It is true that TVPaint 8.0 has many more features (and is being updated again in the near future) than Mirage 1.5, but at their core functions they are more or less the same software, which is very good for doing traditional (hand-drawn) style of animation using an Intous or Cintiq tablet.
If Bauhaus had been able to make Mirage work on the Intel Mac (as they had previously announced) I would probably never have made the effort to find out more about the company which created TVPaint/Mirage, TVPaint Development.
At great expense I ended up switching to TVPaint for the very pragmatic reason that my bought and paid-for full license of Mirage 1.5 does not function on an Intel-processor Mac, which is what I use. It means that they each have certain strengths and weaknesses as applications and I am glad I can have both in my toolbox. Does that mean I don't think TVPaint/Mirage is as good an app as Photoshop ? Nope. Guess what ? I own Photoshop in addition to Mirage and TVPaint. If one company makes the better product or makes a product which works better for my purposes, then that is what I use. I don't sign up with a "loyalty oath" to a software company or treat it as a religion. To me, it's about what I need and what works for my purposes as a consumer and an artist. I have tried as much as possible not to "take sides" in the matter. It will eventually work out in the courts, but I expect by that time there will be two distinct (though very similar) software packages available : Mirage 2.0 from Bauhaus (rewritten from the ground up and maybe not called Mirage, depending on how the court case turns out) and TVPaint PRO as it has continued to be improved and updated by the originator, Herve Adam, and his team at TVPaint Development. It is unfortunate that the North American distribution arrangement between Bauhaus Software and TVPaint Development went sour, for whatever reasons and no matter who is to blame (maybe mistakes were made on both sides, as is usually the case when relationships, personal or business, go bad). It's true, there are many nice, helpful people (and boy, are they loyal !) at the Mirage User forum, as there are also many nice, helpful people on the TVPaint User Forum. The Bauhaus message board is much more active than the TVPaint board, though, so there are still many loyal Mirage users. And the new TVPaint software does indeed have many nice new features. I do find it VERY strange that Bauhaus has not touched the source code ever since the split.
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