VGmaster9 Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 For digital 2d animation, which kind do you prefer? Vector animation, which is puppet based, or raster, which is closer to traditional animation? Here's two separate animations, each done with a different animation program. This one is done with Toon Boom Harmony, which is a vector based program. This one is done with TVPaint, a raster based program. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Endless/Nameless Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 vector animation sucks more ass than a 50¢ hooker 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Lee Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 If I remember right Photoshop is raster and illustrator is vector? I'm used to photoshop, illustrator throws me off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrecker Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 Why did somebody go through all that trouble to make a video about ponies? God damn. I will never understand this My Little Pony shit, they were junk toys that were handed out at McDonald's, and that was about it. When does the Polly Pocket craze happen? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyRadarEars Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 I think I much prefer how raster looks, but then again I'm a sucker for traditionally animated stuff to begin with so that's probably why. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VGmaster9 Posted November 10, 2016 Author Share Posted November 10, 2016 17 minutes ago, LadyRadarEars said: I think I much prefer how raster looks, but then again I'm a sucker for traditionally animated stuff to begin with so that's probably why. I may be wrong, but raster might be more economically sustainable than pencil/paper animation, especially for Saturday morning cartoons, TV specials, and direct-to-video films (then again, vector is also big on those formats). 10 hours ago, Wrecker said: Why did somebody go through all that trouble to make a video about ponies? God damn. I will never understand this My Little Pony shit, they were junk toys that were handed out at McDonald's, and that was about it. When does the Polly Pocket craze happen? Better yet, when does the Veggie Tales craze happen? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snagged Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 Based on the two videos VGmaster posted in the OP, I'd say that vector animation (The MLP fanfilm) is a lot more controlled, chilly, detailed and slow, forcing the audience to pay attention to details. It's a sustainable format, albeit somewhat boring to watch but it conveys its message well and accurately. It's what I'd expect to see in good animated movies The raster (Due young) animation was exactly opposite: Flashy, snappy, fast, less details, faces overly expressive (stretched faces) else you wouldn't have any idea what they are trying to express because the scenes change so fast. The animation itself has a lot... curviness. Like, the faces, motions are fast and long to give an idea what the motion is about. Color wise, you see a lot of contrasting colors. Overall, raster felt like "I am here! Now I am not!" as the scenes change back and forth. However, the quick scene changing is a necessity or else the lack of detail would have bothered if given a chance to inspect them. The quick tempo of the animation strains eyes as everything needs to be scanned quickly so I am glad the video was short Overall, for a short music video, raster was definitely the right choice but I wouldn't want to see a 2-hour movie done with the same style. So the final verdict is: It depends 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Doggo Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 Raster for sure, because that's the traditional way and I think it looks way better. Vector animation can be used for all sorts of good things. I don't think it looks great exclusively for cartoons, but I think it can merge well with raster in some respects. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarcastic Coffeecup Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 I'm a fan of raster animation as opposed to vectors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VGmaster9 Posted November 10, 2016 Author Share Posted November 10, 2016 4 hours ago, VGmaster9 said: I may be wrong, but raster might be more economically sustainable than pencil/paper animation, especially for Saturday morning cartoons, TV specials, and direct-to-video films (then again, vector is also big on those formats). Ok I take it back, since raster is cheaper than pencil/paper, I think it should be the medium for traditional style animation for theatrical movies. The vector can be the formats for the other stuff I mentioned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VGmaster9 Posted November 12, 2016 Author Share Posted November 12, 2016 Here's another animation used by the same program for "Die Young". Disney and DreamWorks, if your reading this, please acknowledge this piece of wonderful software. It would be the holy grail of brining traditional hand drawn animation back to the big screen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pignog Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 On 2016-11-09 at 1:28 PM, VGmaster9 said: For digital 2d animation, which kind do you prefer? Vector animation, which is puppet based, or raster, which is closer to traditional animation? Here's two separate animations, each done with a different animation program. This one is done with Toon Boom Harmony, which is a vector based program. This one is done with TVPaint, a raster based program. hi its the wise raster here your new dad. watch this shit, this is why everybody wants vector animation to die. this is why raster kicks ass. this could be the worlds worst cartoon competition and it sucks ass. vector animation can suck my ass. i got paint tool sai and i kick ass. thats @pigbowlosoup, thumbs down to the animation 100 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revates Posted November 13, 2016 Share Posted November 13, 2016 #removevectoranimation2016 #fuckvectoranimation 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pignog Posted November 13, 2016 Share Posted November 13, 2016 this is the only cartoon you're allowed to like. i mirror these on every work computer every day all day 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sourdough Posted November 13, 2016 Share Posted November 13, 2016 Just call me the rasterbator~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proper noun Posted November 13, 2016 Share Posted November 13, 2016 If a dog learns to animate is it an animutt? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Lee Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 The pony one actually has pretty good singing, even if it looks like a Flash pos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socketosis Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 Vector is too closely associated with bad Flash animations for me. It can still have its moments, but I prefer vector to be used for lossless scalable images, which is amazingly suitable for stuff like logos and what not. Raster has a lot more flexibility over details and can sustain an almost endless array of artist styles. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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