Making cartoons at home is quite difficult, but very exciting. However, before tackling computer animation, you need to find programs that even a novice animator can master.
There are many computer animation programs of various levels of complexity. Perhaps the simplest of these is the Crazy Talk program. True, it is not intended for serious work on the cartoon. Rather, it is a funny "toy" that allows you to create "animashki" based on your own photographs, drawings or pictures found on the Internet with images of people and animals. In addition, the resulting "animashki" can be voiced.
2D animation programs
CrazyTalk Animator offers much more possibilities. With its help, you can create full-fledged cartoons. It contains many ready-made templates for characters and "scripts" of movement, facial expressions, and decorations. You can create cartoons without using templates, but based on your drawings, photographs or any images. CrazyTalk Animator can be the first step to mastering professional computer animation programs.
Fully professional program Anime Studio Pro is good in that it combines the broadest possibilities with a fairly simple and convenient interface that even a beginner animator can master.
Toon Boom Studio is also considered one of the best programs for creating 2D cartoons. It is quite possible to master it for anyone who wants to seriously engage in the creation of professional computer animation.
3D animation programs
When you get started creating 3D animation, you can start by mastering the Reallusion iClone PRO or Smith Micro Poser Pro software. They contain ready-made templates for 3D models, working with which allows you to quickly understand the algorithms for creating 3D animation. More sophisticated 3D animation programs are Autodesk Maya and Autodesk 3D Studio Max. Although this is already the field of professional cinema and television. They allow you to create the most complex animated characters and visual effects.
Computer animation is a fascinating activity that contributes to the versatile disclosure of a person's creative capabilities. Anyone who wants to master this difficult, but such an interesting business, will be able to find a program of a suitable level for themselves, and then improve in their hobby (and possibly a profession), mastering higher levels of skill. And, perhaps, a funny "anima" made in Crazy Talk will eventually turn into a full-fledged three-dimensional character made in Autodesk Maya.
