There are many editors and converters for pre-existing videos, but much less attention is usually paid to the editors that allow creating your own videos of animations. Anime Studio Debut is here to fix that.
Despite its name, the program is not dedicated exclusively to Japanese style of animation. In fact, in it, you can make animation of any style you want - from Disney to anime to something even more exotic. Various features of Anime Studio Debut let you have full creative control over visual style and framing.
The basis of the program is the so-called bone-rigging - a technology of animation that saves a lot of time sparing you the tedious work of frame by frame animation. Bone-rigging makes creating scenes with the characters you design a lot easier and faster. Basically, you appoint bodily physics to the models of your characters, so that they move realistically without having to adjust their every move every time you want them to move. You just find a bone point you want to move, and the model moves appropriately.
Bone-rigging is used together with the interface timeline - a tool for scheduling and controlling your scenes. It lets you assign tasks and tools, as well as use Key Frames, a core element in creating animations and provide a level of speed and organization to your workflow previously unimaginable to amateur animators.
You can also draw the pictures you want to animate directly in Anime Studio Debut. The program is equipped with complex drawing tools for vector-based picture creation. After you draw and animate what you need, you can add audio tracks and sound effects, and even provide automatic lip syncing.
Other useful functions include image and sound tracking, extended character creator, options to convert the finished video into WEB-formats, etc.
The editor is supplied with extensive manuals, training tips and even Beginner's Mode helping inexperienced users grasp the full potential of the program. It makes Anime Studio Debut a product even children can learn to use.
v8.2.0.1 [Feb 22, 2012]
- Character Wizard:
Creating your own characters has never been easier. Quickly design ready-to-animate characters using the built-in Character Wizard. Select a preset, dial in the body proportions and choose from dozens of predesigned 2D components such as hands, feet, mouths, eyes, noses and heads. The look and feel of each character is fully customizable with the help of easy-to-use sliders. Choose from various clothing choices and custom color combinations, or create a virtually endless amount of fun and different characters using the Randomize feature. Each character comes with multiples views and can be imported with a complete walk cycle, allowing you to have your characters walk in your scene with the click of a button. Even attach head shots of you and your friends for fast and easy jib-jab style animation.
- Automatic Image Tracing:
Automatic Image Tracing quickly brings your scanned drawings and photos to life by converting them to ready-to-animate vector art with the click of a button. Color your vector art, resize without loss in image quality and animate using bones. Existing drawings, such as heads, can quickly attach to a pre-animated character that you created with the Character Wizard, providing versatility and speed when creating your own characters.
- Enhanced Drawing Tools:
Combine the freehand tool’s smart welding feature with the Delete Edge tool to create complex shapes quickly. This eliminates the need for precise drawing, giving you the freedom to sketch as you desire. Additional brush styles have been included and optional rounded end caps have been added to the drawing tools.
- Vector Shape Selector:
Quickly find and edit vector layers using the Vector Shape Selector. You no longer have to worry about naming each layer to find the one you’re looking for. Just click on a shape in your project and the corresponding layer automatically gets selected for editing.
- Layer Outline Effects:
Layer Outline Effects lets you quickly apply a cut-out style effect to any character or object. Set the width and color for each outline and customize the look and feel of your animation.
- Enhanced User Interface:
Anime Studio introduces new User Interface colors, allowing you to choose from various preset color schemes or create your own. The new Smart Tool Palette provides a less cluttered interface and a better user experience by hiding irrelevant tools.
- More Ready-To-Use Content:
Anime Studio Debut provides an extensive content library with hundreds of pieces of ready-to-use content that includes fully rigged, vector-based characters like Jace, Thorn, Anime Boy and Liz, as well as props, scenes, action words, stock video and images, sound effects and more so you can start creating your own animations right away.
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