Tuesday, March 22, 2016
Toonz Software Used by Studio Ghibli and 'Futurama' Being Made Free and Open Source
www.cartoonbrew.com: With one announcement, the animation software game may have changed forever. Toonz, the software used by Studio Ghibli to produce films like The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, Howl’s Moving Castle, Ponyo and The Wind Rises, will be made free and open source to the animation community beginning March 26, 2016.
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As someone who has always loved animation and has always been interested in it but never felt I had the chance to learn HOW to do it, I am very excited. This is pretty amazing. I'm really confused as to why this professional platform is free and open source now, but I am no less excited. Some of my favorite independent animations or video games are made on free open source engines, just by people with (a lot of) free time and an idea. I've always really wanted to learn the mechanics of animation and the article is right, with this new software, the animation floodgates have been opened.
I was so interested in this article, I'll have you know, I watched the whole nine minute video on the mechanics of Toonz, which was probably a mistake. The video is narrated by an obviously computer generated voice who still manages to get words wrong, but whatever. Some of the features highlighted are very cool, and very similar to platforms I am familiar with, like photoshop and other digital painting platforms. I'm really interested in download this before someone inevitably realizes that making it free was a mistake.
This is so exciting! Studio Ghibli has made some of my favorite films, and I think what most attracted me to to them are the theatrical quality and stunning artistry of their films. Unlike so much animation, there is a skill behind the beauty and imagery of those films that hints at the artist behind each picture. The release of this software will make it possible for other more traditional, hand-drawn techniques of animation to be more easily accessible and get people into the field. I think this software is a great way to utilize the hand-drawn techniques of animation and make it easier and faster. I'm excited that this software is becoming free to use, as it is increasingly difficult to produce good products without the expensive software that is necessary. Photoshop, for example, is a key design tool that many students are expected to know how to use and work in, but many don't purchase the program because of it's cost.
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