Master 2D animation in Synfig Learn all basic principles of creating animation of Synfig. Build and animate heroes for your animation. Learn the basic and everyday animation skills, like face animation and walkcycle. Synfig provides 50+ layers to create artwork and animation of any complexity. Choose from various layer types: geometric, gradients, filters, distortions, transformations, fractals and others. Spine, DragonBones Pro, and Spriter are probably your best bets out of the 14 options considered. 'Simplified UI allows for an easy learning curve' is the primary reason people pick Spine over the competition. This page is powered by a knowledgeable community that helps you make an informed decision. The theme for the Synfig Studio 2D Animation Hackathon is. The team should select one story from Panchatantra and create a 2D animation for the selected story using Synfig Studio. The Panchtantra is an ancient collection of stories in Sanskrit. Please find the list of Panchatantra stories available here for your reference.
The user interface was completely reworked for a more intuitive and user-friendly experience.Enjoy the Single-Window mode, powered by the modern GTK3 libraries!
Bones
Use the full-featured bone system to create cutout animation using bitmap images or control your vector artwork.Advanced image distortion
Apply complex deformations to your bitmap artwork using the new Skeleton Distortion layer.Cutout Tool
Cut your bitmap images right in the Synfig! The new Cutout Tool provides the non-destructive editing, so you never have to worry about cutting a wrong part.Sound support
The new Sound Layer provides basic features for syncing your animation with soundtrack.Linux users can get all benefits of full-featured audio editors through the JACK integration.Dynamics animations
Enhance your animation with automatic friction effects using the new Dynamics converter.More for the future
Check out the experimental features, that lay a foundation for the further growing of Synfig:
- New SFG file format with the possibility to embed all linked media.
- Image painting engine with MyPaint brushes.
- Preliminary support for frame-by-frame animation.
Download Synfig Studio 1.0
Download Now| Original author(s) | Robert Quattlebaum |
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| Written in | C++ (using gtkmm) |
| Operating system | Linux, Mac OS X, Windows |
| Type | Vector graphics editor, computer animation |
| License | GPL |
| Website | synfig.org |
Synfig Studio (also known as Synfig) is a free and open-sourcevector-based 2Danimation software.[1] It is created by Robert Quattlebaum[2] with additional contributions by Adrian Bentley.
Synfig began as the custom animation platform for Voria Studios (now defunct[3]), and in 2005 was released as free/open source software, under the GNU General Public License.[4]
Features[edit]
As a true front-end and back-end application, it is possible to design the animation in the front-end, Synfig Studio, and to render it at a later time with the backend, Synfig Tool, on another (potentially faster) computer without a graphical display connected. Incremental and parallel rendering with Synfig Tool is supported by some open source render farm management software, such as RenderChan.
The goal of the developers is to create a program that is capable of producing 'feature-film quality animation with fewer people and resources.'[5] The program offers an alternative to manual tweening so that the animator does not have to draw each and every frame.[6]
The software is capable of simulating soft-shading using curved gradients within an area so that the animator doesn't have to draw shading into every single frame. There is also a wide variety of other real-time effects that can be applied to layers or groups of layers like radial blurs, color tweaks that all are resolution-independent. Other features include the ability to control and animate the width of lines at their individual control points, and the ability to link any related data from one object to another. Synfig also works with High Dynamic Range Imaging.
File formats[edit]
Synfig stores its animations in its own XML file format, often compressed with gzip. These files use the filename extension .sif (uncompressed), .sifz (compressed) or .sfg (zip container format). The files store vector graphics data, embed or reference external bitmap images, and also a revision history of the project.
Synfig can render to video formats such as AVI, Theora and MPEG, as well as animated graphics formats such as MNG and GIF. It can also render to a sequence of numbered image files, using formats such as PNG, BMP, PPM and OpenEXR.
From version 0.62.00, Synfig has basic support for SVG import.[7]
From version 0.91 Inkscape can save as .sif file format.
Uses[edit]
Since May 2008, a group of Russian volunteers have been trying to make an animation movie project called the Morevna Project using Synfig, based on the folk-tale of Marya Morevna re-invented as a science fictionanime. They have been making regular updates since then on the Morevna project site, including a demo video released on November 10, 2012.[8]Free Software Magazine contained an article on the project.[9][needs update]
Name[edit]
It was originally called SINFG, a recursive acronym for 'SINFG Is Not A Fractal Generator', referring to the software's capability of generating fractal imagery in addition to animation.[10]
Synfig Wiki
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^'Overview - Synfig Animation Studio'. wiki.synfig.org. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
- ^'Interview with Synfig's Robert Quattlebaum'.
- ^'Voria Studios Closing Letter'.
- ^'Synfig Open-Source Announcement'.
- ^'Synfig Studio :: Home'.
- ^Bowen, Ronda (13 March 2011). 'Top 5 Low-Budget and Free Flash Editors'. Brighthub.com. Bright Hub Inc. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
- ^'Synfig 0.62.00 Release'. Archived from the original on 2010-05-25.
- ^'Morevnaproject.org'.
- ^'The Morevna Project: Anime with Synfig and Blender'. Archived from the original on 2011-08-14.
- ^'Synfig Studio :: History'.
External links[edit]
- Official website
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