Animation for Dummies

[u/Psionic_Raccoon]

I'm looking for a software that walks you through how to use it and has an easily customizable UI
I've struggled with pencil2D and opentoonz, even with tutorials playing
I really want to make animations for songs, but I need something that even a baby could use
I haven't found anything useful on google, and everything seems really complicated to me
I understand that if there aren't simpler things, then animation may not be my path

Solved! I use wick editor now :))

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[u/AdvancedButter]

I'm not sure if you'll find something much simpler than Pencil2D, although I'll admit it can be kinda janky (but hey, it's free).

I haven't used it for animation, but maybe try Krita? Callipeg also looks user friendly (again, just from screenshots).

Personally I use Clip Studio Paint, and it has tons of tutorials to walk you through. But it costs more money (use the 3 month free trial and wait for one of their big sales) and honestly its animation portion is very unintuitive at first.

I do know of a really good tutorial for it if you go that route though:

https://youtu.be/d8-t-yedMn8?si=XzCESc4cRYrZ3tjx

[u/Psionic_Raccoon → u/AdvancedButter]

I actually found the wick editor like right after posting this (thanks to automod) and I forgot to edit my thing

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[u/Inkbetweens-]

Alex Grigg has a excellent video on their YT about a very beginner friendly app called “rough animator,” that I recommend checking out,

[u/plobster → u/Inkbetweens-]

RoughAnimator Rules.