Software for animating videos

kardon · kardon #1 (**permalink**)

02-15-2010, 08:49 PM

I am interested in animating a video using sprites/3D models and 3D backgrounds. Think Final Fantasy Tactics or Disgaea. What software could I use to accomplish this goal? I'll also need software to create sprites/3D models and 3D backgrounds from scratch.

Nethfel · Nethfel #2 (**permalink**)

02-15-2010, 09:40 PM

I can't answer about 2D sprites, but 3D meshes you can look at: blender.org - Get Blender - the price is right at least

I've played with it before back on windows a couple of years ago. It works well, but it isn't necessarily the easiest app to use; but it's very capable.

kardon · kardon #3 (**permalink**)

02-15-2010, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Nethfel

I can't answer about 2D sprites, but 3D meshes you can look at: blender.org - Get Blender - the price is right at least

I've played with it before back on windows a couple of years ago. It works well, but it isn't necessarily the easiest app to use; but it's very capable.

Thanks for the info. Free, open-sourced, too. Nice. I never expected animation to be easy anyway, so difficulty is not an issue.

chas_m · chas_m #4 (**permalink**)

02-16-2010, 12:47 AM

You should also have a look at Martin Hash's Animation Master ($300) and Maya Personal Learning Edition (outdated, but free)

kardon · kardon #5 (**permalink**)

02-16-2010, 03:05 PM

Just trying out Blender right now, and it seems kind of laggy. I checked my activity monitor and see that it's not consuming much CPU power. Is this normal?

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Member Since: Feb 25, 2009 Posts: 2,109 Mac Specs: Late 2013 rMBP, i7, 750m gpu, OSX versions 10.9.3, 10.10	02-15-2010, 09:40 PM I can't answer about 2D sprites, but 3D meshes you can look at: blender.org - Get Blender - the price is right at least I've played with it before back on windows a couple of years ago. It works well, but it isn't necessarily the easiest app to use; but it's very capable. My Macs: Late 2013 rMBP w/ 750m; Mac mini G4, 1.25 GHz, 512m ram (server); Late 2011 11" MBA, 1.8GHz i7, 4Gig Ram, 256Gig SSD, HD3000; Powerbook 12" G4 1.33GHz running Debian as a server; Apple TV (1080p version)
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Member Since: Aug 04, 2009 Posts: 10	02-15-2010, 08:49 PM I am interested in animating a video using sprites/3D models and 3D backgrounds. Think Final Fantasy Tactics or Disgaea. What software could I use to accomplish this goal? I'll also need software to create sprites/3D models and 3D backgrounds from scratch.
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kardon #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Aug 04, 2009 Posts: 10	02-16-2010, 03:05 PM Just trying out Blender right now, and it seems kind of laggy. I checked my activity monitor and see that it's not consuming much CPU power. Is this normal?
	QUOTE Thanks

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