Anime studio is a great software for rapid animation. I am in no way affiliated with the company ... just a fan :
It is great for character poses e.g. "thinking" pose:
And a "no you didn't" pose:
You can also add auto tweens between poses. And this is exactly what makes it great for making sprite sheets. You can export a sequence of pngs for your animation sequence and them combine them into a single sprite sheet png. Additionally it also has a great effects library support (smoke ... and ... blasts!).
I have known this for quite sometime but I just googled for it and a couple of interesting case studies came up.
Here is a video overview how you can use anime studio with GameMaker (tm) :
Here is a great game for apple iOS drawn with anime studio.
(Details : http://machineboy.com/blog/apps/2011/02/04/no-pain-no-game-making-your-first-iphone-game/)
Enjoy!
And a "no you didn't" pose:
You can also add auto tweens between poses. And this is exactly what makes it great for making sprite sheets. You can export a sequence of pngs for your animation sequence and them combine them into a single sprite sheet png. Additionally it also has a great effects library support (smoke ... and ... blasts!).
I have known this for quite sometime but I just googled for it and a couple of interesting case studies came up.
Here is a video overview how you can use anime studio with GameMaker (tm) :
Here is a great game for apple iOS drawn with anime studio.
Enjoy!
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