Synfig 0.61.05 review

Synfig application is a powerful, industrial-strength vector-based 2D animation software package, designed from the ground-up for pro

License: GPL (GNU General Public License) File size: 288K Developer: Robert Quattlebaum

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Synfig application is a powerful, industrial-strength vector-based 2D animation software package, designed from the ground-up for producing feature-film quality animation with fewer people and resources.

While there are many other programs currently on the market to aid with the efficient production of 2D animation, we are currently unaware of any other software that can do what our software can.

2D Animation has traditionally been very expensive because every frame must be drawn by hand. Even with today's digital inking and painting software, the process still relies on individuals hand-drawing each frame. This laborious task is called "tweening".

Our animation technology eliminates the task of manual tweening, producing smooth, fluid motion without the animator having to draw out each frame individually.
This allows you to produce 2D animation with fewer people while producing a product of a higher quality.

Please keep in mind that this release of Synfig Studio is considered a developer preview. IE: It is targeted at developers, not end users. That being said, feel free to play around with it -- just be sure to give it another chance later on down the road if you find yourself a bit frustrated.

Requirements:
Synfig Core requires the following libraries to build:

Libsigc++ 2.0
Libxml++ 1.0 (although 2.x may work)

Synfig Studio requires the following libraries to build:

Gtkmm 2.4

What's New in This Release:
GTKMM 2.8 support, various bug fixes.