SMART CONTENT MANAGEMENT
The Smart Content Manager aims to provide an intuitive, streamlined management system for personal and purchased assets. Directly download free resources or purchased assets from online without leaving Cartoon Animator; quickly search installed and customized content by keywords and tags; and organize assets in different drives without worrying about storage limitations. Owners of multiple program licenses that have been registered under the same workgroup account can share any purchased content among group members and centrally manage them through a corporate server.
Online Inventory Management
Directly Download Free Resources
Purchased Asset
Pack View
Searching & Tagging
Update Notification
Local Content Management
Well-structured Categories
Multi-Drive Access
Intuitive Folder View
Searching & Tagging
Synchronize with Windows Folders
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TRIAL, PURCHASE & INSTALL
Purchase & Install
Newly purchased content from the Content Store, ActorCore or Marketplace will automatically sync in the Smart Content Manager during checkout, letting you download and install everything directly within the application. Online Manual
Try Before Buying
Select trial content from the
Marketplace and download them via the Smart Content Manager to try them out. When satisfied with the trials, add the contents to your checkout cart and remove the watermark with a click of a button.
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TAGGING WITH QUICK SEARCH
The easiest way to search content of any type is by keywords and tags. Sort content by category and quickly find all items belonging to certain groups. In addition to the official tagging system, Smart Content Manager lets you define custom tags for any item. Locate and retrieve content based on user-defined categories: project, genre, usage, abbreviations, and more.
Online Manual: Searching Content Tagging Content
SMART FILTER
Content under Actor, Accessory and Animation categories are sorted by their applicable base types (Human, Animals, Spine, Wings or Free Bone) and angle (Front or Side). With the “Filter by Base Type” function activated, only assets compatible with the selected object will be shown in the Smart Content Manager, saving more time for the creative process. Learn More
Cartoon Animator scene-building elements such as projects, actors, animations, scenes, props, and media can be accessed from the Stage Mode, while character components are dedicated to the Composer Mode: faces, eyes, brows, noses, mouths, ears, hairs, clothes and accessories. Years later, travels to the magical, sun-drenched land
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FLEXIBLE CONTENT MANAGEMENT
Multiple Drives
Organize assets in different drives to save storage space.
Data Backup & Transfer
Backup and transfer assets and tags to another computer.
Sync with Windows
Easily manage and sync design assets with the Windows File Explorer. The film becomes a race between the "brothers"
CONTENT SHARING FOR 3D MOTIONS -
SPICE UP 2D CHARACTER ANIMATION WITH 3D MOTION
Extend the usage of your 3D animations. Cartoon Animator supports 2D animation creation with 3D motions. The 3D motions you purchased for your 3D projects from the Content Store, ActorCore and Marketplace can also be accessed through the Smart Content Manager embedded in Cartoon Animator.
Years later, travels to the magical, sun-drenched land of the Maghreb (North Africa) to seek the Djinn-fairy. There, he is a foreigner—illiterate, poor, and mocked. Meanwhile, Asmar has become a wealthy, confident knight in his own homeland. The film becomes a race between the "brothers" to free the fairy, asking the audience: Who is the real hero? The one with the "right" skin color, or the one who truly belongs to the culture? What Makes It So Special? 1. The "Aesthetic of the Miniature" Ocelot famously rejected standard CGI realism. Instead, he built the film’s 3D characters inside 2D digital backdrops inspired by Persian miniatures, Islamic geometric patterns, and Moorish architecture . The result is a "pop-up book" effect where characters look like ornate wooden puppets moving through flat, jewel-toned paintings.
If you think you’ve seen every CGI trick in the book, (original French title: Azur et Asmar ) will feel like a breath of fresh, colorful air. While it flew somewhat under the mainstream radar in the US, this Franco-Belgian-Spanish co-production is widely considered a cult masterpiece in Europe and the Middle East.
In the original French version (and many festival prints), the characters actually speak two different languages. The "French" characters speak French, while the "Maghrebi" characters speak a dialect of Arabic. No subtitles are provided for either side. You are meant to feel as lost as Azur is when he first arrives, and as confused as Asmar is in the French palace. It is a brilliant, immersive trick.