Plastic Animation Paper (PAP) is coming back!

Animation Paper - WIP user interface.
I've written about the free Plastic Animation Paper Software designed for creators of digital hand drawn animation before. Whilst the software technically never went away its creators did stop developing the software and eventually decided to give it away for free with no technical support.

Now, almost two decades after they first developed PAP, the developers have decided to give the software an overhaul with a new name, user interface, and first up - a native Mac version (to be followed by Windows and iOS versions later). The new software will be called 'Animation Paper' and will retain most of the features that made old-PAP so good but with a much better, redesigned UI. No doubt it'll get some new features too but the goal is to retain the simplicity of the software that made it easy and fun to use.

You can read more about the new look Animation Paper currently in development and the all new website - as well as discover some of the history of the software and its creators too.

For now you can support the software's development simply by signing up to the new website to receive updates on the software's progress. The more people who sign up, the more likely it is that the developers will be able to convince investors that there is a market for a brand new version of one of the finest hand drawn animation tools out there.

Also if you sign up before the end of March 2014 you'll be eligible to receive an early bird discount when the new version is released for sale.

If you've never tried PAP then the original is still available for download from the Animation Paper site. I highly recommend it. There's a bit of a learning curve because of the outdated user interface but once you learn where everything is you'll want to use it just because it's fun.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Learning Reallusion's iClone 5: Part 3 - Customizing Motion and Instant Animation

Image
I've been blogging my progress at learning Reallusion's iClone 5 . This post I'll be looking at the next 3 tutorials in Reallusion's iClone, Quick Fix Tutorial series . If you haven't read my previous posts, click these links for Part 1 and Part 2 . Remember these blogs are simply my progress at learning the software and are not tutorials in themselves. I would recommend you watch the actual tutorial series if learning iClone 5 is what you really want to do. Customizing Motion Parts 1 and 2 The next Tutorial is titled Layering Animation Part 1 and looks at using the Body Puppet panel from which you can directly control your actors using your mouse (just like an actual puppet) or create customized motions by adjusting sliders for different settings. Creating a custom walk using the sliders in iClone's Body Puppet panel. There's not much to say about this tutorial. It's really just a case of bringing up the panel and messing around with the settings to
Read more

Learning Moho Pro 12 (Anime Studio Pro) - Part 11, New Features V12 Debut and Pro Videos 1-8

Image
Pin Bones - Moho 12 It really has been a marathon of video watching and at this point I'm down to the final 18 Moho tutorial videos that came with my software purchase. These videos focus specifically on the new features of Moho Debut and Pro 12 . I'm eager to get through these as quickly as possible so, let's get straight to it. You'll find my previous post here . The list below are the tutorial titles that I've completed for this post and my summaries of each follow after that. Each title is linked to its corresponding video on YouTube. Debut New Features New GUI New Library New Layers Panel Bone Enhancements Pin Bones Auto Freeze Keys SVG Import Export Distorting an image using pin bones. The first video in this batch is the only video for Moho Debut, the lower priced and fewer features version of the software. It's a basic run through of what's new that's common to both the Debut and Pro versions. Interesting to watch if you've gotten this far b
Read more

Review: Storyboarder, Free Storyboarding Software by Wonder Unit

Image
Good Storyboarding software is hard to come by at the low end of the market. So when I heard about Wonder Unit's Free Storyboarder application I was immediately interested. Springboard  has been my work horse storyboarding application for years. It's the cheapest, fully featured storyboarding software I know about, but it's getting old, and hasn't been updated since before I started using it. Storyboarder is an all new application put out into the world for free by Wonder Unit who say the market for their software is too niche to make money from selling it (I beg to differ but only very quietly because I like free stuff for creatives). Plus they make money from making movies so... there! (Sorry, there's an attitude of quirky jabs within this software and its documentation that's infectious). First Impressions Pretty darn nice. After getting through the welcome screen the actual user interface is clean and clear. Right away I can see drawing tools, a timeline,
Read more