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Production Environment

Complete 2D Animation Environment

  • Complete 2D animation editing environment with categorized movie elements: Actor, Animation, Scene and Special Effects.
  • In-screen object Editing Gizmo (select, transform, opacity, link, flip) and Navigation (camera zoom, pan, rotate) Tool Sets.
  • Two Editing Engines: Composer Mode for character and prop set up, and Stage Mode for animation editing.

Content Management System

  • Full editing environment for Actor, Animation, Scene and Special Effects; each with its corresponding content libraries.
  • Group concept categorizing (e.g. Perform = Face motion + body motion; Character = Head + Body) for quick file access and management.

Drag and Drop Media Compositing

  • Drag any media (images, videos, flash, sprite video) files from the content manager, or any external drive, and drop them directly into the animation stage.
  • Import popular media files such as images (.jpg, .png...), videos (.avi, .wmv...), flash files (.swf) and transparent video sprites (.popVideo, iWidget) that are compatible with the original creation tools.

Real Z-depth Layering and 3D View Object Management

  • Scene Manager - easily locate and manage all project items from one panel.
  • Arrange all media in Z-depth layers inside the same preview window.
  • Layer in Z-depth and preview as you go along.

3D Camera System

  • Use the Preview Camera to review scenes, and the Live Camera to animate camera positions with key frames.
  • Customize camera views with the pan, rotate and zoom tools.
  • Quickly switch between Perspective and Orthographic views for a 3D or 2D sensation.
  • Navigate scenes in Perspective mode to experience realistic 3D camera movements.

Motion Paths and Simple Animation

  • Set keys in the Playback Panel for quick animation control.
  • Create path anchors in different time frames for character and object motions.
  • Customize path anchors with position adjustments and speed control.
  • Freely control facing and fade in/out by using the Flip and Transparency features.
  • Hold and move any element with the link/unlink features.

Advanced Timeline & Key Frame Editing

  • Move, Copy, and Paste keys-Extend, loop and group motion clips together.
  • Key frame editing for opacity, transform, visibility, link, path animation, sprite switching and flipping with blending effects.
  • Motion Layering allows layer additions over existing motions.
  • Flexibility to use main track for quick key management, and sub tracks for detailed joint movements.
  • Animate body motion tracks with up to 16 individual body segments. Facial motion tracks that are divided into voice scripts, morph and sprite-based categories.
  • Dock and undock the timeline to comfortably fit user's editing environment.