About Tupi

Definition and Features

Tupi is:

A fork of the KTooN project
A design and authoring tool for digital artists interested in 2D Animation, offering an interface experience focused on 8-100 years old kids
A software application developed in C++ using the Qt library
A free software project under constant redesign and evolution, released under the GPL terms (version 3)
A community of artists and developers around a software project
A space for creation and publishing of free animated content

Tupi is NOT :

Adobe Flash competition or replacement
A development tool for multimedia interactive applications

Software general features (for now) :

Modular and friendly interface
Preview animation module
Basic tools for vectorial illustration (still beta)
Time line and Exposure sheet (still beta)
Animation export option for many video formats (OGV, AVI, MPEG, SWF) or PNG image arrays

Work Team

Gustav González, Development Leader and Programmer

Functions:

Software architecture design
Tupi's components programming
Bug fixing and source code re-factoring
Patches revision of source code contributions - Software versioning and installer publishing

Education & Experience:

Degree in Computer Scientist (Universidad del Valle – Cali/Colombia, 2001)
Free software user since 1994
Free software advocate / Speaker
Ten years experienced Unix sys admin
Entrepreneur (free software business models)

Special Mention

We want to extend special thank you to all the developers and collaborators who have participated in this project with us in the past. They truly deserve a special mention because their commitment to our goals:

Monica Ortiz
Simena Dinas
Fernando Roldan
David Cuadrado
Jorge Cuadrado
Carlos Cajigas
Elkin Grueso

Credits

Our development team wants to make a special mention to all the institutions and companies that have helped to make possible this dream, and they are:

About Tupi Gallery Demos Downloads Docs Contact	English Português Español RSS Feed About Tupi Definition and Features Tupi is: A fork of the KTooN project A design and authoring tool for digital artists interested in 2D Animation, offering an interface experience focused on 8-100 years old kids A software application developed in C++ using the Qt library A free software project under constant redesign and evolution, released under the GPL terms (version 3) A community of artists and developers around a software project A space for creation and publishing of free animated content Tupi is NOT : Adobe Flash competition or replacement A development tool for multimedia interactive applications Software general features (for now) : Modular and friendly interface Preview animation module Basic tools for vectorial illustration (still beta) Time line and Exposure sheet (still beta) Animation export option for many video formats (OGV, AVI, MPEG, SWF) or PNG image arrays Work Team Gustav González, Development Leader and Programmer Functions: Software architecture design Tupi's components programming Bug fixing and source code re-factoring Patches revision of source code contributions - Software versioning and installer publishing Education & Experience: Degree in Computer Scientist (Universidad del Valle – Cali/Colombia, 2001) Free software user since 1994 Free software advocate / Speaker Ten years experienced Unix sys admin Entrepreneur (free software business models) Special Mention We want to extend special thank you to all the developers and collaborators who have participated in this project with us in the past. They truly deserve a special mention because their commitment to our goals: Monica Ortiz Simena Dinas Fernando Roldan David Cuadrado Jorge Cuadrado Carlos Cajigas Elkin Grueso Credits Our development team wants to make a special mention to all the institutions and companies that have helped to make possible this dream, and they are: Labtoon SAS Colciencias Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje Sena Toonka Films CMS Profesional	Forums Bugs & Tasks Join the Project Store/Donations