Software
This page contains linux software used in production by Morevna Project. If you want to work with production tree, then the most easy way to get appropriate versions of required software is to grab and install packages from here.
Packages provided here are built with most dependent libraries included and suitable for most recent linux distributions. Though, we’re unable to provide security updates for all libraries included, so use at your own risk. If you already have Synfig Studio or Blender installed in your linux system, please remove them before installing those packages.
Synfig Studio
“Synfig Studio” is a powerful, industrial-strength vector-based open-source 2D animation software package, designed from the ground-up for producing feature-film quality animation.
Homepage: http://synfig.org/
Documentation: http://synfig.org/wiki/Category:Manual
Download:
- for RPM-based distributions (Fedora, Red Hat, Mandriva, etc.):
- for Debian-based distributions (Debian, Ubuntu, etc.):
- 32bit: synfigstudio_0.64.0_i386.deb
- 64bit: synfigstudio_0.64.0_amd64.deb
- for other distributions:
Blender
“Blender” is the free open source 3D content creation suite. It is also have simple, but very powerfull Video Sequence Editor.
Homepage: http://www.blender.org/
Documentation: http://www.blender.org/education-help/
Download:
- for RPM-based distributions (Fedora, Red Hat, Mandriva, etc.):
- for Debian-based distributions (Debian, Ubuntu, etc.):
Pencil
“Pencil” is an animation/drawing software. It lets you create traditional hand-drawn animation (cartoon) using both bitmap and vector graphics.
Homepage: http://www.pencil-animation.org/
Documentation: UserManual
Download:
- for RPM-based distributions (Fedora, Red Hat, Mandriva, etc.):
- for Debian-based distributions (Debian, Ubuntu, etc.):
NOTE: You need Qt >= 4.6.0 installed to run Pencil.
Remake
“Remake” is open-source solution used in animation production to maintain sources of animation footage. It consist of two parts – template of animation project and a tool for rendering (and re-rendering) sources in a smart way.
Homepage: http://github.com/morevnaproject/remake
Documentation: http://wiki.github.com/morevnaproject/remake/tutorial
Download:
- for RPM-based distributions (Fedora, Red Hat, Mandriva, etc.):
- for Debian-based distributions (Debian, Ubuntu, etc.):
- for other distributions:
Papagayo
“Papagayo” is a lip-syncing program designed to line up phonemes (mouth shapes) with the actual recorded sound of actors speaking.
Homepage: http://code.google.com/p/papagayo/
Download:
- for RPM-based distributions (Fedora, Red Hat, Mandriva, etc.):
- for Debian-based distributions (Debian, Ubuntu, etc.):
NOTE: You need wxPython and pyaudio installed to run Papagayo.
March 24th, 2009 at 12:12 am
[...] Synfig Studio packages have been updated. Please grab them from the packages page. [...]
July 29th, 2009 at 7:06 pm
[...] Synfig Studio packages have been updated. Please grab them from the packages page. [...]
February 17th, 2010 at 9:49 pm
[...] It’s been a long time since Synfig Studio 0.62.00 came out. But because of our absence this significant event didn’t get mentioned here. It’s time to “redress an injustice”. We’re on 0.62.00 now. The packages page is updated. [...]
February 24th, 2010 at 4:25 am
[...] and maintains a blog for the main news of the Morevna Project. Even more, he has created his own universal packaging for the main production tools (pencil, synfig, blender) to be sure that all contributors have the [...]
July 31st, 2010 at 11:10 am
[...] On May 31, 2010 new version of Synfig Studio was released. You can download it from the packages page. [...]
October 22nd, 2010 at 9:52 pm
[...] Please grab the updates from packages page. [...]
January 31st, 2011 at 7:36 pm
[...] We have updated Pencil packages. Please grab them from the packages page. [...]
September 15th, 2011 at 9:30 pm
[...] have updated Pencil packages. Please grab them from the packages page. This version is different from the official one and includes all our previous modifications, as [...]
February 12th, 2012 at 8:14 pm
[...] time was consumed by preparing the new Synfig release. So, we have 0.63.04 version out. And we have our packages updated too, but those packages are a little different from original ones. Carlos López González is very [...]
May 25th, 2012 at 2:47 am
Hi. Very interesting and nice project. Keep the good work
Can You tell, what You using for lip sync ?
Remake is very useful tool, amazing work.
Good Luck guys.
May 25th, 2012 at 11:03 am
Thank you, Malcolm!
To be honest, we haven’t played with lipsync much yet, but there is nice tool, jplipsync – http://jlipsync.lamhauge.dk/
^__^
June 6th, 2012 at 7:25 am
The rpm for Pencil does not work on Fedora 17. Could you please make another one that will work. Thank you so much!
June 6th, 2012 at 11:13 am
Hi, Malcolm!
Thank you for report – I will check this out! (Right now I’m still on Fedora 16 ^__^ )
June 16th, 2012 at 9:58 am
Hey Konstantin, I was just wondering if you have figured anything out about Pencil on Fedora 17 yet. My friends and I are really missing it. By the way I love your Synfig plugins feature. Really cool idea! Thanks for all the work you’re doing, man!
June 16th, 2012 at 12:18 pm
Hi, Malcolm! Sorry, we haven’t time to look at it yet. Will try to fix it next week. Thank you!
June 21st, 2012 at 4:54 am
Hi, Malcolm! I’ve just upgraded to Fedora 17 and Pencil works fine here. Can you describe what problem you have with pencil rpm?
September 24th, 2012 at 2:17 pm
[...] are happy to announce that the new Freestyle-enabled packages of Blender are available for download now. Please note, that those packages are not exactly Blender 2.63, but much more like 2.64 RC1 [...]
September 25th, 2012 at 4:10 pm
[...] что новая сборка Blender с «Freestyle» готова, и вы можете её скачать с нашего сайта. Обратите внимание, сборка – не совсем Blender 2.63, а [...]
October 1st, 2012 at 8:25 pm
[...] I have worked here and there on 3D backgrounds again and compositing. In addition to that I have finished coloring the 3D models of Ivan and Morevna. Also we have updated the blender build again – you can get it from our software page. [...]
October 2nd, 2012 at 3:25 pm
[...] А я снова делал разную работу по 3D и композитингу. Плюс, раскрасил 3D-модели Ивана и Морвны. Да, и мы снова обновили сборку Blender’а. Скачать её можно как всегда отсюда. [...]
October 22nd, 2012 at 10:40 pm
[...] of different versions of OpenEXR library. So, our blender builds are fixed now, you can get them from software page, as [...]
October 26th, 2012 at 12:28 am
[...] версий библиотеки OpenEXR. Сейчас сборки мы исправили, качнуть вы их можете со страницы софта, всё как [...]
November 26th, 2012 at 5:41 pm
Now that Morevna demo is out will you work in adding Morevna branch features to Synfig trunk?
My main interest is the plugin feature which seems to be awesome!
November 26th, 2012 at 5:51 pm
Hi, David! Yes, that’s our plan to put our modifications into official branch and release a new version. I’m writing a blog post about that right now. ^__^
November 26th, 2012 at 6:15 pm
[...] Studio builds with plugins support can be found our software page. For more information and source code please refer to this pull request page. Share this:Google [...]
November 26th, 2012 at 6:33 pm
Cool! Thanks.
February 26th, 2013 at 11:26 am
[...] While the Papagayo patches are waiting to be accepted upstream, you can find source code of our changes at the github repository here. And yes, we are providing a Papagayo packages now! [...]
April 10th, 2013 at 6:06 pm
[...] To use the template you will need the latest versions of Synfig Studio and Papagayo, which we have updated as well. Please get them at the software page. [...]
April 29th, 2013 at 6:12 am
[...] you want to try Konstantin’s new characters, you will need to also download the new version of Synfig that’s on his [...]
May 22nd, 2013 at 11:48 am
[...] Download Synfig Studio 0.64.0 [...]