Animation software comparison (D1)

Adobe flash

Adobe flash is a vector image program used for animation. Flash started off being used as a tool for creating animation and games on the internet, it proved to be effective enough that soon animation studios would use the program to animate shows for television. Flash was also a popular tool for creating websites, and allowed people to add all sorts of fancy features. But this soon died out, as people with slower PC’s would only be hampered by all the information it had to process, that and people decided on fancy but unintuitive navigation systems which were just annoying. These things cobbled together makes flash an ultimately troublesome web design tool for anyone who is trying to run a serious business, because all they did for their potential customers is waste their time.

Of course since Adobe software is made to be sold to big companies, obtaining flash is a problem for those with a limited budget.

Maya

Maya is a 3D modelling program published by Autodesk. It has gone through multiple iterations in order to stream line the modelling process. The process of modeling in Maya involves stating from a basic shape, from there the user molds and adds on to the shape to create industry standard models. Animating your 3D models is very similar to animating with adobe flash, but instead of drawing each frame you are instead posing your model frame by frame.  Unfortunately it is just as expensive as adobe flash, the software also requires a lot of practice to properly use.

Blender

Blender like Maya is a 3D modeling program published by developed by the blender foundation. It is a free open source program that gives the user the tools they need to create and animate their own 3D models.