Animation Softwares That Come Helpful In Creating Cartoons

Posted by admin in Cartoon Films and Animation on July 22, 2011

You may have liked to watch cartoons in your young ages. May be you are an adult still interested in watching TV cartoons or cartoon films. Have you thought about the effort behind the cartoon films? It may be a difficult and laborious task to develop cartoon films than shooting a film with actors. You have to be a graphic artist to create cartoon movies. Cartoon animation softwares are the platforms that can be used to create cartoons. There are several cartoon softwares available in the market and available in the World Wide Web.

Swish, Plastic Animator, TV Paint, Pro Motion, Toon Boom digital studio are some of the software packages available for the cartoonists. Some of these softwares are open source or free to download. Some of the other softwares are sold to greater and lesser prices. The Cartoonist should look for the requirement of his before selecting software for his needs. This will save time and money expended for the creation of the cartoons.

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Cartoons – Animated Movies

Posted by admin in Cartoon Films and Animation on June 19, 2011

When most people think of cartoons, most likely they think of the short ten minute skits you’re used to seeing on your Saturday morning kids shows like Bugs Bunny, Yogi Bear, Mighty Mouse and a host of others that so many of us have grown up with. But the truth is, cartoons have been just as big and popular on the big screen in full length motion pictures for just as long.

Probably the person most responsible for the big screen success of animated movies was Walt Disney who began in the 1920s by creating such memorable characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck. One of his first full feature length films was “Steamboat Willie” which starred Mickey Mouse. Disney went on to produce such memorable films as “Cinderella”, “Snow White” “Peter Pan” and the half animated half real person masterpiece “Mary Poppins”, which was unique for the times.

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A Short History of Animation Films

Posted by admin in Cartoon Films and Animation on June 19, 2011

To animate is to infuse life into something that is inanimate or without life. An animation film breathes life into painted or sketched characters. The hero and heroines are not real life movie stars or animals and birds.

Animation films involve the quick display of a series of images to give the illusion of movement. It is a kind of optical illusion of movement. The phenomenon is known as vision persistence.

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