DigiCel FlipBook

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DigiCel FlipBook
DigiCel FlipBook icon.png
Developer(s) DigiCel Inc.
Initial release 1999; 25 years ago (1999)[1]
Stable release 6.93 / December 10, 2013; 10 years ago (2013-12-10)
Development status Active
Operating system Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X
Size 10 MB
Available in English
Type 2D animation
License Proprietary commercial software
Website digicelinc.com
As of February 2014

DigiCel FlipBook is 2D animation software that runs on Microsoft Windows or Mac OS X. It is intended to closely replicate the traditional animation process.

Features

FlipBook supports scanning physical drawings with a TWAIN-compliant scanner or webcam, or direct digital input via a Wacom tablet. In either case, the internal format is raster-based, not vector-based. Inbetweening is done using onion skinning. Each frame must be drawn separately; FlipBook intentionally does not support skeletal animation or morph target animation, as these are not part of the traditional animator's toolkit.[2]

Versions

FlipBook is available in four versions: Lite, Studio, Pro and Pro HD. The Lite edition supports one foreground and one background layer, one soundtrack, and up to three hundred frames per shot. The other editions support more layers, more frames, multiple soundtracks and higher output resolutions.[3]

A free, full-featured demo version which produces watermarked output is also available for download.[4]

Credits and endorsements

FlipBook has been used on The Simpsons Movie, Enchanted, The Princess and the Frog, and others;[5] it's in use at Aardman Animation, Warner Bros. Animation, Universal Animation Studios and others,[6] and has been endorsed by Don Bluth.[7]

Notes

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