Comments on: Anime Studio Reviewed

By: Rosario Galves

Rosario Galves — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:39:22 +0000

Incredible! nice

By: jfkravel

jfkravel — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:55:19 +0000

It took me a while to be able to work with this program.
The documentation is a bit cryptic.
This is a good program , it was worth the time to de-cypher some things.
Some things are still a mystery though , even though I sometimes go to
Lostmarble forum
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By: Antonin_k

Antonin_k — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:36:22 +0000

It’s more advanced than anybody think.

great references @
http://www.greykid.com

By: heyvern

heyvern — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 13:23:15 +0000

Good review. I wouldn’t totally disagree with everything.

I do however feel you left out a MAJOR feature, the built in lua scripting language. Plain text layer and tool scripts that can add features missing or “fix” the crappy “out of the box” tools. Many users “in the know” have long since replaced the included drawing tools for new ones created by the forum members. These “replacement” tools give Anime Studio the same drawing behavior as many other 2D applications. Trust me… the tools that come standard with the program STINK to high heaven. The replacements are very easy to find on the forum and of course are completely free and relatively easy to install.

This scripting feature is not promoted very well but has AMAZING power. The ability to “program” animation much in the way that Actionscript does for Flash. For example adding in physics simulations or complex bone interactions/constraints (aim at, converting translation to rotation).

Overall a good, fair and very honest review. I especially like what you said about “cut-out” style animation being over simplified. I don’t use cut out style at all. AS is NOT just a cut out animation tool only as many people say it is.

By: marinus

marinus — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 15:19:51 +0000

I’ve been trying the demo every few years but have never taken the leap and bought it.

I hate the interface [for one thing- it appears as an illegible fixed white text on beige], i had great difficulty with its sound, and the Help system stinks. It’s non-searchable. Doh! That’s the last straw for me.

Like many, i’m intrigued by the features but dismayed by the factors your review covered. And your review didn’t mention a worse consequence of the program being passed around, test-marketed [and tax-write-off'ed?!]: that R & D $ is non-existent, that these companies are “poking at it with a stick”. So the program hasn’t, isn’t and won’t evolve. Sigh. I’m getting dem old Amiga [or BeOS] blues…

By: Philip Staiger

Philip Staiger — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 15:01:20 +0000

Great review, lots of info. I’ve known the program from when it was Moho by Lostmarble, had a link exchange with them, as we realised that we made great complements to eachother. Dogwaffle is an apt companion to Moho, adding particle-brush based foliage and painted content with old-school animations (frame by frame) including filters across the animation timeline and the brush keyframer even with animated brushes. See for example http://www.thebest3d.com/dogwaffle/dotm/DwayneJensen as an example of someone using Moho and Dogwaffle together. I really also like Moho’s ‘excursions’ into other worlds such as 3D. And bone rigging in 2D, friggin’ awesome. This program is a must have. Adds much needed export formats too if you don’t have the higher end Flash authoring tools. Great stuff.