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Re:Synfig Studio – FOSS industrial-strength 2D film-quality ... by kanobo on Saturday August 01, 2020 @10:57PM (#24025959)
Here's maybe the best example of a Synfig project: https://youtu.be/PThy9_RZQ8c

I'm supportive of any FOSS software, but like GIMP the UI doesn't look or feel right for me personally. I think Blender 2.8+ features/UI for 2d animation is much more interesting and usable.

Re:Synfig Studio – FOSS industrial-strength 2D film-quality ... by Mathnerd314 on Sunday August 02, 2020 @12:14AM (#24026272)
There are more recent videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecVv2IB7f5k

Here is "Hero" made with Blender, for comparison: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKmSdY56VtY

Blender's pseudo-3D has more freedom with camera moves, but the capabilities look pretty similar otherwise.

Re:Synfig Studio – FOSS industrial-strength 2D film-quality ... by jancsika on Sunday August 02, 2020 @12:39AM (#24026396)
Both clips are impressive.

I guess the question is: how powerful/useful are the tweening and "bones" features of synfig?

I see what look like obvious examples of those features in the demo.

The Genndy Tartakovsky style of the other demo kind of obscures whether those features are similar in blender.

Re:Synfig Studio – FOSS industrial-strength 2D film-quality ... by hellofunk on Saturday August 01, 2020 @11:20PM (#24026058)
That same clip has been going around for nearly a decade. Shame there’s little more to show for the software; I think that’s telling in its own right.
Re:Synfig Studio – FOSS industrial-strength 2D film-quality ... by neuromute on Sunday August 02, 2020 @04:24AM (#24027243)
It hasn’t been mentioned in this thread yet, but OpenToonz seems like another fantastic piece of FLOSS software for 2D animation. If it’s good enough for Studio Ghibli and Matt Groening (Futurama), then I dare say it’s good enough for a great many other animators.