Developer(s) DigiCel Inc. Size 10 MB | Development status Active | |
Initial release 1999; 18 years ago (1999) Stable release 6.93 / December 10, 2013; 3 years ago (2013-12-10) Operating system | ||
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, very similar to the likes of TVPaint and Toon Boom Harmony.
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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.
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.
A free, full-featured demo version which produces watermarked output is also available for download.
Credits and endorsements
FlipBook has been used on The Simpsons Movie, Enchanted, The Princess and the Frog, and others; it's in use at Aardman Animation, Warner Bros. Animation, Universal Animation Studios and others, and has been endorsed by Don Bluth.