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As I understand it they animated in TVPaint , then the animation drawings were painted frame by frame with custom brushes in Photoshop.

That's it. Even if everything could have been done directly in TVPaint.

Fabrice wrote:

As I understand it they animated in TVPaint , then the animation drawings were painted frame by frame with custom brushes in Photoshop.

That's it. Even if everything could have been done directly in TVPaint.

True. But I think what happens is that the art directors have become masters of Photoshop before they ever know about TVPaint . They understand that TVPaint is for both animating and also digital painting , BUT it is too much work in the midst of production to relearn the digital painting workflow, how to make custom brushes, all their keyboard shortcuts , etc. which is long established habit for them in Photoshop , so to relearn all that in TVPaint is daunting. It's not that TVPaint can't do the same (or better) than PS, but it's a matter of the TIME they've already invested in mastering PS and the additional TIME it would take to adapt their digital painting workflow to TVP.

Don't worry David, we are aware of this

D.T. Nethery wrote:True. But I think what happens is that the art directors have become masters of Photoshop before they ever know about TVPaint . They understand that TVPaint is for both animating and also digital painting , BUT it is too much work in the midst of production to relearn the digital painting workflow, how to make custom brushes, all their keyboard shortcuts , etc. which is long established habit for them in Photoshop , so to relearn all that in TVPaint is daunting. It's not that TVPaint can't do the same (or better) than PS, but it's a matter of the TIME they've already invested in mastering PS and the additional TIME it would take to adapt their digital painting workflow to TVP.

True, but I admit I'm a bit disappointed about this point, because I offered to recreate the brushes they needed in TVPaint.

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Tonko House, the studio founded by former Pixar art directors Robert Kondo and Daisuke “Dice” Tsutsumi, is developing a feature film based on their Academy Award-nominated short The Dam Keeper.

good to know.

An adorable teaser for The Dam Keeper series !

It's animated in TVPaint, both in California and Tokyo

Plus, a few making of :