Review by Scott Lloyd

I needed this program for a very simple project: making animations from preexisting art and Anime Studio performed admirably. I created a background in Photoshop and imported it into Anime Studio as a JPEG. I then created the figure in photoshop and imported it as a ping file (so I could keep the areas around the figure transparent). Both objects imported on their own layers and I quickly animated the figure across the background. Anime Studio has the most intuitive time bar of any animation program I have worked with (including Flash and Photoshop) and I like this one the best.

I also liked the drawing tool which I think is much better than the bezier tools in other programs (although it is similar in many respects). The reason animation is hard is because of all the laborious technical aspects. I was pleasantly surprised by the ease and speed of animation. This program makes things simple and fast.