Animaatiokone Studio

Pick your technique and use Animaatiokone Studio to realize it!

You can animate using 3D stop-motion techniques like doll, puppet or clay animation; pixilation; or 2D stop-motion techniques like cutout or collage animation, crayon/sketch animation, sand/pinscreen animation. Animaatiokone Studio is also very effective for cartoon line testing.

Features:

Ready to Shoot Right from Start-Up

Streamlined Workspace Design
The animator's desktop contains all controls needed in a single view. No unnecassary floating windows to confuse users sharing the same workstation.

Capture, Delete and Preview
The three buttons needed for creating animation are clearly visible at the bottom-center of the screen with quick access using keyboard shortcuts.

Instant Preview
Watch the animation at any time without waiting.

Live Onion Skinning
Combines camera picture with previous and/or next picture in real time to help you create smooth movements.

Live Soundtrack Dubbing
Quick and fun way to create speech and effects on the fly! Press Dub and speak on the mic as the animation plays.

Lip Sync
Import pre-mixed audio track as a base for animation. To help you animate audio waveform is displayed just below the frames and you can use the mouse to scrub it.

Editing in Intuitive Manner
Select frames on the timeline and cut, copy and paste them like letters in a text editor! Animaatiokone Studio has virtually unlimited undo and redo.

Frame Flipping
Browse through timeline and camera view with cursor keys or mouse wheel.

Publish to CD, internet or video
Export your animation as AVI file to play it back without Animaatiokone Studio.

Mic and Camera Adjustment
Easy access to microphone and camera image adjustment.

Use any Video for Windows compatible camera
Use a webcam, DV or analog camera. Maximum frame resolution depends on the model used. See support page for details.

Adjustable Playback and Capture Quality
Animaatiokone Studio can adapt to the speed of your PC. You can capture frames at full resolution while playing them back at lower playback quality on slower systems.

Adjustable Frame Rate from 1 to 30 fps

Minimum System Requirements:

PC running Windows 2000 / XP

Intel Pentium III 1000 Mhz, or compatible

256 MB RAM (or minimum OS requirement whichever is higher)

500 MB (200 MB free hard drive space for software + 550 MB/min for captured frames 640x480@10 frames/sec)

CD-ROM drive

Video for Windows compatible camera (USB, DV, Analog)

DirectX 8 compatible display adapter

Desktop: 32 bit color depth