionally needs you to close dubious "gaps" before it can fill an area with paint, and the color palette is limited.
My overall view would be that it is the simplest (in a good way) animation program I've played around with and has great potential. Definitely worth playing around with at this point for those, like me, who like to dabble in different art forms. It also might be a good trainer to see if you have a knack for animation before buying more expensive professional software.
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