Forum: Animation


Subject: Moho vs Toon Boom Studio Express

DominiqueBray opened this issue on Jul 08, 2006 ยท 3 posts


DominiqueBray posted Sat, 08 July 2006 at 7:12 PM

Hello

I am about to buy Moho but I just saw a light version of the famous Toon Boom at the same price. So now I hesitate.

Here is how I work :

I create background landscapes mixing numerical painting and a little 3D. I make all the animation of important characters by hand, on paper, then scan and colorize. Then I add some vectorial additional animations to get the video looking less static, and 3D animations (particles, fire,...). For some certain scenes, I put some 2D plans in a 3D world, in order to get the camera doing moves a pure 2D can't do.

I also start a little silly series, just for laughing, with very simple cutout graphics.

So, people who know these two softwares, which one do you think I should choose ? What are good things in one that is not in the other ?

Here is what I think of the several animation softwares I met. Toonz and US Animation are far too expensive. Creatoon and The Tab are cool but only for cutouts. Toon Boom has a good reputation but, first the videos I saw are disappointing, and I do not know if the Express version is not only a toy. DigiCel FlipBook looks great, but I am not sure it meets my needs. Moho looks the best for me but I am suspicious because other people do not seem to think it is a serious software.

I am open to any advice and comment.