Related Projects

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Vector/2d Animation

• Synfig - vector based 2D animation (this project!)
• KToon - Pixel-based 2D animation, similar layout to ToonBoom Studio
• pencil - software for traditional hand-drawn animation (both vector & raster)
• [1] Flash clone, sourceforge project closed 2008-01-13
• [2] - Flash for Linux, a Flash clone.

3d Animation

• blender - 3D modelling and animation
• [3] - 3D renderer, Renderman compatible
• [4] - 3D modelling, animation, rendering
• [5] - opensource version of Zbrush, integrated onto Blender

Raster Image Manipulation

• GIMP - GNU image manipulation program
  • the iwrap deformation tool can create (crude) animations
  • layers can be saved as animated .gif
• GAP - GIMP Animation Plugin
• cinepaint - a GIMP fork used for motion picture frame-by-frame retouching

Vector Image Manipulation

• inkscape - SVG-based vector graphics, animation capability scheduled for Milestone 20 - Inkscape 0.54
• xaralx - vector graphic program

Video editing

• Cinelerra - video editor and compositor
• jahshaka - video and film compositing, editing and special fx system
• stopmotion - create stop-motion movies
• frameworks - stop-motion frame capture
• [6] - Defunct linux video editor
• [7] - open source video editor.
• [8] - windows based NLE, last release 2006

Lipsyncing

• jlipsync - java based Lip sync program. Allows users to align phoneme key frame shapes to an audio track. Output to a shot sheet or AVI file (convert the AVI to a series of PNG files and import them into Synfig for added fun!)
• papagayo python based lipsync program. Allows export to Anime studio, or contact genete to import into Synfig ;)

Programming/API's

• [9] - an OpenSource C++ CrossPlatform framework designed for 2d & 3d vector graphics.

TODO

(Please verify URL, comment it, sort it)

• http://cuisine.bigasterisk.com
• http://lives.sourceforge.net
• http://www.kinodv.org/
• http://users.pandora.be/acp/kino/kinoplus.html
• http://dvbackup.sourceforge.net/
• http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net/
• http://ronald.bitfreak.net/lvs/
• http://www.theora.org/ - Video compression format
• http://effectv.sourceforge.net/ - Real-time video effector
• http://freej.dyne.org/ - Real-time video manipulation
• http://www.allusion.net/bakasub/ - Subtitling software for Linux
• http://gsubedit.sourceforge.net/ - Subtitle Editor (Gnome)
• http://sourceforge.net/projects/ksubeditor/ - Subtitle Editor (KDE)

• Freshmeat Category: Non-Linear Video Editor
• DVR, digital video recorder

Information

• http://www.robfisher.net/video/ - Linux video information

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