Acetate
Acetate is a tool for Mac OS X written for animators to track arcs and joints while animating by simulating a layer of Acetate attached to the screen. It includes a simple set of drawing tools that allow a user to draw over the top of any application. Other uses include annotating presentations, or analyzing movement in a video. Or just doodling.
The latest version is 0.9.9 which should be considered a Beta release, though a very stable one. In other words, it does everything it should and shouldn’t crash.
It is compatible with Snow Leopard (10.6) and Lion (10.7).
For more information, or if you have any comments, please contact: acetate (at) stripysock.com, add a comment below, or use one of the links over on the right.
Coming soon
Some or all of the following will be in a future release. If there’s anything else you want, or if any of these are must-haves for you, please let me know.
- Save/load functionality
- Multiple sheets
- Windows version
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