So you wanna be an Animator: Selecting a Software

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  • Опубліковано 28 чер 2024
  • Did you miss me?
    Quick insert because I'm really over working on this video
    The big reason a lot of people like using Vector based software over pixel based software is the READABILITY vector gives you.
    Yes, you can get detailed in raster software, but animation is all about understanding and being able to read what you're seeing on the screen. You want your lines to be as clean and not wobbly as possible and vector is perfect for that.
    And if you want some wobble in your line, adjust your pen sensitivity to make the lines vary in the vector software!
    Sections
    Intro - 00:38
    The types of animation software - 01:33
    The ranking system - 03:11
    Paper - 05:09
    Aseprite - 07:42
    CSP - 09:27
    Flipnote 3D - 11:58
    Adobe Animate - 13:47
    Harmony - 16:11
    Blender - 18:38
    Final Thoughts - 22:01

КОМЕНТАРІ • 533

  • @elhombrechorizo
    @elhombrechorizo  Рік тому +169

    Guys, while I would love to give thoughts on other softwares, I cant do that because I havent used them. That doesnt mean they arent valid options or your doing something wrong! Its just means I literally cant give any thoughts on it because I have literally never used it in my life and quite frankly nor do I plan to :p
    Pls understand, im a human with only so much time, Im working on a short film, I cant really learn a new software in a week and give a valid review; id need about 6 months lmao
    So if youre wondering why something isnt on the list, its because I quite literally havent used it

    • @raccoon2276
      @raccoon2276 Рік тому

      harmony goated

    • @TheHighFlys
      @TheHighFlys Рік тому

      Lack of a discord is disappointing to me :(

    • @avalell
      @avalell Рік тому

      I would like to see you giving advice for free animation softwares, like pencil2d (i think it's good for a beginner, and even a toaster can handle it), krita, opentoonz, tahoma2d and some others if you find them (just remembered about flipaclip, but we're not talking about phones there, and firealpaca... That is very beginner artist friendly, but for an animator... It's kind of a hell, honestly), because you don't need any cash to give a review, just time and will

    • @mrgaberson1465
      @mrgaberson1465 2 місяці тому

      really late on this, but you never really tried Krita as an animtation software

  • @biackshibe
    @biackshibe Рік тому +623

    Blender has a search feature I use often while modelling, it speeds up learning a lot if you know the terminology

    • @tykjarxa
      @tykjarxa Рік тому +36

      yeah and blender got like 1 billion tuto about every thing on youtube, even grease pencil, so if ur re still unable to understand after 2 weeks... well just stay on paper board ;)

    • @cractor6307
      @cractor6307 Рік тому +14

      @@tykjarxa No need to be a dick man. I can imagine someone used to the features of other 2d programs getting confused by blender, is a complex program and if you are not in the 3d mentality it can be quite confusing

    • @Villager_U
      @Villager_U Рік тому +5

      @@cractor6307 since blender 2.8 ui revamp,everything is so much easier now. You can even choose the premade 2d animations when you opens blender
      Oh and once you have learned the shortcuts, everything gonna be much more fun

    • @cractor6307
      @cractor6307 Рік тому +5

      @@Villager_U I know, I'm a 3d artist who started with and mainly uses blender. I do think blender has improved a lot on the past years for new users. But I also think that if you are a mainly 2d artist there's gonna be a bit of a "culture shock" in terminology and feel. Which only adds to the confusion of the step learning curve. (BTW if anybody who Is interested in learning grease pencil reads this. You don't need to learn the whole program, you can take it piece by piece and ignore the elements you don't care about. I personally don't use grease pencil, but that's because I use blender to model and render 3d scenes, so that's the things I learned)

    • @tykjarxa
      @tykjarxa Рік тому

      @@cractor6307 agree with that, my answer was based on the author comment in the video who say "there is no map, your friend is no help..." who is totaly wrong in the case of blender so yea if after 2 weeks u are in the state he say... well...

  • @DandeSaft
    @DandeSaft Рік тому +274

    Blender is like...the swiss army knife of digital art. It can do EVERYTHING and all of it at least decently. The price is your soul tho.

    • @Charduza
      @Charduza Місяць тому

      😂 true, I spend more of my life in blender than anything else

  • @renhaker
    @renhaker Рік тому +346

    Got into PC animating for the "first" time a few months ago in 2022 and my biggest weakness was finding the best software for me, it's either too laggy, too complicated, or I have to sell one healthy young family member a month to pay for it. I've looked on many articles and videos from talented trusted artists for HUNDREDS of days and this *single* video somehow taught me better than all of them. Fucking awesome 👍🏾

    • @elhombrechorizo
      @elhombrechorizo  Рік тому +37

      If you want a super responsive software for 2D bro, harmony is your best bet.
      Grease pencil is amazing as well if you want something free

    • @johanneskirestos5316
      @johanneskirestos5316 Рік тому +12

      U could ehm *coughs*...... 🦜 it

    • @knaif32
      @knaif32 Рік тому +4

      Lag/complexity in software is an issue for me as well. Took me 3 years to fully master my 2 programs of choice, photoshop and premiere.
      Price shouldn't be stopping you! Pirating is RIDICULOUSLY easy nowadays. Of course do this with care, check if what you're downloading is trusted/known not to be malware etc.
      The time it took me to get Pr/Ps for free is a grain of sand compared to the time it'd take me to earn the money to pay for it =)

    • @renhaker
      @renhaker Рік тому +1

      @@knaif32 I do have a couple of *[DEFINITELY LEGAL AND LEGIT]* 2022 edition adobe software that honestly work better than I expected. I don't think they'll be very reliable later after a couple years when I get more professional but they definitely are perfect right now 😅

    • @anapple6912
      @anapple6912 Місяць тому

      same but add minimalistic program with one of cons (ahem firealpaca, medibang paint, and some of the android apps like flipaclip and ibispaint... i mean, they arent really meant for animation but so is clipstudio paint and yet alot of people use it).

  • @KangJangkrik
    @KangJangkrik Рік тому +129

    If you're both computer graphic programmer and an artist, then blender is like revelation from god

  • @talkysassis
    @talkysassis Рік тому +163

    To be fair, Blender is a tool made for professionals. You're supposed to already know 3d modeling to use blender, or at least the terminology and workflow, because it is very similar to Maya.

  • @Kavukamari
    @Kavukamari Рік тому +122

    paper stability I'd say is A-S Tier, I've never had it disappear on its own yet, usually it was user error (dropped in a puddle)

    • @theophiled
      @theophiled Рік тому +27

      The file size is very big tho

    • @theperson3739
      @theperson3739 Рік тому +4

      i lost all my childhood-to-highschool sketchbooks in a flood recently and it was heart wrenching, that, plus papercuts, has made me despise paper. one day i will have my revenge.

    • @lyrajaded
      @lyrajaded 2 місяці тому +2

      One trick I learned in college that just does not translate to digital is the fact that you can just rotate paper frames on top of each other. One of my teachers taught us this as a way to make sure you’re keeping your proportions correct

    • @AlexDiesTrying
      @AlexDiesTrying 2 місяці тому

      @@theperson3739 maybe rather despise floods?

    • @anapple6912
      @anapple6912 Місяць тому

      @@theperson3739 what. do you plan on giving the paper flesh cuts?

  • @DaSassyOwl
    @DaSassyOwl Рік тому +24

    As a Flash animator, I gotta point this out. If you wanna drag sounds onto the timeline, you gotta have a keyframe, and also extend it so the sound can play. It won't make the frames automatically xD. Aside from that... Everything else is pretty spot on, very much enjoyed this video!

    • @Klaris530
      @Klaris530 Місяць тому

      Yeah. People think adobe animate is some type of video editing software.

  • @NanerBag
    @NanerBag Рік тому +114

    Is there gonna be more parts? This is a BANGER of unexplainable proportions, even for someone who has no business with any of these softwares but still loves animation (im the after effects guy 🥂).

    • @elhombrechorizo
      @elhombrechorizo  Рік тому +14

      Of course there is! There already 2 other vids if you havent seen them! But Im gonna do like actual animation tutorials once we get past the actual before part of getting what you need!

  • @TheMarlz2
    @TheMarlz2 Рік тому +37

    As a 3D animator in blender, I don't need these videos at all, but seeing this style and how truly genuine you are is refreshing as hell. Keep it up!

    • @hurstcifer7286
      @hurstcifer7286 Рік тому

      Who asked mate ,this stuff is for beginners like us not pros like you.😶😶

    • @coreragestudios3430
      @coreragestudios3430 Рік тому

      As a blender user who has studying blender I agree xd

  • @NanerBag
    @NanerBag Рік тому +78

    Im only 1 minute in and i feel i have gotten enough information to last me the rest of my life

  • @Roach_draws_stuff
    @Roach_draws_stuff Рік тому +37

    Great video with awesome info. I usually use blender since I'm already aware of its 3d aspects and the grease pencil gets better the more time you spend with it.

  • @alexbuckland435
    @alexbuckland435 Рік тому +27

    Just made it through the Aseprite segment and I'd like to share some thoughts as a long-time aseprite user.
    - There is supposed to be an audio track feature in an update in the future, not sure how near that may be.
    - If you accidentally export a PNG from illustrator at like 10,000 pixels and open it with aseprite, you're gonna have a bad time. But It really won't crash unless you're working on a gigantic canvas.
    - There's a great community around aseprite and a lot of people make and share scripts to help with niche functionality which is handy. One of which that's great for game dev is Adam C Younis' script that exports tagged frames to their own sprite sheets.
    I am definitely biased toward aseprite but I need a higher-res animation software that isn't photoshop so now I shall continue watching this video.
    Thank you for this video.

    • @IAARPOTI
      @IAARPOTI 2 місяці тому +1

      There's opentoonz tho

  • @DavidTheMeow
    @DavidTheMeow Рік тому +11

    Man, I was expecting you to have at least hundreds of thousands of subscribers with a video of this quality. I hope this video and your channel blows up more cause this was a really fun watch and I can't wait to see what you make in the future

  • @OvOanimationstudios
    @OvOanimationstudios Рік тому +5

    Even though I'm currently dead set on Blender, I still sat through the whole video simply because it was so enjoyable.
    Mad props dude.

  • @ThatElfNerd
    @ThatElfNerd Рік тому +11

    As someone who's used Blender for over three years: You hit the nail on the head. Blender has so many amazing features and abilities that allow you to do anything you want to do in the program. But that is both a positive and a negative, since it also means that you're drowning in features that unless you follow tutorials that are specific to a thing you want to learn, you'll probably get overwhelmed because you don't know where to go with it.
    To this day, I can't do 2D animation in Blender, because I can't find a good tutorial series for the 2D workflow, so I just use it for 3D. Ironically, I'm using an older version of Flash/Animate for whenever I try doing 2D, but I'm also exploring the idea of OpenToonz, as it's free, open source, and has both Vector AND Raster options. I probably won't use Harmony, CSP, nor the modern version of Animate anytime soon, as I'm broke AF, and in terms of subscription-based software, I hate it to the very core, so I'm always looking for alternatives.

    • @vicro4193
      @vicro4193 Рік тому

      hey man, can you please tell us what you think of this OpenToonz (at least compared to these other sftware) after trying it out? thanks in advance

    • @diren_was_here
      @diren_was_here 2 місяці тому +1

      remember, it's completely okay to pirate adobe products

  • @enzocrafts
    @enzocrafts Рік тому +15

    Adobe animate does have audio scrubbing, you just have to make a new layer and import in to stage lol. The software is honestly pretty ok other than the fact that you can barely use different brushes without it crashing, coloring is a little tough but there are some features that literally color multiple frames at once, (if you are using fill), and exporting with audio in the stage lowers the quality quite a bit but you should be using the original wav or mp3 files for the final animation anyway.

    • @whirr11WasStolen
      @whirr11WasStolen Рік тому +4

      as a flash cs5 user i agree with u

    • @megustaav
      @megustaav 8 місяців тому

      I wish they could get line tool from Illustrator to animate...that would be a game changer for me.

  • @Phil-tb7wr
    @Phil-tb7wr 7 днів тому

    This is the video I have been trying to find, thank you so much! Top Tier video! Only heartbreaking to see how power hungry harmony is o.O

  • @sakori12
    @sakori12 Рік тому +3

    15:30 you just drag into the blank space of the timeline and done the audio is there

  • @mrtaki998
    @mrtaki998 Рік тому +1

    BRO WHY DON'T YOU HAVE MORE SUBSCRIBERS?! Anyways, you're really great! Your videos are funny and well structured and I like the way you review stuff. This really puts stuff in a new light and helps me decide what I would want to use to animate. Thanks a lot man!

  • @kitsun3imp0ster
    @kitsun3imp0ster 6 місяців тому +2

    Fun fact about Animate as an Animate user: You CAN add audio to the timeline, you just have to drag it to the actual canvas and not the timeline, and then manually create the amount of frames needed for the audio, which still kinda sucks but hey, whatever, you still have audio.

  • @goku_dunker_420
    @goku_dunker_420 Рік тому +7

    In a weird way I'm kinda happy to hear that Blender is super confusing to learn. I learned it to get into 3D animation and though that maybe I was being a little slow understanding things as little as I did, but glad to see that just a general experience lol. and yeah learning it was turning me off it so many times

  • @zombotrombo7029
    @zombotrombo7029 4 місяці тому

    This be the most useful video I've ever watched. So much thought in it thankyou chorizofather

  • @asdproducts6590
    @asdproducts6590 Рік тому

    thank you for letting me know what to expect from blender

  • @TheVisionaryAnimation
    @TheVisionaryAnimation Рік тому +2

    Just wanna let you know man, I completely thought that you were some massive youtuber, as the video quality and the flow of everything felt so perfect. Keep going man, we'll all watch with baited breath to see where you will end up.

  • @knightforlorn6731
    @knightforlorn6731 Рік тому

    thanks. I found your video helpful. I've been on the fence with blender for years and I think I will finally dive in

  • @xaviermora4854
    @xaviermora4854 Рік тому +3

    I just use FlipaClip it’s pretty straight forward, draw something, new frame, draw something, new frame, it really keeps you going

  • @DoomedMadhouse
    @DoomedMadhouse Рік тому

    I subbed so I can say I was here when you were at 1.1k subscribers haha
    Also really love that you included Flipnote Studio and Aseprite lol. Love those programs despite not being as popular for animation than the other ones. Especially Flipnote, I remember using that back in the DSi days.

  • @WW_Studios
    @WW_Studios Рік тому +1

    This is a really good video! Nice work!!!

  • @williamalyabacar7489
    @williamalyabacar7489 Рік тому

    This video was really informative man ! thanks and that explanation on blender tools was hilarious

  • @MrBongers
    @MrBongers Рік тому +17

    The description of using Blender was brutal, but so true. Totally agree. I have wanted so much to like Blender ,but I just always end up feeling like I am beating my head against the wall trying to use it. If anyone ever figures out how to streamline the user interface of Blender it could be great, but for now, I’d say no thanks I’ve got better things to spend my time on.

    • @reptiliannoizezz.413
      @reptiliannoizezz.413 Рік тому +1

      I had bought a course on Domestika to teach me it, but eventually got stuck cuz the damn cube wouldn't let itself get sculpted on

    • @peterhindes56
      @peterhindes56 Рік тому

      @@reptiliannoizezz.413 you need more vertices, otherwise your just pushing around the corners

    • @reptiliannoizezz.413
      @reptiliannoizezz.413 Рік тому

      @@peterhindes56 So, subdivide first?

    • @theophiled
      @theophiled Рік тому

      dedouze has a few videos that are great for learning the grease pencil

    • @Dr_Ender
      @Dr_Ender Рік тому +5

      Imo, i think the interface, etc is perfectly fine right now. I learned blender when it had the old gray ui and man when the new ui came out. I instantly thought im so fkin jealous of the people who are starting to learn it now. Each their own of course though. I wish you luck if you ever pick up blender again.

  • @jamescandyland
    @jamescandyland 2 місяці тому

    Yo that intro was EPIC!🔥🤘🔥

  • @loukka
    @loukka Рік тому +1

    Clip Studio Paint is becoming basically a subscription now

  • @DeviantRides
    @DeviantRides Місяць тому

    As someone who spent the day trying to learn animation and Blender at the same time... Your mansion analogy hit me in my soul. Too accurate!

  • @fmphotooffice5513
    @fmphotooffice5513 Рік тому

    Applause, applause. Excellent presentation.

  • @chancemcgee1069
    @chancemcgee1069 Рік тому

    This is the best video on UA-cam. You are a legend for using that Streets of Rage 3 track. I didn't know Animate was that bad tbh, but yeah...I can see it lol Good video man, damn good.

  • @spoony8497
    @spoony8497 Рік тому +1

    10:08 Although I had similar problems with clip studio when I started animating, after I understood it it became my favorite version. The timeline just directly showing you what is drawn on each frame can make it substantially easier to navigate through than other animation software where you have a dot or a cell as an indicator. The files that spawn on the right when you make a new layer are overwhelming at the start, but again, are super useful comparatively. you can organize much easier and shift around the orientation much easier as well.

  • @peatz4193
    @peatz4193 Рік тому

    you just earned a sub today! it’s so entertaining and make me want to try those thing!

  • @BhaiyaPaintingTX
    @BhaiyaPaintingTX Рік тому +1

    Just subbed for that intro. Great video 💯

  • @TheAdrixzProductions
    @TheAdrixzProductions Рік тому +2

    imo CSP deserves a higher tier. It's a bit clunky at first but it's VERY easy once you get where stuff is. I started at flipnote on DSi, then Harmony then CSP and I'm not sure I'd go back to harmony. CSP just has so many tools for everything easily accessible. You can use vector brushes to work very similarly to Harmony, the paint bucket is perfect for coloring animations with the ability to go a bit over. You can draw everything in black and then choose the colors with the layer color feature. It has keyframes, auto actions, batch import, 3D, amazing custom brushes etc etc. I would suggest changing some hotkeys though, I have the , and . keys as previous and next keyframe because I found it very useful in Harmony, I also added an auto action to the / key create a duplicate of the current layer in the next one since I also remembered using something similar on Harmony. Harmony is good, but the drawing in CSP is unbeatable.

  • @sticky4401
    @sticky4401 Рік тому +6

    Have you heard of the software called "Cacani"? It's a 2D animation software with added tools to speed up and semi automate in-between frames, and also the lines you draw can be edited as vectors. I haven't spend much time with it but from what i've seen online its pretty cool.

    • @peterhindes56
      @peterhindes56 Рік тому +1

      Oh cool, I think blender has that too

  • @hermitcell8568
    @hermitcell8568 Рік тому +1

    Great info learnt so much Thanks 🙏

  • @thomasfarr16
    @thomasfarr16 Рік тому +1

    "Only the most bearable" so true

  • @kocobunnyy
    @kocobunnyy Рік тому +4

    if tv paint was in this video id probably find it easy to choose between krita, harmony and tv paint as my main platforms to animate on. but this is a great video overall for helping me try to make up my mind with what i want/dont want to use later in my life

  • @tasha3757
    @tasha3757 25 днів тому

    Thank you! 🙏

  • @lyrajaded
    @lyrajaded 2 місяці тому

    I worked in animate for 8+ years as a professional animator (my avatar is me sitting in my cintiq box lol). There are things I genuinely enjoyed about it, mostly how good it is at utilizing loops and embedded animation, with different functions depending if it was for web or broadcast animation
    I recently got back into animation, and jumped back into animate, because I’m so familiar with it. Had to do an animation in 4k and EXR colours, and animate just DOES NOT DO THAT (tho it is nice to animate at 50% and just scale it in AE)
    Thank you for this list. I’m trying to figure out which direction I want to go, and this gives me a decent idea of what I may want to try :)

  • @Magicalgiraffe_
    @Magicalgiraffe_ Рік тому +2

    Homie, you can throw audio in both Adobe Animate & Csp! It can be a bit of hassle sometimes. I forgot what version of animate i used but it would only let me use mp3 files for some reason😅However, i think that problem has been fixed. I've been trying to learn after effects and low-key it's been making me wanna bash my own head, lol. I use it more for "moving graphics" than "traditional animation". The major reason I use CSP is for the vector brushes. Compared to the vector brushes in adobe illustrator/animate, CSP has vector brushes that look like "traditional" art tools such as (pencil, chalk, etc.) The "cleanliness" of vector tools/ animation is great! Although i prefer that "texture" traditional animation has and CSP is a nice happy medium ! I don't have to sacrifice quality ! Great video btw 💛

  • @unaninated
    @unaninated Рік тому +7

    This is a great video, i personally use CSP and blender. the learning curve is definitely their but quality and over time saving you an get by having a complete backdrop in infinite perspectives is great. I'm considering other software that allow 2d puppets like moho, which I think is a one time payment

  • @annonimooseq1246
    @annonimooseq1246 2 місяці тому +1

    Having used blender for at least 7 years and being fairly comfortable with it, hearing my friend asks if blender is free and if it works on their operating system felt like I was one of the mentors in the hunger games

  • @kariasart
    @kariasart Місяць тому

    You can drag audio in the timeline of adobe animate, but you need to draw it in to the canvas, then it appears in the timeline, then you can chose if what kind of play you need to the audio, you can even autolipsinc characters with it

  • @vonyoki2679
    @vonyoki2679 Рік тому +1

    GREAT VIDEO, thank u sm for making it, I learned stuff woo hoo

  • @chantekiddo2293
    @chantekiddo2293 Рік тому +2

    You described the blender experience so we'll, like no other, LMAO, it's like great, but also I'm aways so lost, I've never been more grateful for UA-cam tutorials before I decided to try blender

  • @RCWrightX89
    @RCWrightX89 11 місяців тому

    The beginning hits hard especially after you literally just built a rig that can handle it all and you are ready to start your journey of content creation.

  • @AniMesuro
    @AniMesuro Рік тому +17

    23:30 Honestly it was all worth it. The editing is so godly and crunchy.

  • @Daduu
    @Daduu Рік тому

    YO WTF, this video kept me up and didnt even feel like it was a 24 minute video and to top it off YOU ONLY HAVE 900 some SUBS??!!!? nah wtf man WTF. Great job. great fucking job

  • @mobinvaryan7196
    @mobinvaryan7196 Рік тому

    seeing everyone talks about the complexity of the blender made me feel relieved. thank god I thought I was just stupid

  • @PistachioOwl
    @PistachioOwl Рік тому

    10:09 I mostly use CSP for making comics or illustrations, but I do have the animation process on there very streamlined... first of all, I have the thumbnails nonexistent in the timeline. And then, I have my auto-action for duplicating cells (which can be a hassle depending on what layer you're selecting.) And then there's audio, I've found that importing .wav files was the only way I could get the audio to sync up without having to render it when I want to preview it (I think it's good for syncing up actions with music more than lip-syncing.) Finally, my favorite feature is that instead of a normal raster layer for the cell you can make it into a folder containing multiple layers, then just duplicate that layer for each cell... and it's a pretty cool process, I think.
    Just wanted to share my process on making the software easier... loved the video!

  • @miz_
    @miz_ Рік тому

    give this man the subs he deserves

  • @iamaylacat3935
    @iamaylacat3935 Рік тому

    started animation with 3d stuff, so natually of all of the ones listed in this video you can tell where I ended up.
    I do tend to follow a brute force technique when learning things, instead of doing it the "proper" way and following tutorials. Granted, I feel like this has worked better for me as I have really quickly learned the stuff I absolutely need. However, I find I constantly need to keep a notes file open at all times just to keep track of everything and also have a quick link to any guides I may need for less frequently used features.

  • @nolwazi3076
    @nolwazi3076 Рік тому

    i managed to make an animated music video in clip studio. the difficulty curve was insane like wtf. (especially since i was on a time limit)but i managed thanks to a really good tutorials that basically thought me the animation ui and stuff :> and yeah it turned out pretty well! I also know how to import images and stuff without fucking up the timeline so that's nice. imo i would have it as at least an a tier. krita is my ride or die for drawing softwares so yeah. krita has come up with some really cool animation updates too! like being able to make storyboards in the software. but the music scrubbing is still pain ;w;
    Harmony sounds really nice especially for the sound scrubbing but i have no money to pay every month. so krita and clip are fine for me. especially since i am still practicing so yeah idk. it's pretty good. also clip never crashed for me when i was animating. ;w;

  • @mu4784
    @mu4784 Рік тому

    Thank the youtube algorhithm for bringing me to an actually useful video! Lovely voice work and head bashing 10/10

  • @s2mediapro742
    @s2mediapro742 Рік тому +9

    Great video! Fun fact though, you actually can do audio scrubbing in CSP. Something that stumbled across the other day while using it.

    • @elhombrechorizo
      @elhombrechorizo  Рік тому +3

      Hmmmm I know you can add audio. Unless it something im not understanding, how do you audio scrub in csp?

  • @reptiliannoizezz.413
    @reptiliannoizezz.413 Рік тому +14

    Would like to step in and also bring Krita to the spotlight!
    It's a completely free drawing software, gets updated... every once in a while, coloring lineart is easy thanks to its colorize mask feature, rarely has crashed on me for one, and of course has an animation mode that in my experience is not very hard to use (audio scrubbing kinda janky on my pc tho) and does both frame-by-frame *and* tweening!
    And when you open it you're greeted with a cute squirrel girl. What else could you ask for (/j)

    • @BVK.
      @BVK. Рік тому +2

      Yeah, Aside from the cute squirrel girl waifu to greet you, My computer crashes alot using Krita, Probably due to my computer model or something because on my laptop, it's perfectly fine, Strange how that works...

    • @knopfir
      @knopfir Рік тому

      @@BVK. i think krita has a thing for laptops, i use the shitty potato laptop alot but drawing on canvases in 4K barely if at all crashes the software

  • @IvanGovnov
    @IvanGovnov Рік тому +1

    Thank you, Chorizo. that video is really help me. + One subscriber!

  • @a.j.outlaster1222
    @a.j.outlaster1222 2 місяці тому

    As someone who is learning Grease Pencil in Blender, Your criticisms hurt...
    But they were spot on and fair...

  • @azza_weak
    @azza_weak Рік тому

    In case anyone's curious about Photoshop's animation tool, It's so barebones in shortcuts, that it's basically paper animation with the perks of digital art.
    It's simple to use, any brush and adjustment Ps has can be used there, but all layers are shared between frames (so it's essentially 1 layer per different frame), but making folders helps a bit. Changing time is a bit akward. Exporting is ok, works for mp4, gif, or images. No audio related things at all, but you can technically use the effects and adjustment for post production.
    I've used it a lot for smaller loops and animatics, it's pretty good and fast for that. Sending it to any video editing software later complements what it lachs well (It's mainly DaVinci Resolve for me, free and great).
    To reference, Hollow Knight sprites were made in Ps.

  • @TotalMaggotz
    @TotalMaggotz Рік тому +1

    finally a UA-cam animator that actually tells his fans what software to use, i would love to see you do a video editor tier list next

    • @elhombrechorizo
      @elhombrechorizo  Рік тому

      Honestly bro. I just use premiere. Premiere is what makes people think adobe is a good company cause its easily the most simple editing software, that makes actual sense and you can dive into with 0 tutorial. Its actually just so good. Ui is clean, as wide as a puddle but deep as an ocean in terms of what can be done with it. Most people use premiere as an audio editor as well because it functions so well and you can even do some rough motion graphics.
      If you dont want use to premiere, just use davinci resolve. Its free.
      Im not too big on sony vegas or pinnacle.
      Editing in blender is complete dogass.
      Theres my 1 paragraph tier list

    • @TotalMaggotz
      @TotalMaggotz Рік тому

      @@elhombrechorizo is vegas shit?

    • @elhombrechorizo
      @elhombrechorizo  Рік тому

      @@TotalMaggotz no, premiere and resolve are just way better

  • @andrewglick6279
    @andrewglick6279 Рік тому +4

    Someone may have already commented on this, but Aesprite is free if you are willing to compile the source code yourself. Granted, the audience here is primarily artists, not programmers, and even as someone who does a fair bit of coding, it still took me about an hour to figure out how to compile Aesprite for the first time. So, for all intents and purposes, Aesprite is $20 (which may be why you didn't mention the compile-it-yourself option), but I still felt it is worth mentioning.

  • @brickydajana
    @brickydajana Рік тому

    great video! for me, beginner in animation, it helps a lot

  • @shamcam3721
    @shamcam3721 Рік тому +2

    This is amazing

  • @huntsman9316
    @huntsman9316 Рік тому

    Got TV paint. I bought it because I’ve heard great things but also it’s one time payment so I don’t feel rushed when I don’t feel like animating for a couple weeks

  • @DistinctlyMeFilms
    @DistinctlyMeFilms Місяць тому

    You can also composite in Harmony like Blender but your need the most advanced version

  • @inxendere
    @inxendere Рік тому +4

    Clip Studio Paint can be vector based. Look into vector layers. Just because of that I would put it in A tier

  • @lumineark
    @lumineark Місяць тому

    Ive been using animate since 9th grade! You can get audio, you drag it in, and it's on that layer :D
    You just need to asd frames you can also scrub the audio as well.

  • @Dasher...
    @Dasher... Рік тому

    Really good video

  • @mustachewalrus
    @mustachewalrus Рік тому

    Really helpful, I was planning on getting better at clip studios, but I'm not familiar with it enough for me to justify learning it completely for it not to be my main driver in anything. I want to just be able to learn the principals of animation, flipnote was super easy for me as a kid, why not now as an adult.

  • @Mell_Min
    @Mell_Min Рік тому +1

    Wish I knew how to use Harmony instead of Animate, I cant find tweening and symbol in Harmony.

  • @heitorsant1759
    @heitorsant1759 Рік тому

    Finally, THANK YOU, now i don't need to use Scratch for animating

  • @Gustoberg
    @Gustoberg Рік тому

    My first attempt at animation has been with blender (cuz I'm poor and don't know how to draw) and I learned 2 things
    1) If I add more than 1 object it will seem like I am in slow motion and it phisically pains me every time it studders and goes all the way to the other side of the object when it is really close up
    2) it is pretty easy to learn once you kinda understand the fundamentals of it (I made a desk without a tutorial yayyy) like really, if you understand youtube tutorials really well you will be making roblox looking models the same day

  • @reikadoodles
    @reikadoodles Рік тому

    💝 Great work. You describe my experience with each of these programs to a T.

  • @CallumsArmy
    @CallumsArmy Рік тому +2

    this, is a good video indeed, thank you El Hombre Chorizo

  • @thepuzzlemaster64
    @thepuzzlemaster64 Рік тому +3

    Another simple animation software I used was Pencil2D (Raster/Vector).
    That one is a bit weird since it's really capable, but it's very limited. The way Pencil2D feels is like a small old house that's in the middle of being renovated. Very good stuff, but tons of bugs and limitations
    (No fancy brushes, vector tools are unfinished, using the line tool can sometimes crash the program, sound mixing is buggy, exporting an image sequence has a resolution cap while exporting as a gif/movie doesn't).
    Though, since the program is so small you figure-out all the quirks pretty fast and you can make some decent animations with it.
    The whole program gave me MS Paint vibes. Small, limited, and unimpressive looking, but can pack a decent punch if you fiddle around with it enough.

    • @SwordfighterRed
      @SwordfighterRed Рік тому

      Yeah, they were trying to fix it up and make it something great, but I have to wonder if progress stalled on it because of Krita's progress.

    • @thepuzzlemaster64
      @thepuzzlemaster64 Рік тому

      ​@@SwordfighterRed
      I don't think Krita is why Pencil2D has stalled. It's definitely a reason why development has stalled quite a bit, but the real reason is because they don't accept donations. I know this because I wanted to donate to them, but they told me that they don't want people to "pay for an unfinished program" even if it would help-out a lot.
      So for as good as Pencil2D can be, its development will forever be at a snails pace because devs don't want to work for free when Krita, Blender, OpenToonz, etc... have a tip jar they can take a bit of money from

    • @SwordfighterRed
      @SwordfighterRed Рік тому

      @@thepuzzlemaster64 Makes sense.

    • @thepuzzlemaster64
      @thepuzzlemaster64 11 місяців тому

      Might as well add this here as well since I recently played with it.
      OpenToonz! (Raster/Vector)
      Best vector animation software on Linux, and it's free to boot! It just has the exact same problems as Blender (minus the 3D terminology and the video editing).
      Though, unlike Blender, I needed to find a tutorial on how to save files in a custom location.
      This thing just actively doesn't want you to use it, and it fights you to stay away from it constantly at first. Never have I seen a program so intimidating to use as this one. I'd rather use Blender over OpenToonz
      However, since I had no other choice on Linux (the only other vector programs are either unfinished, or Blender which ran super slowly), I had to tame this beast of a program, and it gets decent to use after watching a few tutorials that show the basics of how it works (and I've animated with Krita and Pencil2D beforehand so you know it's tough).
      Overall I'd put it up there in C tier.
      It's a good program, was created by Studio Ghibli, and it's great for an animation studio...but it's not good for little Jimmy down the street who want to draw a bouncy ball...or even someone who's used to every single other animation program out there, you really need an open-mind for this one

  • @Bann
    @Bann Рік тому

    I use an old version of adobe flash for animation. I do not do this because I already had it, or because I don't feel like learning something better, I use it because I like how the lines look.

  • @justchillin1087
    @justchillin1087 Рік тому

    1.7k SUBSCRIBERS ONLY???! Sooo underrated, subscribe to this man at all costs

  • @kjixkho8260
    @kjixkho8260 Рік тому +2

    As a amateur artist who is using Krita, I also want to listen you guys's opinion about this software. So far this software is still deceloping and I LOVE THAT PERSPECTIVE TOOL, other than that it's a bit like a spaceship like Blender to me. Not sure how ya guys think I haven't even touched the animation workspace but maybe I might in future

  • @ApiHD
    @ApiHD Рік тому

    That's a great video !

  • @hash4202
    @hash4202 5 днів тому

    I’ve been using blenders 3D and Grease Pencil features a lot! If you’re good enough, you can even achieve mixed animation like Tag Team or 2D animated rigs. I love creating 2D animations and I love modeling too, so it was awesome making stuff with it!

    • @hash4202
      @hash4202 5 днів тому

      It’s a good alternative to Adobe Animates tweening and there’s a lot of mixed movement and camera controls. I even created a few rigs for some TPOT characters and pretty accurately recreated a scene!

    • @hash4202
      @hash4202 5 днів тому

      And one more thing to add- you can make a just specific file for 2D animations and it works really good if you don’t want to worry about going into 3 dimensions so quickly. Jesse Jones has a good tutorial on this!

  • @dante_ala_carte
    @dante_ala_carte Рік тому +203

    roblox studio

    • @CheeseStuff
      @CheeseStuff 2 місяці тому +4

      NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

    • @lachlanmc2335
      @lachlanmc2335 2 місяці тому +5

      Oh hell nah

    • @aomsingamingyt
      @aomsingamingyt 2 місяці тому +2

      Okay

    • @babypupa3
      @babypupa3 2 місяці тому +6

      genuinely a viable option!

    • @lachlanmc2335
      @lachlanmc2335 2 місяці тому +1

      @@babypupa3 no it's not 🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫 🥶🥶🥶

  • @robnew
    @robnew Рік тому

    I've only ever had blender crash if I use a modifier on a mesh I 100% knew it would just die on. Even when it crashes the autosaves are so frwquent I never lose more than 2 minutes of work... 9/10

  • @PRIXIZIBIGGESTFAN
    @PRIXIZIBIGGESTFAN Рік тому +1

    ok so as a adobe animator myself i dont use it anymore BUT-
    here r my thoughts on adobe animate/flash
    the subscription is pretty expensive 4 what u get bc adobe animate rlly isnt that good (in my opinion)
    i used it for fnf sprites thats why i liked it a bit the rest of the stuff was hard to use
    the onion (idk if i spelt that right) was off cuz when i drew and then turned on the onion it would kinda break
    bc the two colours wouldnt go to the frame ahead to thats why i didnt do frame by frame animation and only did the motion one
    next one is the drawing, the pen is pretty good for the stabilization and outlining but they could of added more pens to it
    except the default pen so its pretty bad but kinda good
    the audio, i agree about what u said about it, if adobe made updates and included that one i would buy it again
    (also the way u put in the audio is by getting the mp3 etc u put it on the menu where u entered it then make a new layer go to object or frame i cant remember then go to the audio settings i think then put one of the audio things on stream then drag it down to the layer ur audio is on after that u have to drag a frame then u will the the orange audio) i think i might be wrong so pls correct me if i did. but it would be WAY better + easier for only dragging the audio from the player onto there instead of having to do all of that just to get one audio
    anyways my rating on adobe animate/flash is a decent 6.9/10

    • @elhombrechorizo
      @elhombrechorizo  Рік тому

      Onion skin is breaking, audio importing is still clunky, pen options are limited, sub isnt really worth it; sounds like a D to me lmao
      Yes the audio thing was just a gag lmao to show the little things that adobe has refused to update and yes its small, but also its small i know they can make that change cause literally all their softwares you can drag audio on the timeline, workspace, binspace and it just works
      Animate has the potential to be babys first software (premiere and audition are so easy to jump into), but adobe still makes it a wall to bash your skull against and it drives me CRAZY

    • @PRIXIZIBIGGESTFAN
      @PRIXIZIBIGGESTFAN Рік тому

      @@elhombrechorizo oh lol- i agree it should be a D i would recommend for beginners flipaclip its a mobile animation app its free u can also be on pc to use it but u need bluestacks- but it is a pretty simple animating software since thats what i use all the time for my animations so i think u should make a video rating it if u wanna
      the stuff on flipaclip is: layers, 6 pens, a ruler with 3 options (straight + circle + square), paintbucket tool, lasso tool, text tool, and even audio + audio library + audio recorder, i think its a rlly good app tho for starters sooo yea

    • @PRIXIZIBIGGESTFAN
      @PRIXIZIBIGGESTFAN Рік тому

      i forgot they also have a onion and u can colourize them too in the options, they also have a grid u just have to go in the 3 dots, another one is the frames viewer + u can add images and videos

  • @UrBoiRADS
    @UrBoiRADS Рік тому

    This video is the magnum opus of guides

  • @ChrisArtsTube
    @ChrisArtsTube Місяць тому

    I been 3D modeling in blender for like 1.5 years. and I just started 2D grease pencil a month ago after finally buying a tablet monitor. I've used, flash, Procreate, Procreate dreams, Photoshop, flip a clip, and by a mile I love blender a hell of a lot more. Not only, I have been storyboarding, and making animatics so fast with blender than any of the other programs. overall I'd Rate Blender an A. but that's just me.

  • @2teepeepictures382
    @2teepeepictures382 Рік тому

    OK, I haven’t watch the video yet but I wanted to leave this comment before I forget. Dang! That intro slaps!

  • @Stormdrag
    @Stormdrag Рік тому

    you can change your timeline frame size. On csp

  • @saibot9765
    @saibot9765 Рік тому

    Banger Video

  • @raccoon2276
    @raccoon2276 Рік тому

    this feels like a multi-million subscriber channel type content, i luv your vids and hope you reach among the top creators of this genre of art video essays. good luck!

  • @koolwithakYT
    @koolwithakYT 2 місяці тому

    12:41 bro this is so cool

  • @Alendevlin
    @Alendevlin Місяць тому

    I love the first software. The only time it may crush is due to either you as person gets tired. And it cost effective. 😊

  • @romanboi10
    @romanboi10 Рік тому +1

    Great video bro

  • @studiophantomanimation
    @studiophantomanimation Рік тому

    So many youtube animation software lists completely ignore Reallusions iClone/Character Creator. It's expensive but, after testing the trial versions I realise that no other software works as hard to take the complexity out of actually making a 3D animation.