Re: Re: How to show light ray effect - Project Dogwaffle

There's an open source 2D animation program called Synfig, from voria studios. I tryed to check the website but seems to be down at the moment. :S... I believe it's vectorial animation sort of like flash... Hope it can be of some use for you... if website get back online

----- Original Message ----
From: Yogesh Jadhav <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 10:02:21 AM
Subject: Re: [Blender] Re: How to show light ray effect - Project Dogwaffle









  


    
             thanx staigermanus for all the info  provided ! It is really useful .

Animie  studio looks cool .

      But  I have to use only Open Source ( & free if possible ) softwares

for that purpose . I shall be oblidged if i get some open source tools ( any

body with synfig tutorials  ?).



thanx once again .



On 10/18/06, staigermanus <dogwaffle@thebest3d .com> wrote:

>

>   If you're looking for a simple and cost-effective traditional 2D

> animation system, perhaps even the freeware version, check Project

> Dogwaffle (assuming you're on Windows). Actually even on Mac, with

> Parallels (assuming a MacIntel and a Windows install CD). I just ran

> it on a MacBook Pro and it screams.

>

> Anyway, drawing frame-by-frame, or with animations loaded in a brush

> to paint over another animation or video clip or even to do filters

> across a frame sequence, with keyframes to change the parameters.. . PD

> can do that. There are several versions, some freeware 1.2 version, a

> $39 PD Artist (PD Particles doesn't have animation), a $59 PD 2.1,

> then $97 PD Pro 3.5 and the latest $119 PD Pro 4. The usual upgrade

> paths and promos for the justreleased v4 too. Look for it at

> www.thebest3d. com

>

> Sample artwork: www.thebest3d. com/dogwaffle/ art

>

> Not sure however if you're looking for something like this where you

> draw frame by frame, - did you instead mean to have 'objects' in the

> scene that you reposition over time and change shapes etc? That would

> be great with MoHo, now called Anime Studio (from Lost Marble,

> published by e-Frontier).

>

> --- In Blender@yahoogroups .com <Blender%40yahoogro ups.com>, "Yogesh

> Jadhav" <yjadhav@... > wrote:

> >

> > Hi all,

> > Actually i want to create some very basic n simple

> > animations which can shown to school teachers to show how effective

> > eduactional content ( i.e animation) can be created using open

> source tool.(

> > If any body knows a simpler and mature 2D animation tool , plz tell

> me ).

> > but problem is that i myself is not that familliar with blender.

> >

> > I am trying to create simple animation in blender showing light rays

> > diffraction when passing thru a prism. ( or effects light after passing

> > lenses ). For showing light i thought i will extrude/ scale a plane

> in horz

> > dirction , but it was not working.

> > Can anybody give some suggestion/solution ? I want that moving light

> beam

> > /ray effect.

> >

> > Thanx in advance

> >

> > --

> > There is no point in knocking the "closed Windows" when the door is

> "Open".

> > Open your eyes, use open source software.

> >

> > PLEASE VISIT & REGISTER @ "www.ossrc.org. in"

> >

> > Regards,

> > Yogesh

> >

> >

> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

> >

>

>  

>



-- 

There is no point in knocking the "closed Windows" when the door is "Open".

Open your eyes, use open source software.



PLEASE VISIT & REGISTER @ "www.ossrc.org. in"



Regards,

Yogesh



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