Ease of Useįor an animation program, CrazyTalk Animator 2 has a medium learning curve, which is very good, since most animation programs have a medium-high to high learning curve. If you’re familiar with After Effects, then you’ll enjoy the new Motion curve options.
The end result is the ability to use 3D animation tools to move characters around and allow them to interact with spatially oriented props-or other characters-while still appearing to be completely drawn in 2D space. With CrazyTalk Animator 2 (CTA2) the folks at Reallusion have upped the ante by allowing users to manipulate a 3D skeleton, which in turn generates one of 10 different 2D angles of view. While things were still 2D, now you could animate an entire body, not just the face, and do so in a larger environment. (You see this sort of involvement in more traditional 3D environments-like for their own 3D software, iClone-but Reallusion’s users have also been very willing to create content for their 2D offerings, as well.)ĬrazyTalk Animator (CTA1) took the notion of facial animation that CrazyTalk had explored through animating photos and line drawings and added in an interactive stage, similar to the one found in Flash. Reallusion has been pushing the boundaries of animation for over a decade now and part of what they’ve been able to do is leverage a mindset that’s focused on the lower-budget community, while at the same time giving a place for creative in that community to create new content and profit off of it through their Reallusion Marketplace. (This is not to say that companies haven’t tried to create all manner of vector based animation that’s designed to simplify the animation tasks however, the results-and the number of users who can avail themselves of these products effectively-has been limited.)
There are workarounds and hacks to come up with a pseudo-animated feel or going the route of true 3D animation, but a way to create traditional-looking animation without doing it traditionally has been lacking. It’s always been a people intensive job and “people” are something that most microbudget films are in short supply on. Pricing: $49.99 Basic $179.99 Pro $299.99 Pipeline (reviewed)Īnimation is a rough gig to get into on a microbudget. Hanke on | 2 commentsĬrazyTalk Animator 2 Publisher: Reallusionĭescription: 2D and 2D-appearing 3D animation
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