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With some tricks it could be used also for 2D stuff. Take a look to http://www.amanith.org to see what i mean.
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The tweening looks far worse than when it's made manually, it shows that it's morphed between shapes and not drawn. HOWEVER, this would be very useful for low budget productions such as tv shows, commersials etc. and I guess that was the target from the start. Not having to hire an asian studio to do the job and instead do it inhouse would be valuable. This will also be useful for single artists making short movies.
But for more expressionate and "artsy" productions I would pass on this one. I can't imagine a movie like "The Triplets of Belleville" being made with this technique, it would ruin the movie.
I for one prefer the older animations where you actually see the different pen strokes of each frame. It makes it looks much more alive and personal. Those movies costs a lot to make though.
This seems like a very valuable tool and I'd like to thank Robert B. Quattlebaum for opening it up instead of taking it with him in the grave.
I'm sad that his business didn't work, I've been there too. But it's better to leave before you go down with it.
Thanks again!
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rain: With Synfig, it all depends on how many keyframes you feel like adding. The more you do by hand, the less it'll look like computer morphing filled in. No, the project is not perfect (for me, it's obscenely difficult to use), but as with all things it depends on how much time and man power you're willing to devote to something.
Dark_Knight: The projects are .sif files, which are XML based and are Synfig specific. Since they're XML, you can even open them in a text editor. As for what image formats and video formats it supports, I'm not sure, but I know for a fact that it's on the Synfig site at http://www.synfig.com
Edited 2006-01-11 06:11