Blender New Innovative 2d Animation "GP Tools"

A place to discuss non-Moho software for use in animation. Video editors, audio editors, 3D modelers, etc.

Moderators: Víctor Paredes, Belgarath, slowtiger

User avatar
InfoCentral
Posts: 935
Joined: Fri May 26, 2006 8:35 pm
Location: Los Angeles, CA

Re: Blender New Innovative 2d Animation "GP Tools"

Post by InfoCentral »

The final version has been frozen and this last beta version should be the same UI as scheduled release version in July.

https://code.blender.org/2019/05/user-i ... pi-freeze/

You can download the latest version at

https://builder.blender.org/download/
MEETUP.COM - start or join a group
ruscular3d
Posts: 393
Joined: Sun Dec 26, 2010 12:18 am

Re: Blender New Innovative 2d Animation "GP Tools"

Post by ruscular3d »

https://www.blender.org/download/releases/2-80/

Blender 2.8 officially release!
User avatar
InfoCentral
Posts: 935
Joined: Fri May 26, 2006 8:35 pm
Location: Los Angeles, CA

Re: Blender New Innovative 2d Animation "GP Tools"

Post by InfoCentral »

Exciting times await...
MEETUP.COM - start or join a group
JaMike
Posts: 357
Joined: Sat Jul 16, 2011 6:36 pm

Re: Blender New Innovative 2d Animation "GP Tools"

Post by JaMike »

InfoCentral wrote: Thu Aug 01, 2019 4:27 pm Exciting times await...
Yes, it's forced Autodesk to come out with Maya Indie for only $250! :lol:

Regarding Blender, I'm going to wait for 2.80a to come out, apparently there's still some crashes in 2.80 but they wanted to get it out for Siggraph. I hope they've made the Grease Pencil usable by non-superhuman 2D artists. I failed so hard trying to get it to work. :cry:
dkwroot
Posts: 677
Joined: Thu May 02, 2013 6:56 am
Location: USA
Contact:

Re: Blender New Innovative 2d Animation "GP Tools"

Post by dkwroot »

JaMike wrote: Thu Aug 01, 2019 8:29 pm Yes, it's forced Autodesk to come out with Maya Indie for only $250! :lol:
That's $250 per year, it's still a subscription service. Blender is going to crush them in time, even big studios are starting to switch over.
herbert123
Posts: 216
Joined: Wed Apr 24, 2013 1:06 am

Re: Blender New Innovative 2d Animation "GP Tools"

Post by herbert123 »

Game changer! Blender 2.82 will import and convert SVG files cleanly to grease pencil layers, ready for 2d animation, cut-out rigging, and more. Check out the preview video:

mrc
Posts: 116
Joined: Wed Feb 14, 2018 10:36 am
Location: Berlin, Germany
Contact:

Re: Blender New Innovative 2d Animation "GP Tools"

Post by mrc »

herbert123 wrote: Mon Sep 09, 2019 7:56 am Game changer! Blender 2.82 will import and convert SVG files cleanly to grease pencil layers,
Probably my most wanted feature for Moho.
You don't agree with the post above? Click here.
www.tricklabor.com/en
herbert123
Posts: 216
Joined: Wed Apr 24, 2013 1:06 am

Re: Blender New Innovative 2d Animation "GP Tools"

Post by herbert123 »

Wow.
User avatar
Greenlaw
Posts: 9192
Joined: Mon Jun 19, 2006 5:45 pm
Location: Los Angeles
Contact:

Re: Blender New Innovative 2d Animation "GP Tools"

Post by Greenlaw »

Hi Herbert123,

I'm assuming there's a video posted above. Can you also post a direct link? This forum sometimes has a problem displaying embedded videos.

ATM, all I see is the word "wow" followed by a blank space.

Thanks!
User avatar
Maestral
Posts: 531
Joined: Tue Jan 27, 2009 5:44 pm
Location: Belgrade, Serbia

Re: Blender New Innovative 2d Animation "GP Tools"

Post by Maestral »

Here is the link
... and this one is a really interesting one. These guys are creating a whole another take on hand-drawn animating. We have 2, 2.5 and 3D but I am not sure anymore how to address this approach.
To me, tvpaint is among the superior 2d animation tools but with more and more features added to GP tools that 1st place does not seem so secure :)
User avatar
Greenlaw
Posts: 9192
Joined: Mon Jun 19, 2006 5:45 pm
Location: Los Angeles
Contact:

Re: Blender New Innovative 2d Animation "GP Tools"

Post by Greenlaw »

Thanks for posting the link and, yeah, that does deserve a wow! :)
herbert123
Posts: 216
Joined: Wed Apr 24, 2013 1:06 am

Re: Blender New Innovative 2d Animation "GP Tools"

Post by herbert123 »

Blender 2.81 is released today. Complete overhaul of the sculpting workflow, and new Grease Pencil features:
  • * new brushes and presets
    * self overlap strokes
    * isometric guides
    * improved stroke ending
    * smart smooth with fast strokes
    * convert curves to Gpencil strokes (import svg, convert, etc.)
    * new fade layers using background colour
    * new merge by distance operator
    * user interface improvements across the board
    * improved noise modifier
Full list here:
https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/Reference ... ase_Pencil

And those improvement are only for Grease Pencil! These improvements by themselves would have warranted a major release for some of the commercial 2d animation packages (Toonboom, anyone?). Blender itself received a barrage of other improvements.

I have read various accounts now from 2d artists expressing how great GP feels while drawing and sketching. I can only agree. It feels very responsive and natural.
User avatar
slowtiger
Posts: 6067
Joined: Thu Feb 16, 2006 6:53 pm
Location: Berlin, Germany
Contact:

Re: Blender New Innovative 2d Animation "GP Tools"

Post by slowtiger »

"I lost my Body" seems to be the first feature film to make good use of the new tools:
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/how-to/how- ... 83151.html
AS 9.5 MacPro Quadcore 3GHz 16GB OS 10.6.8 Quicktime 7.6.6
AS 11 MacPro 12core 3GHz 32GB OS 10.11 Quicktime 10.7.3
Moho 13.5 iMac Quadcore 2,9GHz 16GB OS 10.15

Moho 14.1 Mac Mini Plus OS 13.5
User avatar
uddhava
Posts: 315
Joined: Tue Nov 04, 2008 7:24 pm
Location: American back in Hungary

Re: Blender New Innovative 2d Animation "GP Tools"

Post by uddhava »

slowtiger wrote: Sat Nov 30, 2019 10:17 am "I lost my Body" seems to be the first feature film to make good use of the new tools:
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/how-to/how- ... 83151.html
Thanks, interesting!
JaMike
Posts: 357
Joined: Sat Jul 16, 2011 6:36 pm

Re: Blender New Innovative 2d Animation "GP Tools"

Post by JaMike »

Maestral wrote: Tue Nov 19, 2019 8:28 pm To me, tvpaint is among the superior 2d animation tools but with more and more features added to GP tools that 1st place does not seem so secure :)
As a TVP user who has been trying to use the latest Grease Pencil, I can say with confidence that there is still a long way to go before Blender gets to 1st place. Working in a 3D space is nice (nicer than Toon Boom) but as a drawing experience it's not there yet if you really know how to draw. The upcoming version of PAP is way more interesting to me as a cheap alternative to TVP.
Post Reply