specworkfan Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 Animation is essential for most designers. This is another area where adobe really doesn't get it. There is a decent timeline feature in photoshop, but it is clunky compare to FCP. Being able to make vector animations down and dirty would be great.I think a pro version of AD with some animation features would be a great thing. I would love to see the affinity UI ported to more programs. Going from ZBrush, to Blender, to Affinity spins my head. I have to break up projects into separate days to let my brain reset. An export frame to FCPx might be just as useful. It's possible now with a few hotkeys, but something native would be amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bone shelter Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 I will plus one this. I was hoping to uninstall all of Adobe's bloat but now I have to reinstall Photoshop so I can create an animated logo as a progress loader. Custom animated loaders (especially animated logos as loaders) are a common task. At the least, implementing the ability to export layers as an animated GIF would be great. thanks goddamnmaddog 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
00Ghz Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 I won’t mind it for animating UI’s. Even Krita got something basic... it can’t be that hard to add it to AD & AP. goddamnmaddog 1 Quote UI Designer, CG Artist Macbook Pro 15" 2014 2.5 Ghz, 750M https://www.behance.net/VladMafteiuScai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bri-Toon Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Animation would be a great feature, but I totally understand that the program's main focus is on design. However, there are two tools in various animation software that might flow well in Designer, and those tools are a brush stabilizer and a segment eraser. The brush stabilizer reduces the speed of the cursor's drag to perform smoother lines, and the segment eraser erases overshooting areas of two lines by a quick swipe. If it can't happen, it's no biggie, but I would that to death. Quote The website is still a work in progress. The "Comics" and "Shop" sections are not yet ready. Feel free to connect with me and let me know what you like or what can be improved. You can contact me here, on my contact page, YouTube channel, or Twitter account. Thanks and have a great day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bitrate Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 2016, .gif are coming back and everywhere !I'm sure Affinity can handle in a fantastic way :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZodolaUK Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 Plz, affinity animator would be amazing... If it came out, I would get it... Just... think about it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillBellJr Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 I'm on my way of using Designer to replacing Adobe Fireworks and so far I'm LOVING IT. I don't use the web page related features, just the vector / bitmap synergy and Designer is providing a lot of that already! I do however tend edit a lot of GIFs, so I do hope Designer will may one day do the same. -Will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shmoo Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 +1 for Animation. Look at this. You can have a 3500.- computer with a fancy Touch Bar that you'd like to touch more often than your girlfriend but if you can't do this with your computer/software you're not sharing a table with the cool dudes. Not even close. goddamnmaddog 1 Quote Hardware Mac mini (late-2014), 2.6GHz, 16GB RAM, Intel Iris 5100 Graphics iPad Air 16GB WhiteSoftware I love, and you should get :wink:Affinity Desinger - Affinity Photo - Sketch - Coda - CodeKit - iA Writer - Dropbox - 1Password Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psiclone Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 I'm never clear on which of these (Designer vs Photo) are directly aimed at competing with Photoshop, but even Photoshop can do simple animated gifs, etc. I would think that's a feature that should be added. goddamnmaddog 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted February 7, 2017 Staff Share Posted February 7, 2017 Hi psiclone, If you need a reference Photo is comparable to Photoshop + Camera RAW, while Designer is closer to Illustrator/Fireworks. This doesn't mean we are aiming to cover everything they do/offer. We intend to keep the apps focused on the areas they were developed for. So 3D, video or animation tools are not planned for Affinity Photo which is focused on RAW conversion/development and photo editing. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psiclone Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 That makes sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jreis Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 For those who want to create an animated gif you can do it easily with the gifsicle. I agree is not as fancy as others https://www.lcdf.org/gifsicle/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixx Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 For those who want to create an animated gif you can do it easily with the gifsicle. I agree is not as fancy as others https://www.lcdf.org/gifsicle/ Command line tool, and I think it does not import layered PSD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bri-Toon Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 It may not be the best for advanced users, but an online animation maker, Animatron, looks pretty promising. You can import your own images and add keyframe animations. Quote The website is still a work in progress. The "Comics" and "Shop" sections are not yet ready. Feel free to connect with me and let me know what you like or what can be improved. You can contact me here, on my contact page, YouTube channel, or Twitter account. Thanks and have a great day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medical Officer Bones Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Why not just prepare your frames in Designer/Photo, and import into Krita? Krita has excellent stop-frame animation. And works without problems on Macs now. verysame 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bri-Toon Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 I did go through a software phase where I tried many programs, and Krita was one of them, but I'm more interested in a program where animation is the main focus. Plus, after all of my computer trouble, I'm afraid to try programs that are not from the Mac App Store. I'm not saying Krita won't work for others. Quote The website is still a work in progress. The "Comics" and "Shop" sections are not yet ready. Feel free to connect with me and let me know what you like or what can be improved. You can contact me here, on my contact page, YouTube channel, or Twitter account. Thanks and have a great day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medical Officer Bones Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Well, in that case things will become rather difficult - I mean, I would suggest either Animate CC or After Effects, but both are not available on the Mac App Store either... ;) Most of some of the best animation applications (commercial and free/open source) are not available on the Mac App Store, you know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bri-Toon Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Yeah and that's unfortunate. I am however a little interested in Motion, which is in the App Store, but I need to research that one thoroughly since it has quite a complex interface. Quote The website is still a work in progress. The "Comics" and "Shop" sections are not yet ready. Feel free to connect with me and let me know what you like or what can be improved. You can contact me here, on my contact page, YouTube channel, or Twitter account. Thanks and have a great day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Well there are a bunch of such apps ... Motion 5 Dragonframe iStopMotion AnimationDesk ... and so on ... Best you look first at some overview articles about such software, so you get an idea what is all available and what might be useful for pros or amateurs, or offers to have the features you are looking for: Animation software - which one should you use? 6 great animation apps for the Mac ... and so on ... Bri-Toon 1 Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medical Officer Bones Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 It also depends on the type of animation you aim for. If it is merely to be used to combine frames into a GIF, Dragonframe, Moho, Toonboom, OpenToonz are 'somewhat' overkill, right? And there are simple ways to add functionality in MacOsX to automate the conversion of a bunch of images to a GIF animation, for example: https://jacobsalmela.com/2015/11/02/make-animated-gifs-in-os-x-with-a-right-click/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixx Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Most people would just like to have a simple app which converts layered PSD file to frames, time them and saves to animated gif. anon1 and Walking Black Bear 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bri-Toon Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Well there are a bunch of such apps ... Hey thank you for the list. I like the look of iStopMotion. Quote The website is still a work in progress. The "Comics" and "Shop" sections are not yet ready. Feel free to connect with me and let me know what you like or what can be improved. You can contact me here, on my contact page, YouTube channel, or Twitter account. Thanks and have a great day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Most people would just like to have a simple app which converts layered PSD file to frames, time them and saves to animated gif. Probably yes and there are also apps for this segment: Take up Animation - Affordable Apps for the Amateur Hey thank you for the list. I like the look of iStopMotion. Then you can give it a try out in order to see if it fulfils your needs. Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imagetas Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 One innovation that could be thought about is to create a totally dedicated video editing program using Affinity tools. It could be built from the ground up, and give that difficult to use Adobe Premier a fright. Even call it Affinity Motion or similar. Just a thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixx Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Probably yes and there are also apps for this segment: Take up Animation - Affordable Apps for the Amateur Gif Animator would fit the bill but I cannot understand how to animate with it. It reads PSD ok, there seem to be frames in the lower strip, but it previews and exports just a static gif. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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