Mirage is a powerful, creative environment for the production of 2D animation and special effects. Designed for professional studios and freelancers requiring a maximum of flexibility and productivity, Mirage combines real-time paint, animation, and special effects functionalities into a single product. A true paperless digital animation system, Mirage dramatically broadens the capabilities of traditional 2D animators, and is proven to save up to 50% in production time compared with traditional 2D pipelines.
The Next Generation of 2D
Animation Tools
Mirage provides the same levels of control in the digital
domain that artists are accustomed to with physical media.
Mirage’s state-of-the-art 2D paint and drawing tools,
combined with it’s industry-leading animation engine,
drastically simply and accelerate the way artists draw,
animate, and create special effects for 2D.
Working with MIrage, animators can move from initial
storyboards, pencil tests, and roughs straight through to
inked, colored frames, without ever resorting to physical
media or changing software. Mirage also integrates
seamlessly with vector-animation workflows based on such
tools as Macromedia Flash™. Thanks to it’s real-time
architecture, there’s no “final render” to contend with in
Mirage – artists simply export their finished work to the
animation or video format of their choice.
Create captivating 2D animation in any style
Mirage provides access to the complete range of classical
2D animation techniques: cel, collage/cut-out, rotoscoping,
stop-motion, crayon drawing, motion graphics, rotoscoping,
and more. Mirage also makes it easy to combine styles – cel
animation on one layer, rotoscoped video on another, and
cut-out animation on a third. Mirage’s innovative Anim
Brushes™ allow for an incredible array of dynamic 2d
effects, allowing artists to work with share character
“palettes” for production.
Provide Unparalleled Image Quality
Built on a real-time bitmap paint engine, Mirage’s toolkits
allow artists to smudge, smear, ink, oil, and replicate
almost any other creation activity in a traditional
animation studio. Free of the limitations imposed by
vector-only drawing tools Artists can easily produce
higher-quality productions, using their natural-media
drawing skiils to their advantage. Complemented by a wide
array of color manipulation, correction, keying, and
special effects tools, Mirage digitally produces frames
which are indistinguishable from those draw on real paper.
Consolidate the Workflow
Mirage seamlessly transforms the traditional combined
“paper + digital “ workflow used in many animation studios
to a fully-digital, highly-collaborative workflow. Brushes,
palettes, animated elements, and even character presets can
easily shared between artists, allowing animation teams to
work simultaneously, rather than in a preset linear order.
This means that storyboarding, backgrounds, and character
development, inking, coloring, and animatic production can
all occur at the same time!
By allowing such intense collaboration between animators
working on a project, and the director leading them,
producers can significantly reduce the overall production
cost. Equally importantly, animators get the gratification
of truly completing what was started, rather than handing
it over to another production team to continue the project.
Change the Rules of 2D Production
By bringing the entire process into the digital realm,
Mirage fundamentally changes the economics of producing 2D
animation and effects. Mirage’s fully-digital workflow
removes the headaches of registration and scanning – saving
upwards of 50% of time in production, and drastically
lowering time-to-market.
From initial pencil tests and tweening, to shooting final
digital “cels”, everything in a classical animation studio
is emulated, improved, and accelerated by Mirage’s digital
technology.
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