Plastic Animation Paper - PAP

"Copenhagen, July 23, 2010

PAP:Pro 4.0 is released for free

We, the PAP developers feel it is time for us to look ahead, and explore what the next generation of PAP should look like, and how it should work. We currently have no time frames for the development work, and we're looking for partners to help us develop it. Please email us with any input you have at ideas(at)plasticanimationpaper(dot)dk.

In the meantime, we want to thank our loyal supporters and the animation community. We are therefore from today releasing our latest and greatest edition (PAP:Pro 4.0) for free. This version is for Windows only, and will not require any registration or purchase. You are free to use it on as many PCs as you want, for anything you want (home, school, professional). We offer this release with no support except for what you can find in the old website. New users make sure to check out our tutorials.

Happy animating! Enjoy.

Our sincerest thanks,
Jakob and Niels, the PAP developers"

http://www.plasticanimationpaper.dk/

Synfig Studio

"Synfig Studio is a free and open-source 2D animation software, designed as powerful industrial-strength solution for creating film-quality animation using a vector and bitmap artwork. It eliminates the need to create animation frame-by frame, allowing you to produce 2D animation of a higher quality with fewer people and resources. Synfig Studio is available for Windows, Linux and MacOS X."

http://synfig.org/cms/

K-Sketch

"K-Sketch allows ordinary computer users to create informal animations from sketches. Current tools for creating animation are extremely complex. This makes it difficult for designers to prototype animations and nearly impossible for novices to create them at all. Simple animation systems exist but severely restrict the types of motion that can be represented. To guide the design K-Sketch, we have conducted field studies into the needs of professional and novice animators. These studies showed the wide variety of motions that users desire in informal animations and indicate how to prioritize these types of motion. Our design allows the most important types of motion to be defined with pen gestures, and gives visual feedback for coordination of events."

http://www.k-sketch.org/

Anim8or

Anim8or is a free 3D modeling and character animation program written by someone who loves 3D graphics, animation, and programming. I say THANK YOU!

http://www.anim8or.com/main/index.html

Pencil Is A Traditional 2D Animation Software

Pencil is freeware and open source. The software version is available in Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux.


http://www.pencil-animation.org/

Blender

Blender is the free open source 3D content creation suite, available for all major operating systems under the GNU General Public License.

What can you do with Blender?

• model
• shade
• animate
• render
• composite
• interactive 3d

http://www.blender.org/