Question about Scanned Images...

[JoelJW]

I searched through the online manual, but could not find an answer to a perplexing question I have. Here it is.

Is it possible to animate scanned images in Anime Studio Pro? The reason being, I can draw much better with pencil and paper than I can with a digital pad. But, I find myself wondering if scanned images can actually be animated within the program or not.

Also, is there a way to automatically trace over a scanned image using vector lines without having to do it manually?

Thanks for the help. : )

[human]

You can animate scanned images in ASPro in two ways:

[1] By applying bones to cut-out images, as shown in the Hula Girl tutorial.
[2] By vectorizing the scan using the freeware Inkscape. Note that Inkscape only vectorizes pure black-white images.

Adobe Illustrator and Corel Draw offer more powerful vectorizing, at a cost.

Save your vectors in Illustrator Version 8 format.

[Víctor Paredes]

you can animate images just importing them into AS and then putting the image layers inside a bone layer.

if you want a cropped image, you can use png files with alpha.
also, you can crop images using masks.

[heyvern]

You can also do image warping with bones (flexible binding). It isn't... great... but it works. Don't expect to do anything like the "puppet" feature in the new After Effects.

-vern