Cool Tools: Aviary

A look in the birdcage…

Aviary was created by creatives for creatives – a perfect complement, we think, for our members. So named because its products all refer to birds, Aviary offers an online suite of creative applications. Imagine having access to tools as powerful as Adobe’s Creative Suite at your disposal – at a fraction of the cost. Aviary’s products include an image editor, a vector editor, a video editor, a painting simulator, and a 3D modeler. Continue Reading>>

Cool Tools: Pencil

Animation can seem so intimidating these days. With companies like Pixar churning out high-quality 3-D films with a staff of hundreds, animating can appear a daunting task to the common man. But it doesn’t have to be and Pencil proves that with its free and simple-to-use 2D animation software.

Pencil mimics hand-drawn techniques and stays simple by doing so. You draw each individual frame as if it were a single animation cell. The great thing about this is that you are able to test out the animation by stepping through it frame-by-frame. You can even play through the entire sequence using built-in playback controls. Read More>>