r/learnanimation

So I'm super confused. I'm planning to make a relatively short animation 3 to 4 minutes. But I don't know what app to use, i have to use my tablet, and it seems like every app has some flaw which effects how I animate. I draw so much better on paper, so I want to draw on paper originally then scan or take a picture to put on the app, but if I can't do that I wouldn't mind that much drawing it digitally first.

Originally was thinking of using Ibis paint animation, but I don't like the pens and i can't add audio. And flipa clip is too basic and doesn't have the options I need. I might try krita but it seems pretty complicated to use.

Anyway can anybody help for an app for a tablet that I can animate, that lets me input my own pictures and have many options. Please and thank you

Hi! I'm hoping this isn't one of those generic "what's the best software?" questions. My situation is pretty specific, and I feel like I'm missing a piece of the animation pipeline that experienced animators probably already have solved.

I've been animating for quite a while, but mostly just for myself. Because of that, I never had to think much about compositing or building a proper workflow I just used the built-in animation tools in my drawing software and kept everything simple.

Now I want to start making short, high-quality animations for YouTube and TikTok on a regular basis (around 20–30 seconds each), and I'm trying to find the right software for the compositing stage.

Here's my workflow:

• I animate frame-by-frame in ibis Paint.
• I export PNG sequences (often with transparent backgrounds for the characters).
• The background and foreground are animated separately.
• I then want to move the characters and/or the camera with simple keyframes.

The part that makes this difficult is that I intentionally animate different elements at different frame rates.

For example:

• Character animation: 13 fps
• Background animation: 12 fps
• Camera movement: smooth (e.g. 60 fps)

I don't want to manually duplicate frames or calculate frame holds for every image. Ideally, I'd like to import each image sequence, tell the software "this sequence plays at 13 fps" and "this one plays at 12 fps," and then just animate their positions with keyframes.

I tried looking into DaVinci Resolve, but it seems to assume one timeline frame rate for everything, which doesn't seem to fit this workflow.

I'm not looking for a new drawing or animation program. I'm happy doing all the frame-by-frame animation in ibis Paint. I just need a compositor that makes this last step simple and repeatable.

What software would you recommend for this workflow? I'd especially love to hear what people making independent 2D animations or music-synced YouTube animations actually use.

Well I am a 3d artist. I do renders, model, texture, basic of rigging animation. I am planning for comedy YouTube channel on specific constant characters. What I am not confident with is how do make facial expressions and lip syn. Animations for body i can handle also i can use Ai n mixamo. What I need a process of automatic facial animation in Maya or blender or unreal.

I got Moho pro 14 and been using it for about 4 months but i want to make an animated series now but i dont got an idea and i want to make series 11 min long or shorter episodes hand drawn or rigs (i dont mind whitch) but ye if any one got an series idea for me or series there working on i can help with please respond to me , thank you !!!

Please give some reviews if you think of anything that can be done better.

I am in a deep desperation to have motivation in better skills to make animations, the ones I currently make arent as good as I want them to be, i js really need help on them. if anybody can help me, on discord, or js talking to me on here the would be great

Before you say anything, yes I draw things with a mouse and I am much more comfortable drawing with a mouse and that's purely because of Adobe Illustrator where it straightens and smoothens every stroke, removing any crooked or ugly strokes you would make due to the use of a mouse.

I wanna know if there's an existing app like this or if it's wishful thinking

Ive been on youtube and all the videos that "teach" you how to animate don't teach you how to animate.

Yeah I understand frames and moving pictures but I havent found a video that shows you how to actully put them in a program or how to add background effects while not effecting your picture and talking points on sound and music.

All the animation videos ive seen have been like Animation Talking videos and not Animation MAKING videos.

If you have some links share them please

Edit : Im looking for a follow along type video. Like im learning python right now and the first thing they teach you is the hello program. all you do is type print("HelloWorld") run

and even before that they tell you exactly what program to use and how to run it.

I still dont even know how to drag the picture around once I get it in place.

When I edit none, animation videos I Can easily Put a imagine and move it around but for "animation" programs that I googled I can't even do that