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Title: Making of: FiM - Anybody have a vid??
Post by: zora on February 14, 2012, 12:51:52 PM
[EDIT]: does anybody have a video of the making-of of FiM?? would be very interested! :)


old topic title + description:

does anybody know how FiM is animated?

i personally work with adobe after effects at the university for doing 2D animation.

does anybody know how the ponies in FiM are animated (with which software)? or is it 3D animation with a 2D texture (i personally dont think so but a fellow student mentioned it)?!

i'm thinking about writing my master thesis about 2d animated cartoons in the 3d hype age :)
Title: Re: Does anybody know how FiM is animated?
Post by: Sonata on February 14, 2012, 12:58:04 PM
It is Flash animation, although I had a hard time recognizing between 2D traditional. But it is Flash :)
Title: Re: Does anybody know how FiM is animated?
Post by: zora on February 14, 2012, 01:09:28 PM
omg flash? thats scary :D i wish i could see a making of. :)
Title: Re: Does anybody know how FiM is animated?
Post by: Sonata on February 14, 2012, 01:32:45 PM
Yeah, me too. You can hardly tell, so I am quite curious :D
Title: Re: Does anybody know how FiM is animated?
Post by: butterflybuttons on February 14, 2012, 02:07:03 PM
That sound like a great topic for your thesis!
Title: Re: Does anybody know how FiM is animated?
Post by: cesprins on February 14, 2012, 02:19:42 PM
It is Flash animation, although I had a hard time recognizing between 2D traditional. But it is Flash :)

Do you have the source for that?

A lot of studios use toonboom, aftereffects, and flash. I really doubt the whole thing is done in flash.
Title: Re: Does anybody know how FiM is animated?
Post by: Sonata on February 14, 2012, 02:42:56 PM
I think I read it somewhere, but of course, I doubt it was all done in Flash as well - nothing is done in only one program. But I still believe mainly is done on Flash.
Title: Re: Does anybody know how FiM is animated?
Post by: lovesbabysquirmy on February 14, 2012, 03:40:46 PM
Yep, I would assume something Flash-based.  :)
Title: Re: Does anybody know how FiM is animated?
Post by: aellos on February 14, 2012, 04:37:26 PM
Flash I would assume? I'm sure they use other things to help along- along with some traditional animation to help it along. :D
Title: Re: Does anybody know how FiM is animated?
Post by: TokiBear on February 14, 2012, 05:51:41 PM
I think I read it somewhere, but of course, I doubt it was all done in Flash as well - nothing is done in only one program. But I still believe mainly is done on Flash.

I also read somewhere that they use primarily flash for animating FiM.
Title: Re: Does anybody know how FiM is animated?
Post by: Malicieuse on February 14, 2012, 06:09:46 PM
You can actually kind of animate "traditionally" in Flash (only digitally). I'm not sure how handy it is though.
I actually wonder if they still animate parts on paper or perhaps on a cintiq. Either way, you can do most, if not all in Flash. Though yeah, for some parts they might use other software (like the effects and sound).
Title: Re: Does anybody know how FiM is animated?
Post by: LadyMoondancer on February 14, 2012, 09:08:47 PM
Yeah, it's done in Flash.  Before it actually aired I was bracing myself for something awful because, urgh, FLASH.

I don't know if it's solely animated in Flash, though.
Title: Re: Making of: FiM - Anybody have a vid??
Post by: zora on February 15, 2012, 03:30:28 AM
i changed the topic title, maybe somebody has a video that shows us how its done :)
Title: Re: Making of: FiM - Anybody have a vid??
Post by: StarSwirl05 on February 15, 2012, 05:29:08 AM
There's this, which isn't much but it's a start:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uJI1WdKOaw
Title: Re: Making of: FiM - Anybody have a vid??
Post by: littlexflitter on February 15, 2012, 06:14:28 AM
I'd also be really interested to learn more about this~ If someone finds out more I hope they'll keep us all informed. n_n
Title: Re: Making of: FiM - Anybody have a vid??
Post by: zora on February 15, 2012, 06:46:58 AM
@starswirl - thank you for posting! i want this monitor which you can draw on!! UUUUH! :D
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