I know a coworker that uses clip studio.
Also if you’re adventurous, Blender with grease pencil might be a great option.
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Your favorite software for hand drawn animation

Https://opentoonz.github.io/e/ neat! yt.

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10 months ago

Based on the content of your question, you need to check out this new Freeware for animation software. Be one of the first 50 users to download it and use it to your advantage. https://animationpaper.com/.

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over 1 year ago

Take it easy. You’ve got plenty of time. I’d ditch adobe animate, although it has its benefits, and check out something like https://animationpaper.com/ and pick up Richard Williams animation survival kit and you’ll be set for a while. Try doing a few of the exercises and then try doing a 10 second short so you can start seeing all the parts of animation. There’s a ton of careers in animation that may grab your…

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over 1 year ago

Download https://animationpaper.com/ and watch this guy https://www.youtube.com/c/AMBAnimationAcademy.

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almost 2 years ago

Hello fellow animation enthusiast. I’m curious about why you are writing a new program rather than working with the existing open source codebases of OpenToonz/Morevna/Pencil2D? (They are C++/Qt for whatever that’s worth). Not to mention what Blender has accomplished with the development of the Grease Pencil module. You might also look at what Niels Krogh Mortensen is doing with his Animation Paper software…

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over 2 years ago

And for a 2D animation program I HIGHLY. RECOMMEND. Animation Paper. It’s a lightweight, unintrusive program that’s simple to use and has all the key necessities for 2D animation. Very straightforward UI without a glut of bells, whistles, and hoops that you’ll see in other software that are 2D art programs first.

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over 2 years ago

If you’re just looking for a pencil and paper type of thing, I love “Animation Paper” and it’s currently free; https://animationpaper.com/.

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over 2 years ago

-Animation Paper
Fewer tools, but pretty good for Frame by Frame animation. 
Download.

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about 3 years ago

If you’re good at drawing just do 2d animation. Animationpaper is very easy to learn and it’s free and great for frame by frame animation. https://animationpaper.com/.

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over 3 years ago

And also, I animate in a program called animation paper and am using the pre-release so it’s not fully functioning and I can’t export it as an mp4 or movie file, only individual frames so I’m using a ‘frames to gif website’ which allows me to customize the speed of the animation and the only options are milliseconds. I was confused at first as well but I just tried it out. I wish I could use FPS instead but this…

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over 3 years ago