Best Animation Software - You Need to Know

Ranging from free to the price of a small car made of cardboard, these programs will get you started with a career in animation. This article is intended to be a definitive list of all available animation programs.

You many notice that some of these programs are not primarily for animation. Some, like Flash, are designed for other tasks. However if animation can be created with the software it will be considered for this list.

2D Animation Programs

The following animation programs are all primarily designed to function in 2D.

Toon Boom Studio : Commercial, toonboom.com/products/toonboomstudio, Download Free Trial

Animationish : Commercial, toonboom.com/products/animationish

Flip Boom : Commercial, toonboom.com/products/flipboom

Flash : Commercial, adobe.com/flash

After Effects : Commercial, adobe.com/aftereffects

3D Animation Programs

For the most part 3D is considered to be software for professionals, although the following applications are seeing use at home and open-source movies.

3D Studio Max : Commercial, autodesk.com/3dsmax | Download Free Trial

Maya : Commercial, autodesk.com/maya

Lightwave : Commercial, newtek.com/lightwave | Download Free Trial

Blender : Free, blender.org | Download Blender



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The 10 best 3D movies in 2014

The biggest and best 3D movies on cinema screens this year, from animation to sci-fi and beyond. Whether you love them or just grudgingly accept them, stereoscopic 3D movies are here to stay. They continue to bring in huge audiences and top the box office, and filmmakers are increasingly moving beyond the gimmickry and exploring the artistic potential of stereofication. Here, we take a look – in no particular order – at the biggest and best 3D movies to hit the big screen this year.


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25 Best 2D Animation Videos and Short films for your inspiration

2D Animation The creation of moving pictures in a two-dimensional (2D ) environment, such as through "traditional" cel animation or in computerized animation software. Its done by sequencing consecutive images, or "frames", that simulate motion by each image showing the next in a gradual progression of steps. The eye can be "fooled" into perceiving motion when these consecutive images are shown at a rate of 24 frames per second or faster. Famous 2D Animation Softwares are Adobe After Effects, Adobe Flash Professional, Anime Studio and Antics 2-D Animation. In this post we have added 25 Best 2D Animation videos and 2D Animation Short films for your inspiration.

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