If only the drawing tools and (more importantly) import of vector formats would be improved in AS. And the trouble is that importing and/or tracing is not an option either. The developers ought to have a look at ClipStudio (Manga Studio) - those drawing tools are incredibly well thought-out, powerful, flexible, yet really simple and quick to use - and vector based. However, the main thing keeping me from doing a lot of work in AS are the drawing tools.

A vertical timeline also makes more sense in terms of screen space (screens are much wider than they are high nowadays) I know, the horizontal timeline has its advantages, and I would love to have both options. Toonboom also supports an Xsheet, but it falls short of the one in OT. Aside from that, OT offers very nice cleaning options too in case you want to import a paper drawing as the basis for a character. In AS the trace function creates outlines - ugh. In AS the equivalent trace option is just terrible - in OT a clean centerline option generates a clean single path, and the relative thickness is parametric. It just makes things SO much easier to work with in complex projects. the schematic view (nodes) both for the scene structure as well as the built-in compositor.I believe the next version of AS will improve things in this regard, however. Fixing those drawings in AS is not an option either - takes too long, and redrawing/tracing takes less time. The trouble is that I cannot use other vector drawing tools to do my drawings since AS uses a different type of curve math/type which is rather incompatible with what the rest of the market uses - and this causes the conversions to be abysmal. And I just do not like drawing in AS that much - I dislike the 'feel'. In AS this is just not an option - if I want quality drawings, I am forced to draw in Anime Studio. the imported SVG outlines remain identical looking in OT.What I DO find great in OT compared to AS: Although I would probably organize the puppets in a different way myself, it still is very useful.Ĭompared to Anime Studio it does feel clunkier in places, and AS offers much, much more in terms of this type of puppet animation. It describes in detail how to setup puppet character and animate them. Greg: a Toonz paperless workflow guide, which includes high-quality (broadcast quality) tutorial materials is available here:

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