2D Animation Software Comparison - Cartoon Animator 5 | Moho | Toon Boom | TV Paint 

That is one benefit of Cartoon Animator. The marketplace to buy or sell characters, backgrounds and props. You are right. It is probably something all the other 2D animation software companies should look into. Thanks for the comment.

Because Toon BOOM is "keep-a-way" - assembly line software - the team at booth "A" does eyes, another both mouths, another booth back ground - it is NOT made for small studio artists or individuals. - mostly custom and quite grueling work.

Best 2D software with the easiest learning curve in my opinion is Cartoon Animator. They also have great tutorials on their website. Can highly recommend you start with them, and then grow from there as you get better over time.

In theory you can't. The software is not made to do it, but I know someone, Garry Pye, who managed to do it. He also works for Reallusion (Cartoon Animator) and gives training. So if you can organize a session with him so he can show you how to do it, then maybe that is an option.

Yes, it is possible to rotate the CA 360 degrees.

Hey there. I thought I would respond because Eon mentioned me in his comments. In previous versions of Cartoon Animator (CTA), they had actors called G2's , which were build with 8 different angles of rotation, and you could even apply 3D motions to them. With CTA5, we now have G3 characters. While they can have a 360 Head easily enough for rotation, rotating the body is not as easy. Realistically now, if you were making an animated film and required characters at different angles, you would just build a character model for each angle and swap between them. Easy enough. Having said that, if you think outside the box, there are a lot of possibilities here. I have used the 360 Head model to fake a body turn successfully. As for ease of use, I do recommend CTA. Ive been using it for many years. Ive used all the 2D animation software available at one time, but CTA was the one I settled on because it allows me to work fast, have fun and produce quality animation.

Hi, I am using Cartoon Animator for a comic book project. So yes, you can use it to create comic books, but I have to add that it will also depend on the type of comic book you want to create. If you want to create a Garfield style comic book then it is perfect. If you want to create Marvel or DC, then you will struggle

@@startanimating695 Thanks! Yes, 2D 1960s Archie type. Did you design your own characters and clothing? Or is it possible to find someone to do this for not a ton of money?

Yes I create all my characters myself. I know there are guys creating characters that they sell, but not sure of anyone doing freelance work to create characters

Perfect software choice for this! You can create your own characters, then pose them and change their expressions and export the pose for your comic panels. So good!

@@GarryPye Thanks so much!

You are right. I didn't think about Grease Pencil. Thanks for mentioning it.

Glad it was helpful! And I use Cartoon Animator. It really is a good software

If you like puppet animation, Cartoon Animator will blow your mind!

You can create an animation series by yourself using Cartoon Animator, but I can't speak for Moho since I haven't used it yet myself. I do know that there are people who created short films using Moho, but not sure about a series. You probably can, but it will definitely take you a lot longer to create than with Cartoon Animator

@@startanimating695 thank you so much for your reply.

Thank you so much. Appreciate it

yes! and for videogames Spine!

That is awesome. Keep going!

Congrats! Wish u a lot of success in your animations 🙌 God bless ya!

Subscriptions might feel like rent, but last I checked, you’re free to move out anytime you want.

Who told you that? You can do frame-by-frame animation with Cartoon Animator if you want to. Though being software that uses a rigged puppet system for animation, it is not specifically designed for that. You'd do well to check out a CTA animator named Declan Walsh (Dex Art). He is an ex-Disney animator who uses Cartoon Animator and creates animation frame-by-frame.