

Pencil2D is simple enough that you dont need to look through tutorials to figure it out, but it really seems lacking in features. The book is also available in a discounted set along with The Complete Guide to Blender Graphics: Computer Modeling & Animation.ġ.8 Changing to the 2D Animation Workspaceġ.11 Editor Controls – Buttons, Icons and Slidersħ.2 2D Viewport Header Stroke Placement Controlsġ2.9 Scaling and Positioning Keyframes in the Timelineġ4.1 Eevee Render in the Properties Editorġ7. Synfig has a lot of polish, nice features like interpolated animations and bones/splines and decent enough basic documentation, but isnt popular making it difficult to find info and tutorials for.

When animating in 2D, the character has to be drawn again every frame.

Blender is a free open-source 3D Computer Graphics software toolset used for creating animated films, visual effects, art, 3D printed models, motion graphics, interactive 3D applications, virtual reality and computer games. Computers dont create computer animation any more than a pencil creates pencil. Grease Pencil is a component of the 3D modeling and animation program, Blender. It is assumed that the reader has no previous knowledge of the Blender program and treats 2D Animation using the Grease Pencil as a standalone application. This book describes how to access the Grease Pencil component in Blender and create 2D Animation within the Blender 3D environment.
