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by herbert123
Tue Nov 08, 2016 9:03 pm
Forum: Other Software
Topic: Life After Adobe CS6: What software are you using?
Replies: 5
Views: 3114

Re: Life After Adobe CS6: What software are you using?

I was in the same boat: 6 months before Adobe decided to go subscription-only, I saw the signs on the wall, and decided to move away from Adobe for my work. Currently the only application I can't work around is InDesign. I still use that for complex layouts. Otherwise, I am incredibly happy with Pho...
by herbert123
Mon Oct 31, 2016 11:32 pm
Forum: Other Software
Topic: Blender New Innovative 2d Animation "GP Tools"
Replies: 308
Views: 486268

Re: Blender New Innovative 2d Animation "GP Tools"

Herbert: Why would anyone need a piece of software to dim their screen? You can do this through the "Display" settings. Because 1) my screens are hardware colour calibrated. I do not want to touch either the screens' settings or the display settings. I merely need to temporarily dim one o...
by herbert123
Mon Oct 31, 2016 11:18 pm
Forum: Other Software
Topic: Blender New Innovative 2d Animation "GP Tools"
Replies: 308
Views: 486268

Re: Blender New Innovative 2d Animation "GP Tools"

If only it were so easy. Simple things are often the hardest things to do. A computer is only a tool - a very simple tool, actually. It only does what you tell it - but the issue is that it is not backed up by conscious 'understanding'. Someone must write a program to make a computer respond to the ...
by herbert123
Mon Oct 31, 2016 9:28 am
Forum: Other Software
Topic: Blender New Innovative 2d Animation "GP Tools"
Replies: 308
Views: 486268

Re: Blender New Innovative 2d Animation "GP Tools"

Greg, in one of your responses here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nwW9KIDhjE you mention that Blender lacks text and titling tools. This is not true: Blender's text tools are actually quite powerful, and even allow for threaded columnar text, and kerning. They can also be easily used for titling....
by herbert123
Mon Oct 31, 2016 3:18 am
Forum: Other Software
Topic: Blender New Innovative 2d Animation "GP Tools"
Replies: 308
Views: 486268

Re: Blender New Innovative 2d Animation "GP Tools"

Greg, Construct 3 is in the works, and will be made available on Mac as well. The are working on improving the GUI and overall experience. No ETA on when it will be ready - "it's done when it's done".
by herbert123
Mon Oct 31, 2016 3:11 am
Forum: Other Software
Topic: Blender New Innovative 2d Animation "GP Tools"
Replies: 308
Views: 486268

Re: Blender New Innovative 2d Animation "GP Tools"

Herbert: Here we go again. Visionaire is tailored specifically for the Adventure Game genre. The stereotypes are all in place. It has an unchangeable Stark White Theme for its user interface (which, if you don't know this by now, DAMAGES YOUR EYES - mine have been irreparably damaged from decades o...
by herbert123
Sun Oct 30, 2016 7:50 pm
Forum: Other Software
Topic: Blender New Innovative 2d Animation "GP Tools"
Replies: 308
Views: 486268

Re: Blender New Innovative 2d Animation "GP Tools"

Let's talk a bit more about point-and-click graphic adventures (I am a huge fan, played most of them). Greg is correct in saying that creating the animation for one is far more forgiving compared to a broadcast quality level animation. On the other hand, making a good graphic adventure will take a l...
by herbert123
Sun Oct 30, 2016 7:24 pm
Forum: Other Software
Topic: Blender New Innovative 2d Animation "GP Tools"
Replies: 308
Views: 486268

Re: Blender New Innovative 2d Animation "GP Tools"

The attempts I've seen to make a programming system that works without the use of cryptic code do not Hit the Nail on the Head. Inevitably, they strike the Thumb, instead. So, each and every program that promises to let you "PROGRAM" without the use of code ALWAYS sneaks in the small para...
by herbert123
Sun Oct 30, 2016 7:18 pm
Forum: Other Software
Topic: Blender New Innovative 2d Animation "GP Tools"
Replies: 308
Views: 486268

Re: Blender New Innovative 2d Animation "GP Tools"

Unless you need a true 3d environment, I would not waste my time with Unity and Playmaker for developing point-and-click adventure games. One of the industry standards right now is Visionaire, and it is capable of creating professional level adventure games, without ANY coding - it is very easy to l...
by herbert123
Sun Oct 30, 2016 7:06 pm
Forum: Other Software
Topic: What software do you use for frame-by-frame animation?
Replies: 6
Views: 3612

Re: What software do you use for frame-by-frame animation?

OpenTOonz for me, no question. But Blender is becoming a really strong proposition as well now that the 2d animation tools have been introduced - and it combines it with all the other possibilities (excellent IK/FK, true 3d environment, compositing...)
by herbert123
Thu Oct 20, 2016 10:22 am
Forum: Other Software
Topic: Blender New Innovative 2d Animation "GP Tools"
Replies: 308
Views: 486268

Re: Blender New Innovative 2d Animation "GP Tools"

The beautiful thing about GP is the ease with which drawings can be modified and sculpted.
by herbert123
Mon Oct 03, 2016 4:02 am
Forum: Other Software
Topic: TOONZ GOES OPEN SOURCE
Replies: 121
Views: 42793

Re: TOONZ GOES OPEN SOURCE

I don't think OpenToonz is nearly as good as Toon Boom Harmony. It is pretty good if you like to draw your animation on paper and composite the film with a computer. I would use OpenToonz if all the software I love became subscription only. I love that it is pretty powerful for a free animation sof...
by herbert123
Fri Sep 30, 2016 10:25 pm
Forum: Other Software
Topic: Blender New Innovative 2d Animation "GP Tools"
Replies: 308
Views: 486268

Re: Blender New Innovative 2d Animation "GP Tools"

Hey Greg, Nice to see a new 'convert' :-P I agree that I can be a tad over-enthusiastic about Blender; I guess I am spoiled (take that any way you like) after a decade of Blender use (and I have used other 3d software quite intensively as well). And now that those nice new 2d animation tools have b...
by herbert123
Fri Sep 30, 2016 10:22 pm
Forum: Other Software
Topic: Blender New Innovative 2d Animation "GP Tools"
Replies: 308
Views: 486268

Re: Blender New Innovative 2d Animation "GP Tools"

Hey Greg, Nice to see a new 'convert' :-P I agree that I can be a tad over-enthusiastic about Blender; I guess I am spoiled (take that any way you like) after a decade of Blender use (and I have used other 3d software quite intensively as well). And now that those nice new 2d animation tools have be...
by herbert123
Fri Sep 30, 2016 7:52 pm
Forum: Other Software
Topic: Blender 2.78 with 2d animation tools released!
Replies: 0
Views: 2174

Blender 2.78 with 2d animation tools released!

Now, this is interesting: the new version integrates 2d animation tools straight in a 3d application, which blurs the lines between 2d and 3d animation software. Full frame-by-frame animation tools are now available in Blender! <a href="https://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Dev:Ref/Release_Notes/2...