I've been testing 2D animation software that will work with my current setup. I had always planned to become an animator who was capable of 2D and 3D animation. However, until I started exploring I was only aware of software that would require me to change my entire setup in order to produce the best quality animations that I can manage.

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Then I started looking into software that would work either on an android, or a fire HD 8 or above.

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I came across one that would run on my smart phone, Animation Desk. It seemed perfect at first as it was free to download and run, and there were enough of the important features there. However, after using it for a while to try and create an animated short, I found a number of glitches, that were not ideal for animator at any level.

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There are glitches like the frame refreshing whenever you tilted it to far, and sometimes losing a considerable amount of progress in the process. This is disheartening even as a professional. To someone who is still at novice level, it's the kind of thing that would discourage people to pursue a career in the industry.

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I then found another software that would run on any new enough android, fire hd, ios, or windows device. You only pay a small amount of money for each download to a different device.

 

Rough Animator doesn't offer as many features as Animation Desk, but it has all of the important ones, including onion skin, an easy-to-use interface, the ability to import music and images, and the ability to upload direct to any platform with a web address.  In addition the software is altogether mor stable. All of this makes Rough Animator the ideal solution for my company.