Bricks in Motion
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I am wanting to do a cutout animation similar to what the kid's lego books have, and wondering if I should spend the time learning the Synfig or Blender program? Synfig seems to be a quicker learning curve, but blender seems to have ALOT of future potential...
Suggestions?
Synfig is very buggy, and harder than it seems to be.
And then it's blender, that is advanced for beginners.
I am gonna have to learn a software package anyway I look at it, so I was wondering what would be the best if I had to put some time into it. Blender looks appealing for its 'power', and I am an old Pro/Engineer guy, so it doesn't scare me that much. Is there any other suggestions? As you can tell, I really don't want to spend any money. Could always do the old school cutout with my newly purchased QC9000...
I would recommend Blender.
It can appear intimidating to people who are new to editing/creative software in general, but if you know your way around other stuff, it can be incredibly powerful.
The issue I have found with Blender is that I want to do some picture faces as cutout animation, and it doesn't really support that very well. you guys are right that synfig is alittle more difficult than what it looks. I have been playing with Creatoon for the last few days, and it seems to be working pretty well for what I want...
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