TVPaint was originally developed for the Amiga in 1991 before expanding to Windows and macOS. Tom and Tony Bancroft talk about 2D animation with TVPaint 13 Dec 2018 —
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: Supports three distinct layer types to help organize complex scenes: animation, color/texture, and backgrounds.
The project was a homage to his grandfather, a former animator who had worked on industrial safety videos in the 1970s. Eli had found an old reel in the attic: “Safety First: The Forklift.” It was dry, corporate work, but the character design—a weary cat named Whiskers who ignored safety protocols—was brilliant.
He pressed play. The timeline scrubbed. The line work was beautiful—a shaky, charcoal texture that vector programs could only emulate with clumsy brushes. The cat blinked, the heavy machinery loomed in the background, and the warning light on the forklift flashed a jagged red.