The end effect looks like something you would see in an Adobe Flash movie. The Anime Studio Pro 9 also has an Onion skin feature so that you can see the different layers of your animation while putting it all together. You can then create key frames of simple movements- such as the arm being down by the side, then sticking out, then up by the character’s head, and the program will fill in all additional movements so that it creates a smooth transition. You can also create or paste backgrounds so that your characters move independently from the environment.

The best thing of Anime Studio is its bone rigging system because you can attach body parts to the movable bone lines to manipulate your characters to your liking, so that each bone only moves that one body part so that you can get the effects you are looking for. For those of you wondering, you can buy Anime Studio Pro 9 for about $85 (From Amazon) through $90 USD, the newer updated versions going for around the $200 mark from the official website. There are some good and bad things with this program, but first I will start with all of the pros and the good things it has to offer. If you are on the fence for rather you should purchase this program or not, read on and hopefully I can help you decide.

If I ever et my hands on the newer version I will write a separate review for that and will compare the differences. The official Smith Micro website has a newer Anime Studio Pro 11 out with new enhanced features, but I have not used the newer versions so this review will be for Smith Micro’s Anime Studio Pro 9.

Before we get started I want to point out that Anime Studio 9 is not the latest version.

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