A real-time resolution independent animation viewer

Abstract

CACANi (Computer Assisted Cel Animation) is an animation system developed by Nanyang Technological University’s School of Computer Engineering. With this animation system, animators need only to draw main keyframes, allowing the system to automatically generate as many in-between frames necessary to create a smooth sequence. The existing application uses a loosely organized file importer and exporter. Hence, it is difficult to tell what values the numbers in the saved files correspond to, especially when new attributes are being introduced or reorganized.

This project aims to implement a new file importer and exporter using XML for the existing application as well as complete a new application to display the animation from the data stored in the new “.cspe” file format.

The current data representation for the existing application is first studied to understand how data is stored and displayed before proceeding to implement a new format to save the input data generated by the existing application.

At the end of the project, a viewer application is completed with the capabilities of displaying the animation in real-time and at any resolution using the new XML formatted file generated using the existing application.