Animation & Game Design Software Recommendations and Profiles

Earlier this year I gave an overview for BrainDistrict’s new paint program on the market, PaintSupreme, and recently I talked with their Sales and Marketing associate, Richie Lopez, about the future of their product.

Even though I’m an artist, I can’t deny my love for coding. Unfortunately, I also can’t deny my lack of skill in coding! It’s not that object-oriented programming languages like C++ are beyond me, it’s just that it’s always a hard and slow process for me. Because of this, Dark Basic Professional has always been my favorite programming language because of its balance of powerful options and easy syntax. I recently had the opportunity to interview Richard Vanner, the Co-Founder of the company responsible for the software. After he announced The Game Creators was having a 93% off Winter bundle sale, I had to dive in. Here’s an overview of everything that they’re offering for $20.

Under the wing of Avid Technology, Pinnacle Studio comes with a long list of features that should please digital video artists of every caliber. Editing AVCHD and H.264 format video is no problem, nor is backing up your work thanks to the new archive and restore system. Motion Tilter allows you to easily create animated titles and Red Giant offers many visual effects options. Stop motion, fixes for shaky cam footage, and surround sound support are all present in this top of the line product.

A little over a month ago I gave an overview for Serif’s vector graphics illustrator software, DrawPlus X5. The more research I did, the more I was impressed by how much of a competitor it was to the industry respected Adobe Illustrator for being so much cheaper than its competition. Our readers wanted to know more about this product, and so did I! After contacting Serif I was able to discuss several industry issues with DrawPlus X5 Product Marketing Manager, Simon Monahan, including just how much work into their Accelerated Graphics Technology that makes DrawPlus so quick.