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March 21, 2016 4:09 PM Subscribe
Toonz, the animation software used by both Studio Ghibli (for Princess Mononoke all the way up to The Wind Rises) and Rough Draft studio (for the production of Futurama) will be made free and open source to the animation community beginning March 26, 2016.
If this means that just one budding animator has better access to tools to help share what's in their mind's eyes with the rest of the world, it'll be worth all the other hacks (like me probably) making dumb stuff because we can.
posted by MCMikeNamara at 4:43 PM on March 21, 2016 [8 favorites]
posted by MCMikeNamara at 4:43 PM on March 21, 2016 [8 favorites]
Wait, you can make GIFs in Paint??
posted by Panthalassa at 4:44 PM on March 21, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by Panthalassa at 4:44 PM on March 21, 2016 [2 favorites]
Animated ones?
posted by Panthalassa at 4:45 PM on March 21, 2016
posted by Panthalassa at 4:45 PM on March 21, 2016
I assume they make the frames in paint and compile them online somewhere but this is way better
posted by Elementary Penguin at 4:52 PM on March 21, 2016
posted by Elementary Penguin at 4:52 PM on March 21, 2016
This is the kind of news where most people go "that's nice" and a very small number are picking their jaws off the floor.
posted by ChurchHatesTucker at 5:16 PM on March 21, 2016 [26 favorites]
posted by ChurchHatesTucker at 5:16 PM on March 21, 2016 [26 favorites]
Wait, on the same day we get Anime McDonalds, we get free software to make our own.
Damn. Taunting Rule 34, aren't we?
posted by eriko at 5:29 PM on March 21, 2016 [5 favorites]
Damn. Taunting Rule 34, aren't we?
posted by eriko at 5:29 PM on March 21, 2016 [5 favorites]
The video on the site shows a Windows version. I wonder if there's a Linux port (commodity Linux desktops are a big thing in VFX and the like) or an OSX one.
posted by acb at 5:42 PM on March 21, 2016
posted by acb at 5:42 PM on March 21, 2016
There was a Mac version up to at least 6.0, so I assume a AT&T Linux version would be done fairly quickly.
posted by ChurchHatesTucker at 6:06 PM on March 21, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by ChurchHatesTucker at 6:06 PM on March 21, 2016 [2 favorites]
Oh, my goodness.
I think I might need to change my pants.
posted by Mooski at 6:54 PM on March 21, 2016 [1 favorite]
I think I might need to change my pants.
posted by Mooski at 6:54 PM on March 21, 2016 [1 favorite]
I am on it! What time do the downloads begin (EST)?
Thank you AlonzoMosleyFBI for posting this most auspicious news!
posted by cleroy at 7:57 PM on March 21, 2016
Thank you AlonzoMosleyFBI for posting this most auspicious news!
posted by cleroy at 7:57 PM on March 21, 2016
What kind of features does it have that other products don't?
posted by dilaudid at 9:31 PM on March 21, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by dilaudid at 9:31 PM on March 21, 2016 [2 favorites]
I have been wanting to learn animation for forever. I've done a wee bit in flash, but nothing too serious. Now I have and Idea and have been hemming and hawing over what tool to learn and use- after effects? Animate cc? Then hearing this? By golly, I might have my tool.
posted by [insert clever name here] at 9:37 PM on March 21, 2016
posted by [insert clever name here] at 9:37 PM on March 21, 2016
Can someone who has actually used this chime in on how easy to use the software is, eg does it require a team of sysadmins to even run?
posted by benzenedream at 10:18 PM on March 21, 2016
posted by benzenedream at 10:18 PM on March 21, 2016
btw if you happen to already have Photoshop, you can also make animations in it.
posted by glass origami robot at 11:43 PM on March 21, 2016
posted by glass origami robot at 11:43 PM on March 21, 2016
If it's being open sourced, then it's at least possible that it'll be ported to different platforms.
Now, if only I could draw..
posted by Devonian at 2:40 AM on March 22, 2016
Now, if only I could draw..
posted by Devonian at 2:40 AM on March 22, 2016
Damn. Taunting Rule 34, aren't we?
Perhaps not: animation is one of the slowest ways to make porn.
posted by Theta States at 6:37 AM on March 22, 2016
Perhaps not: animation is one of the slowest ways to make porn.
posted by Theta States at 6:37 AM on March 22, 2016
What kind of features does it have that other products don't?
Freeness.
posted by Rock Steady at 6:50 AM on March 22, 2016 [6 favorites]
Freeness.
posted by Rock Steady at 6:50 AM on March 22, 2016 [6 favorites]
Most gif animations can be made using EasyToon which is fine for shorter clips but tends to break down once you hit a certain amount of drawings.
Also possible to made old-fashioned flip-book animations by scanning in drawings and timing them with PS like mentioned earlier.
posted by chrono_rabbit at 3:20 PM on March 22, 2016 [1 favorite]
Also possible to made old-fashioned flip-book animations by scanning in drawings and timing them with PS like mentioned earlier.
posted by chrono_rabbit at 3:20 PM on March 22, 2016 [1 favorite]
March 26? Great!
Now I have four days to learn how to draw.
posted by rokusan at 3:24 PM on March 22, 2016 [2 favorites]
Now I have four days to learn how to draw.
posted by rokusan at 3:24 PM on March 22, 2016 [2 favorites]
A friend of mine's been using Paint Tool Sai (in conjunction with Adobe ImageReady) to make short little animations. She's going to love this news.
posted by vaghjar at 3:29 PM on March 22, 2016
posted by vaghjar at 3:29 PM on March 22, 2016
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But seriously that's amazing. I know some kids interested in animation and they've been making GIFs in Paint so this is a big step up.
posted by Elementary Penguin at 4:19 PM on March 21, 2016 [4 favorites]