How to make a cartoon film?

How to make a cartoon film? Today, in a century of high technologies, make a cartoon it is much easier, than in days of old. Many of well-known cartoons, as is known, it has been drawn with Macromdeia Flash.

I always would like to learn to draw, and it was always interesting - how in general cartoon films today are drawn (created)? Drawn not by professionals, but just by amators - on house computers. I have devoted this theme once upon Sunday evening.

It has appeared, technologies have promoted so far, that nothing prevents to realize the children's dreams. In total for an evening it is possible to master base skills of computer animation, and already after 2-3 hours most to create a small cartoon film.

In that case I write about one remarkable program - Anime Studio (the former name - Moho). To familiarize with it it is possible on an official site: http://graphics.smithmicro.com

The program is marvellously simple and light to a computer - even on not the most powerful personal computer it perfectly works and does not "hung up" at all.

Anime Studio represents the excellent tool for creation of cartoon films. In this program it is possible to work and with the raster image, and with vector. Animation of characters is constructed by a principle of "skeleton" - the similar technology is used and in 3D-packages Maya and 3D-Studio.

On the one hand, Anime Studio is simple enough and very quick - it is possible to get base skills with cartoon making just in several minutes; on the other hand it is powerful enough tool with which it is possible to create quite "adult" animated projects.

Anime Studio also has separate tools for synchronization of a mimicry of heroes and a sound track. And, the utility for synchronization of speech is completely free-of-charge, and accessible even with an source code.

It is all my first small experience in animation. Therefore, instead of clause about that how to make a cartoon film the small note has turned out only; but in fact all begins with small...

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