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[Sheepy]

an unrelated question: how important are/were the Flash programs for the animation industry? i heard they got a lot of use in western cartoon series and short films, but besides that and maybe a few indie games, has there been a lot of use for Flash in professional work? (i'm aware of its usefulness for mobile devices and web design)
also, if not, what programs do people generally use for professional 2D animation?

Johnny Test

[soup]

Johnny Test

I WAS ABOUT TO START A THREAD

ABOUT HOW MUCH I HATE THAT SHOW

[sev]

i am glad this embarrassing to read thread evolved into a productive discussion on the industry

but yeah, Flash is still pretty common, and Toonboom use is increasing really fast too

[Flash]

you'll find flash in just about every mobile/web/startup game studio in this country. every studio i've been to or worked at uses flash in some capacity. in the animation world, flash is used pretty often. motorcity was made almost entirely in flash, as are many other cartoons. never exclusively, but used extensively.

i think that is slowly starting to change, but the market saturation that flash has can't be beat when it comes to the web world.

i see. it's just that i have an animation teacher who basically dismissed flash as "cellphone stuff". i didn't quite believe him (he only talks about acetate and toonboom) so i went to ask you guys.
as for johnny test, sheepy, now that you mentioned it it does look like it was made in flash. fuck that show though, horrible show, hnnngfhgghghk.

a lot of the animation in amazing world of gumball and foster's home for imaginary friends seemed to me like it was done in flash. maybe adventure time too? what i'm trying to get at is that maybe flash usage left a kind of visual imprint... or maybe the big studios just decided on a certain aesthetic to their shows that was easier to pull off with that program.

but yeah, Flash is still pretty common, and Toonboom use is increasing really fast too

i did a little search and it does seem like toonboom is getting more use. i'm not aware of toonboom's interface at all though (CAN IT TWEEN???) so i don't know what to make of this

[Sheepy]

It should be illegal to tween

ESPECIALLY AT 0% FUCKING EASE

[rtil]

you'll find flash in just about every mobile/web/startup game studio in this country. every studio i've been to or worked at uses flash in some capacity. in the animation world, flash is used pretty often. motorcity was made almost entirely in flash, as are many other cartoons. never exclusively, but used extensively.

i think that is slowly starting to change, but the market saturation that flash has can't be beat when it comes to the web world.

i see. it's just that i have an animation teacher who basically dismissed flash as "cellphone stuff". i didn't quite believe him (he only talks about acetate and toonboom) so i went to ask you guys.
as for johnny test, sheepy, now that you mentioned it it does look like it was made in flash. fuck that show though, horrible show, hnnngfhgghghk.

a lot of the animation in amazing world of gumball and foster's home for imaginary friends seemed to me like it was done in flash. maybe adventure time too? what i'm trying to get at is that maybe flash usage left a kind of visual imprint... or maybe the big studios just decided on a certain aesthetic to their shows that was easier to pull off with that program.

gumball probably does what a lot of other shows (foster's home, mlp:fim) do - they make the assets in illustrator and port them over to flash for animation. it sounds like an absolute nightmare , but i get why they do it.

[soup]

i am glad this embarrassing to read thread evolved into a productive discussion on the industry

such a turnaround


im kind of sick of seeing tweened animated stuff now, where the jokes rely on excessive expressions, tasteless humor and violent camera pan
plus all the people that are not really inspired to animate, just emulate the success of others
[spoiler]the egorapture[/spoiler]
i dunno i figure ill get in some practice with frame by frame first before i try any more tweening stuff

[manny]

a lot of the animation in amazing world of gumball and foster's home for imaginary friends seemed to me like it was done in flash. maybe adventure time too? what i'm trying to get at is that maybe flash usage left a kind of visual imprint... or maybe the big studios just decided on a certain aesthetic to their shows that was easier to pull off with that program.

but yeah, Flash is still pretty common, and Toonboom use is increasing really fast too

i did a little search and it does seem like toonboom is getting more use. i'm not aware of toonboom's interface at all though (CAN IT TWEEN???) so i don't know what to make of this

um yea dude, toonboom is the cartoon netowkr studios (burbank) main tool, they use cintiq wacom tablets, ever since about flapjack and chowder til regular show and uncle grandpa of today;; ive researched somewhat extensivly and tried meeting alot of the animators in burbank and theyre all pointing to toonboom, flash is like yesterdays news \and yea bro you can tween in toonbom, but why would ya?)

[manny]

#shittyframebyframepride

[rtil]

[spoiler]the egorapture[/spoiler]

that's a pretty fitting name for it. i also think the rage comics/faces memes really don't help.

i mean it's one thing if you're doing it for an appropriate gag. spongebob and ren & stimpy are good examples of going off model at the right time. but when that is the running gag every single time all the time, it's not funny anymore. i also hate the constant yelling and screaming. i guess if i was 12 i'd think it was funny. that's probably their target demographic anyway.

[redmongoose]

Egorapture

[soup]

nothing is original

me included

[rtil]

it's ok, i didn't watch it. i will pretend you came up with the name instead

[soup]

 

[redmongoose]

It's a cartoon by spazkid about spazkid complaining that everybody compares his cartoons with egoraptors feat. the voice of egoraptor, you can know that much about it and try to imagine what it's like and probably get a pretty accurate impression

[rtil]

and that's why i didn't watch it

[redmongoose]

so you didn't watch it because you knew what it was?

[rtil]

i didn't watch it because of the authors involved

[redmongoose]

understandable

[manny]

get your noses out of your ass ya snobs