What southpark and family guy are animated with. - General

South Park used PowerAnimator for the first five seasons, then moved on to Maya. But Motion is used for the special effects

[QUOTE=mzathemind;20696883]South park is... anime?[/QUOTE] Yeah, that episode with the anime segments was the show animated in what they intended it to look like. The original show name was "Four Students Vulgar Adventures of Happy Fun"

I highly doubt they only use one program for those things. Wikipedia describes South Park's animation: [quote]The show's style of animation is inspired by the paper cut-out cartoons made by Terry Gilliam for Monty Python's Flying Circus, of which Parker and Stone have been lifelong fans. Construction paper and traditional stop motion cutout animation techniques were used in the original animated shorts and in the pilot episode. Subsequent episodes have been produced by computer animation, providing a similar look to the originals while requiring a fraction of the time to produce. Before computer artists begin animating an episode, a series of animatics drawn with Adobe Photoshop are provided by the show's storyboard artists. The characters and objects are composed of simple geometrical shapes and primary colors. Most child characters are the same size and shape, and are distinguished by their distinctive clothing and head wear. Characters are mostly presented two-dimensionally and from only one angle. Their movements are animated in an intentionally jerky fashion, as they are purposely not offered the same free range of motion associated with hand-drawn characters. Occasionally, some non-fictional characters are depicted with photographic cutouts of their actual head and face in lieu of a face reminiscent of the show's traditional style. Canadians on the show are often portrayed in an even more minimalist fashion; they have simple beady eyes, and the top halves of their heads simply flap up and down when the characters speak. When the show began utilizing computers, the cardboard cutouts were scanned and re-drawn with CorelDRAW, then imported into PowerAnimator, which was used with SGI workstations to animate the characters. The workstations were linked to a 54-processor render farm that could render 10 to 15 shots an hour. Beginning with season five, the animators began using Maya instead of PowerAnimator. The studio now runs a 120-processor render farm that can produce 30 or more shots an hour. PowerAnimator and Maya are high-end programs mainly used for 3D computer graphics, while co-producer and former animation director, Eric Stough, notes that PowerAnimator was initially chosen because its features helped animators retain the show's "homemade" look. PowerAnimator was also used for making some of the show's special effects, which are now created using Motion,[46] a newer graphics program created by Apple, Inc. for their Mac OS X operating system. The show's visual quality has improved in recent seasons, though several other techniques are used to intentionally preserve the cheap cutout animation look. A few episodes feature sections of live-action footage, while others have incorporated other styles of animation. Portions of the season eight (2004) premiere "Good Times with Weapons" are done in anime style, while the season 10 episode "Make Love, Not Warcraft" is done partly in machinima. The season 12 episode "Major Boobage", an homage to the 1981 animated film Heavy Metal, implements scenes accomplished with rotoscoping. Since the beginning of season 13 (2009) the show has been broadcast in high definition and presented in widescreen, and season 12 was released in high definition on Blu-ray Disc format.[/quote]

SP uses Maya, FG millions of Chinese children.

[QUOTE=McNab;20694724]I found out and i though i'd show everyone. South Park is animated using this. [img]http://blog.media-freaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/free-hidden-object-games-22.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE] Actually, I think south park is animated with Maya. [url]http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/pc/index?siteID=123112&id=13577897[/url] (and, please excuse me if I am late. I have only read up to about the 12th post.)

It is technically impossible to use a 3D modeling program to make a 2D animation. They only use Maya for the 3D scenes.

I use flash 8.

I am still waiting for OP to provide source of his information.

[QUOTE=HyperTails;20696969]Who cares, those shows are shit.[/QUOTE] Fix'd And they are better than the shitty anime you probably watch. [editline]03:25AM[/editline] [QUOTE=BANNED USER;20699427]I am still waiting for OP to provide source of his information.[/QUOTE] Go research yourself instead of posting on these forums 24/7 for God sakes.

WHY would they use a 3d editing program like maya for 2d animation? Isn't it a waste?

I refuse to believe that any professionals would use ToonBoom.

[url=http://www.spscriptorium.com/SPinfo/MakingOfSouthPark.htm][quote]How is South Park made? The short answer these days is that the animators make new elements in Corel Draw and export them as Adobe Illustrator files. Adobe Photoshop is used for fonts, texture maps, and real photos. The Photoshop and Illustrator files are then sent into Alias/Wavefront's Power Animator 8.5 and Composer on SGI O2 and Octane workstations, where they are used for animating the episodes. After the animation gets Trey's approval, it is sent with the audio to be edited and mixed using Avid Media Composers on Mac computers. But for more detailed answers, read these excerpts from the articles concerning the hardware and software used. [/quote][/url] [img]http://www.spscriptorium.com/SPinfo/SouthParkElements.gif[/img] ?

I've seen some making-ofs of South Park and indeed they also use 3D stuff, you can see it when there's a lot of 3D structures... And they also use Maya according to the aforementioned link...

Since when did South Park go under the definition "Anime"

There was that anime episode

[QUOTE=RJ102;20700526]There was that anime episode[/QUOTE] Yes, there was [I]1[/I] anime episode, that was hardly anime as it kept it's normal way of drawing.

[QUOTE=Hmn30;20694782]Wasn't south park animated with Maya or some shit?[/QUOTE] Why did he get rated dumb? He's correct...stupid kids on these forums. They even show it in an episode.

[QUOTE=Hmn30;20694782]Wasn't south park animated with Maya or some shit?[/QUOTE] Original characters and the first episodes were mostly hand made. But in the later episodes they are using Maya and other programs. But I highly doubt they use a program like in the OP. It looks way too unprofessional.

OP just tries to justify him using these shit programs.

Wait, didn't they all use Flash? That's what I always thought that professionals are using. If this is true then.. oh god I am stupid.

[QUOTE=CommanderPT;20702378]Wait, didn't they all use Flash? That's what I always thought that professionals are using. If this is true then.. oh god I am stupid.[/QUOTE] Yes yes you are. Why would they use flash? Almost no professional does.

[QUOTE=johanz;20702389]Yes yes you are. Why would they use flash? Almost no professional does.[/QUOTE] What's wrong with flash? It's very powerful. [editline]04:18PM[/editline] So.. they use that Toon thing then?

[QUOTE=CommanderPT;20702397]What's wrong with flash? It's very powerful. [editline]04:18PM[/editline] So.. they use that Toon thing then?[/QUOTE] I guess you didn't read this page?

[QUOTE=Tools;20700523]Since when did South Park go under the definition "Anime"[/QUOTE] Since it became animated? No one says Cartoons anymore.

[QUOTE=johanz;20702427]I guess you didn't read this page?[/QUOTE] I did but people are arguing. Oh well. They are using something else eitherway.

[QUOTE=Jurikuer;20702438]Since it became animated? No one says Cartoons anymore.[/QUOTE] No one says anime about non japanese animations.

Flash is the easiest and the crudest

I'm pretty sure Family Guy uses flash.

I actually have an older version of that software but haven't gotten around to buying an upgrade.

[QUOTE=GerardV2;20695767]No it isnt[/QUOTE] [quote=wiki]Beginning with season five, the animators began using Maya instead of PowerAnimator.[74] The studio now runs a 120-processor render farm that can produce 30 or more shots an hour.[46][/quote]