OT: iPad Animation Apps

AndyPlankton · May 2018

Cheers, plenty of animating doodling fun to be had here

DMan · May 2018

Hi, just joined Audiobus Forums. Have you tried Core Animator? It was new earlier this year. I’ve used it a little, but it’s pretty fun to use, and can get pretty involved.

skiphunt · May 2018

@DMan said:
Hi, just joined Audiobus Forums. Have you tried Core Animator? It was new earlier this year. I’ve used it a little, but it’s pretty fun to use, and can get pretty involved.

Welcome to the forum and thanks fo the tip. That looks cool too! Will likely grab it. Just added to my wish list. Very cool that it does keyframing and tweening, supports 4k and exports HTML5.

FlipaClip is more of a cell frame drawing animation app, that also lets you import video to covert to frames to draw on. I think it only supports standard HD though. However, adding audio to float and position exactly where you want is cool. And, it's very easy.

skiphunt · May 2018

@DMan said:
Hi, just joined Audiobus Forums. Have you tried Core Animator? It was new earlier this year. I’ve used it a little, but it’s pretty fun to use, and can get pretty involved.

I still stand by my recommendation for FlipaClip for adding audio... but DANG!

Watched a few videos for this Core Animator app and it’s really impressive. Will most definitely be buying it too! Just waiting for a good iTunes card deal before I go shoppin’

Thanks for turning me on to it. Might be the best of its kind that I’ve seen on iOS.

DMan · May 2018

Yeah, It seems pretty good. It’s not totally “pro”, but definite potential is there. I really mostly just use iPad for music making. My only visual apps are LumaFusion, Core Animator, some Stop Motion app, and a free Adobe Sketch. If you have an Apple Pencil it really helps with Core Animator. I’m bad at drawing, so I think it’s my best use of the pencil.

skiphunt · May 2018

@DMan said:
Yeah, It seems pretty good. It’s not totally “pro”, but definite potential is there. I really mostly just use iPad for music making. My only visual apps are LumaFusion, Core Animator, some Stop Motion app, and a free Adobe Sketch. If you have an Apple Pencil it really helps with Core Animator. I’m bad at drawing, so I think it’s my best use of the pencil.

I’m not a pro animator, but I really love interfaces that are intuitive to learn and capable of professional results. I also appreciate app designs that don’t try to cram every possible pro feature, to the point that it’s no longer a joy to use.

This Core Animator appears to fit that description, as does FlipaClip.

Also dig creative app tools that kind of get out of the way and allow air to focus on creativity, and less on learning complex interface design.

Carnbot · May 2018

Yes I have my eye on Core animator too, also wondered about Bricolage and the other from the same dev, Motion Graphics animator....

Keenan · May 2018

You should try RoughAnimator if you haven’t, it’s the closet to traditional animation I’ve seen on the iPad.

skiphunt · May 2018

@Keenan said:
You should try RoughAnimator if you haven’t, it’s the closet to traditional animation I’ve seen on the iPad.

Hmmm... RoughAnimator was my original choice, as you can see in my original post, but I eliminated it for some reason. Don't recall why. It's got video import and audio import for syncing. It might be because I sent a couple questions to support and never got a reply. And, that there's supposed to be an OSX version too, but nothing shows up in the appstore. I think I read that the focus/attention was more on android and windows?

Keenan · May 2018

@skiphunt said:

@Keenan said:
You should try RoughAnimator if you haven’t, it’s the closet to traditional animation I’ve seen on the iPad.

Hmmm... RoughAnimator was my original choice, as you can see in my original post, but I eliminated it for some reason. Don't recall why. It's got video import and audio import for syncing. It might be because I sent a couple questions to support and never got a reply. And, that there's supposed to be an OSX version too, but nothing shows up in the appstore. I think I read that the focus/attention was more on android and windows?

I think it’s made by one guy so updates aren’t as regular, I think he released the windows version not too long ago. Having said that, there were a few updates to the iOS version over the last 2 months. Seems to be working a lot smoother than when I last tried it.

I’ll look into Flipaclip, does it have custom brush options?

skiphunt · May 2018

@Keenan said:

@skiphunt said:

@Keenan said:
You should try RoughAnimator if you haven’t, it’s the closet to traditional animation I’ve seen on the iPad.

Hmmm... RoughAnimator was my original choice, as you can see in my original post, but I eliminated it for some reason. Don't recall why. It's got video import and audio import for syncing. It might be because I sent a couple questions to support and never got a reply. And, that there's supposed to be an OSX version too, but nothing shows up in the appstore. I think I read that the focus/attention was more on android and windows?

I think it’s made by one guy so updates aren’t as regular, I think he released the windows version not too long ago. Having said that, there were a few updates to the iOS version over the last 2 months. Seems to be working a lot smoother than when I last tried it.

I’ll look into Flipaclip, does it have custom brush options?

Not really. It’s pretty basic, but I really like the way they implemented audio clip import and the video import works well.

I think for traditional cell based animation, you’re likely better off with RoughAnimator. I’m more interested in animating components and mixing in video/audio. For me, a FlipaClip & Core Animator combo ticks all the boxes I want and they are both very easy to use.

Heck, LumaFusion’s keyfeame stuff almost meets my needs.