Sprite movies and toon boom

[LavaWave]

I am an avid flash user, have been using Flash since it was owned by Macromedia and they only thing I can do without looking like they were created by a 5 year old are sprite movies :| I tried drawing backgrounds and whatever but they end up bad as I am no graphic designer and have little to no fbf skills and I have not used flash for quite some time now.

I have been reading about Toon Boom recently and I haven't seen what it's capabilities are when it comes to sprite movies, I know it's superior to flash when it comes to fbf animations as many professional animators across the globe use Toon Boom for their animations.

The only sprite movie you could call that it's made by Toon Boom I've seen is this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDkCnDZO9cg

The background effect is impressive and idk if the latest version of flash has improved it's animating capabilities (not just for sprites)

Curiously I'm thinking about giving it a try but if anyone out there who made use of it or have used it before (I know the creator of brackenwood switched to it, him being a pro animator and not an amateur/hobbyist) I'd like to know how useful would it be for a sprite movie animator who have little to none graphic designing skills :/ if I should just stick to flash

I presume many Toon Boom owners own a Wacom table as well (and probably Flash animators who do fbf animations) I down own one tough, I don't see a point in one for myself.

[meridianisdead]

At 5/1/13 04:47 AM, LavaWave wrote: I am an avid flash user, have been using Flash since it was owned by Macromedia and they only thing I can do without looking like they were created by a 5 year old are sprite movies :| I tried drawing backgrounds and whatever but they end up bad as I am no graphic designer and have little to no fbf skills and I have not used flash for quite some time now.

I have been reading about Toon Boom recently and I haven't seen what it's capabilities are when it comes to sprite movies, I know it's superior to flash when it comes to fbf animations as many professional animators across the globe use Toon Boom for their animations.

The only sprite movie you could call that it's made by Toon Boom I've seen is this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDkCnDZO9cg

The background effect is impressive and idk if the latest version of flash has improved it's animating capabilities (not just for sprites)

Curiously I'm thinking about giving it a try but if anyone out there who made use of it or have used it before (I know the creator of brackenwood switched to it, him being a pro animator and not an amateur/hobbyist) I'd like to know how useful would it be for a sprite movie animator who have little to none graphic designing skills :/ if I should just stick to flash

I presume many Toon Boom owners own a Wacom table as well (and probably Flash animators who do fbf animations) I down own one tough, I don't see a point in one for myself.

Anything Flash can do Toonboom can do better. Toonboom is a serious animation program. If you are a professional or if you are serious about animation then you should consider buying a license. If you are casually interested give the Personal Learning Edition a shot (keep in mind anything you create in PLE cannot be opened in full version).

[LavaWave]

At 5/2/13 01:57 PM, meridianisdead wrote: Anything Flash can do Toonboom can do better. Toonboom is a serious animation program. If you are a professional or if you are serious about animation then you should consider buying a license. If you are casually interested give the Personal Learning Edition a shot (keep in mind anything you create in PLE cannot be opened in full version).

I see, I guess it can do better in terms of fbf animations, when it comes to sprite movies they both come to par I guess, then again TB is purely for animations.