Other Line-Drawing Program?

kori · Post by **kori** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 5:45 pm

Are that any other line-drawing programs like Plastic Animation Paper 4.0, that also have the timeline(or x-sheet), and onion-skin function.

I was thinking about buying Plastic Animation Paper 4.0 but, I wanted to check out any other similar programs first.

Patmals · Post by **Patmals** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 4:54 am

Hi Kori,

You might want to look at this program. It includes a x-sheet as well.

http://www.digicelinc.com/

also

http://www.the-tab.com/htm/product/30product.htm

and of course theres the Toonboom range

Speaking of which, did you contact Celsys US?

Post by **Víctor Paredes** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 2:40 pm

From the few I have tried, PAP is the better by far. Maybe it's not too complex, but does pretty well what it offers. Definitively my favorite for frame by frame.

kori · Post by **kori** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 3:25 pm

Thanks for the suggestions guys. I already own FlipBook and it's okay, but it's not really exciting me yet so I'm still looking around for something else. I was thinking about buying PAP, so I thought I would ask to see if I missed any other drawing programs.

Kori

kori · Post by **kori** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 3:36 pm

[did you contact Celsys US?]

No Patmals, I never did. I'm still not ready to commit to such high priced software. I'm playing around with FlipBook at the moment and planning on buying PAP. I have decided to not buy Toon Boom for sure. I own Photoshop, Illistrator, After Effects, Corel Paint and Anime Studio. All I really need at this point is a drawing program I feel comfortable with to make a small animation for learning purposes.

I'm going to hold off on the more expensive programs like TVPaint and Retas until I know more about animation.