Features

Production Environment

• Complete 2D animation environment
• Drag-n-drop media editing
• Advanced timeline & keyframe animation
• Real Z-depth layering & 3D camera view

Complete 2D Animation Environment

• Complete 2D animation editing environment with categorized movie elements: Actor, Animation, Scene and Special Effects.
• In-screen object Editing Gizmo (select, transform, opacity, link, flip) and Navigation (camera zoom, pan, rotate) Tool Sets.
• Two Editing Engines: Composer Mode for character and prop set up, and Stage Mode for animation editing.

Content Management System

• Full editing environment for Actor, Animation, Scene and Special Effects; each with its corresponding content libraries.
• Group concept categorizing (e.g. Perform = Face motion + body motion; Character = Head + Body) for quick file access and management.

Drag and Drop Media Compositing

• Drag any media (images, videos, flash, sprite video) files from the content manager, or any external drive, and drop them directly into the animation stage.
• Import popular media files such as images (.jpg, .png...), videos (.avi, .wmv...), flash files (.swf) and transparent video sprites (.popVideo, iWidget) that are compatible with the original creation tools.

Real Z-depth Layering and 3D View Object Management

• Scene Manager - easily locate and manage all project items from one panel.
• Arrange all media in Z-depth layers inside the same preview window.
• Layer in Z-depth and preview as you go along.

3D Camera System

• Use the Preview Camera to review scenes, and the Live Camera to animate camera positions with key frames.
• Customize camera views with the pan, rotate and zoom tools.
• Quickly switch between Perspective and Orthographic views for a 3D or 2D sensation.
• Navigate scenes in Perspective mode to experience realistic 3D camera movements.

Motion Paths and Simple Animation

• Set keys in the Playback Panel for quick animation control.
• Create path anchors in different time frames for character and object motions.
• Customize path anchors with position adjustments and speed control.
• Freely control facing and fade in/out by using the Flip and Transparency features.
• Hold and move any element with the link/unlink features.

Advanced Timeline & Key Frame Editing

• Move, Copy, and Paste keys-Extend, loop and group motion clips together.
• Key frame editing for opacity, transform, visibility, link, path animation, sprite switching and flipping with blending effects.
• Motion Layering allows layer additions over existing motions.
• Flexibility to use main track for quick key management, and sub tracks for detailed joint movements.
• Animate body motion tracks with up to 16 individual body segments. Facial motion tracks that are divided into voice scripts, morph and sprite-based categories.
• Dock and undock the timeline to comfortably fit user's editing environment.