Often employed in crossover animations that involve characters from other series in the Minecraft world (Example: Heavy Meets Steve), or more usually the other way around, characters from Minecraft in other game worlds. Out of all major 3D animation software that had Minecraft assets made for them, Source Filmmaker is the most rarely used tool for Minecraft animation.

Slamacow used 3DS Max in the past before transitioning to Autodesk Maya.

Integration with SketchUp and the Unity and Unreal game engines.

Ability to make models using inverse kinematics.

There are still some big names here and there, however. One of the least used software for Minecraft animations, but it still has its following in the form of mostly lesser known creators.

qdeanc (Has made animations for MCFinest before).

MineworksAnimation (Secondary Channel for Mineworks).

Bootstrap Buckaroo (Doesn't commonly upload on his own channel, but has animated loads of animations and music videos for other YouTubers.

Digbuildlive (Works on music videos for other channels, mainly a vehicle for Bootstrap Buckaroo).

Scripting in Tcl and Maya Embedded Language (MEL).

Good integration with compositing softwares.

Strong particle, dynamic systems, hair and fur tools.

The most popular in the general animation industry.

Easy one-click spawning of mobs, items etc.

Built-in Minecraft world exporter (no need for Mineways or other software).

TheMrJooJo (Has made various animations for Ryguyrocky)ĭespite its negative reputation among users of other software, this app is nonetheless very popular and potent.

MaAlphaman (Has made animations for Authentic Games and others).

TheFearRaiser (Has made animations for others before).

Hyperdream Studios (Animators are WhiteWolfGaming and Max Creations).

TheBlueJerome (Has made animations for Nano Active Productions and others).

Newer animations on his own channel are made in Mine-Imator)

Rusplaying (Strictly in animations made for others, and in older videos on his own channel.

Powerful smoke and fire effect simulation.

Many 'cute' Minecraft rigs with large anime-like eyes.

Fast rendering and support for powerful render engines like Renderman (CineMan), Maxwell, Mentalray, Vray etc.

More powerful integration with Adobe After Effects.

Paid with free trial (price depends on the modules).

(Formerly Rymdinsse)īy far the most used animation app when it comes to Minecraft animation, with a giant majority over Blender and Mine-Imator.Python scripting for custom animation logic.Hundreds of free plug-ins (several of which are Minecraft-related).Animation, modelling, visual effects, compositing and video editing all in one.One of the most popular tools for independent creators due to it being free. 7 Most subscribed users of each program.

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