Similar and different tools assist filmmakers to realise their creative vision even with contrasting animation styles, with prominent software programs being Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Maya, Harmony, Dragonframe and TVPaint Animation.
“The first step in making the film was to design the set, which was based on a collage made up of snippets of photographs,“ explains Dominic Étienne Simard when discussing his short, Charles. “For example, I took a picture of the dresser in my room, which had belonged to my grandfather, so that it could become Charles’ dresser. Then I used Photoshop to put the picture together with pictures of a bed, a mobile, a chair and a window to create the room. That was done for each room. After that, it was time to start working on the…