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I am looking at the products on Lightfoot Ltd.

I see they have animation paper in three sizes: 10f, 12f, and 16f. Can someone tell me in general terms what each paper is mainly used for? (Animation or backgrounds??? perhaps different final screen sizes???. What?)

Also I noticed that have both fixed rectangle lightboxes, and disk lightboxes. Why the two different kinds? What is each used for?

Does one use a lightbox for backgrounds too?

Short answer: You don't need all that stuff. Special "animation supply" only makes sense as long as you work in a traditional studio environment where this kind of standardized material is still in use.

As an independent animator, especially when working (mostly) digital, you don't need any of those.

Long answer:
Nearly everything those animation suppliers sell can be had at other places for less money, or even done yourself. The only thing you need to buy there would be an original Acme punch - but only if you have to work on punched paper at all. A lighttable can easily build by yourself, even an animation disk. See here http://www.flipbook-online.de/viewtopic.php?t=712 for a tutorial, there are dozens of others.

The paper format doesn't matter at all. Draw exactly the size you're comfortable with. If you really need 12 F paper, any decent print shop in your neighbourhood will cut it for you in eact these dimensions, or your local paper supplier will, if you buy a minimum amount.

If you don't know the differences between 12F and 15F and don't know what they're used for - then you don't need it. Instead invest in one of the better books about animation production, like one from Tony White.

Thank you for the information Slowtiger. I already own Animation From Pencils to Pixels by Tony White. I have not read it yet. (I’ve been reading some of my other animation books.) I’ll start on the Tony White book tomorrow.

What are the best software applications for animation and graphical design? Hey, I am going to sign up for an animation course and I would like to know what are the best sofware programs to do graphical designs and animation. You see, the lecturer in charge informed me that I have to practice on some programs to gain some powerful experience in this field of animation and I need to know the best products to work with in my projects. Can anyone with enough experience plese tell me, because i love to do animation right now. Answer when you read this question.
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Same answer: first use pencil on paper. Practice. Read a lot. Then decide which direction you want to go.

Thee's no "best software". There's only "better suited for a certain type of job". As long as you don't have any preferences and a list of requirements, any answer would be useless.