Synfig Studio is a free and open source 2D animation creator software download filed under image animation software and made available by Robert Quattlebaum for Windows.
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The review for Synfig Studio has not been completed yet, but it was tested by an editor here on a PC and a list of features has been compiled; see below.
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Free bitmap animation software with tweening and fluid motionSynfig Studio is a 2D animation application that enables you to produce film-quality animations using bitmaps.
While there are many other programs currently on the market to aid with the efficient production of 2D animation, we are currently unaware of any other software that can do what our software can.
2D Animation has traditionally been very expensive because every frame must be drawn by hand. Even with today's digital inking and painting software, the process still relies on individuals hand-drawing each frame. This laborious task is called 'tweening'.
Our animation technology eliminates the task of manual tweening, producing smooth, fluid motion without the animator having to draw out each frame individually.
This allows you to produce 2D animation with fewer people while producing a product of a higher quality.
Features and highlights
- Spatial resolution-independence
- Temporal resolution independence
- High Dynamic-Range Imaging (HDRI)
- Artist-oriented design
- Path-based Gradients
Synfig Studio 1.4.0 on 32-bit and 64-bit PCs
This download is licensed as freeware for the Windows (32-bit and 64-bit) operating system on a laptop or desktop PC from image animation software without restrictions. Synfig Studio 1.4.0 is available to all software users as a free download for Windows. As an open source project, you are free to view the source code and distribute this software application freely.
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- Freeware Image Animation Software
- Open source and GPL software
- Major release: Synfig Studio 1.4
- 2D Animation Creation Software
- 1Build using the native GTK port
- 2Troubleshooting
Build using the native GTK port
In order to build Synfig natively on Mac OS X using the native GTK port (as opposed to using X11), you will require the following:
- Mac OS X developer tools (i.e. XCode)
- git ('git' on homebrew)
- subversion ('subversion' formula on homebrew)
- Git clone of the synfig source code repository (https://github.com/synfig/synfig.git) - you can use blackwarthog's fork
Boot strapping
First of all make sure you have a Terminal window open. This will be used in order to perform all the steps necessary to compile synfig.
This assumes you have the XCode developer tools installed. Next, you'll want to install the homebrew package manager. Visit the docs for installation instructions. These will not work for Mac OS X Tiger users, so if you are on Tiger type at your command prompt:
Now to install git and svn (assuming you've got the homebrew install directory in your path):
Compilig GTK and other dependencies
Then you can install 'gtkmm' with homebrew:
You will also want gtk+:
Then you'll want libxml++, which is currently only available on the secondplanet fork of homebrew:
Synfig itself (Using homebrew and X11)
You should now be able to follow the Build Instructions to compile ETL, synfig-core, and synfig-studio. The only difference, of course, are the prefixes. To make all this easier the building can be done with homebrew. First, make sure you have secondplanet's fork of homebrew from github:
Then, build ETL by copying the etl formula and installing:
Then (assuming you are still on secondplanet's fork:
And the same for synfigstudio:
Assuming you manage to build it correctly, you should now be able to type the following in order for Synfig to pop up on your desktop:
WORK IN PROGRESS:Note though that this isn't the end of the story: we still need to package everything up into an .app so that the more sane of us can run Synfig without having to resort to opening a terminal. Some parts of these instructions are incomplete and are often changing. The package for etl is not part of the main homebrew fork as of this time, and neither are any other synfig packages.
TODO: Describe how to properly package everything into an .app. Describe how to build 'synfig' and 'synfig-studio' with homebrew. Describe build process w/ gtk-osx.
Issues
There are currently numerous issues with Synfig with Imendio's GTK port. Watch out for:
Window focus can sometimes be lost. If this happens, just select a window from another Mac OS X app and then select the Synfig window again.Menus do not function correctly.The file browser doesn't work, so you have to load files from startup.- Sometimes mouse focus on windows is lost. To solve this, try moving the affected window. Failing that, you should still be able to use the keyboard to navigate.
- No input devices are enumerated by GTK.
- XCode project files exist, but they are currently broken. Thus we just use the terminal to compile everything.
Troubleshooting
no 'awk'
If you get an error during building homebrew formulae complaining that a program called 'awk' cannot be found, then you should install the 'gawk' formula like so:
'no command found' when running jhbuild
When using jhbuild, you might get an error back like this:
This is because you need to specify the 'build' command when building a package, like so:
problem building 'doxygen' via jhbuild
When building doxygen, you may get an error during the build process mentioning 'lipo' failed to find a file. To fix this, you should go into the shell (option 4) when prompted, and enter the following:
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Then when prompted again, choose 'ignore error and continue to build' (option 2).
problems with external libraries
If your build doesn't find external graphics libraries (such as libpng), but you know they're installed, you may need to set some additional environment variables, like so:
If you're using native GTK+, change '/opt/local' to '/opt/gtk'.
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Multiple X11's
If you get an error about display ports, you likely have multiple X11's installed. Just open up your favorite, click on the Applications > Customize… option, and then add an application with the name 'synfigstudio' and command 'synfigstudio' (w/out the quotes).
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