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Yet another online collaboration and review tool has appeared.

The drawing tools are basic but adequate to communicate the reviewers intent.

The free tier should satisfy basic requirements for a quick review but likely won't meet the needs of projects in full production.

It's interesting to see where these online collaborative tools are heading.

 

Worth checking out.

 

https://syncsketch.com/#features

 

 

I've lost track of similar products in circulation but a few of those include:

 

RGBNotes

Frame.io

Artella

 

While these services all have much to offer I think these may all be surpassed and eclipsed by what I'm seeing referred to as Web 3.0 (with a little of what is called edge computing thrown in for good measure). This looks to bring peer to peer sharing of resources to everyone who owns a personal computing device and brings real time collaboration to everyone's desktop/browser by largely cutting out the middle man in the process. The edge computing part would be that of the services targeting the user at the time and place where they require the service or product.. The peer to peer aspect might best be demonstrated by a project (currently in beta) called keybase. With a setup such as keybase, review of projects (say, with A:M) would be made easier because collaborators could be working in real time on iterations of the same project.

 

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I think animschool uses syncsketch

 

Yes, Animschool, The Animation Collaborative (where Victor Navone has been teaching), Academy of Art, Ringling School of Arts as well as many others.

Of course that isn't to say they don't use other tools as well but I'm sure they standardize on one product as much as possible.

 

It does make sense that each of these schools would gravitate toward their own form of collaboration and review software.

Artella for instance, is attached to Animation Mentor.

 

Added: I see that RGBNotes also claims AnimSchool as a client.

I suppose they could be using both... letting instructors use the tools they prefer.

Or... perhaps Animschool has recently shifted emphasis from one to the other.

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Could this thing be used like Google Hangouts but with screen drawing? Does it work on a program screen like A:M or just on "media" as they say.

 

 

 

 

 

... The Animation Collaborative (where Victor Navone has been teaching)...

 

 

So Victor Navone is not at AnimationMentor anymore. How interesting.

Geez, AnimationMentor spent a lot of money developing proprietary online tools like this and now anyone can get them off the shelf. I hope they got their startup loan paid off.

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Could this thing be used like Google Hangouts but with screen drawing? Does it work on a program screen like A:M or just on "media" as they say

 

.It could be used in addition to... but not exclusively for webcam/streaming.

I haven't looked in to the full paid version and any additional features that might be reserved for that.

I mainly look for tools that everyone can use.

 

So Victor Navone is not at AnimationMentor anymore. How interesting.

 

I don't think he's parted ways with them so much as embraced in person instructional sessions they (the crew at Animation Collaborative) achieve on site rather than online.

He doesn't tour as much as some of his teaching buddies.

For what it's worth I perceive that the folks at Animation Collaborative are trying to move toward online training but haven't yet created the necessary infrastructure nor found the ideal platform.

Specifically, I'm talking about the sharing of lectures, demonstrations, etc. that are taped by them but only available for viewing in their facility.

If they could find a way to release those resources without them instantly being shared with everyone in the world I think they'd do it.

 

It is interesting to note that most (many?) of the animation schools were headed/staffed by instructors who taught a class or two at Animation Mentor but wanted to explore a different approach.

Several specifically stated the high cost of training as a reason for offering their own courses; Mike Gallagher (Animschool) and Jason Ryan (iAnimate) in particular have tried to open the doors a little wider and in turn have encouraged Animation Mentor to consider additional training options. But most of this is very old news.

 

Relating to the topic of collaboration tools I note that at least one of the creators of RGBnotes (Eriks Vitolins) is a current instructor at Animschool.

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