I'm looking for free animation software?
gif manipulator or slideshow? Anything - I'm a beginner.
gif manipulator or slideshow? Anything - I'm a beginner.
Anonymous
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If you're doing old school drawn on paper frame by frame stuff or stop-motion or 2D, I'd suggest MonkeyJam. It's free.
http://www.giantscreamingrobotmonkeys.com/monkeyjam
If you're on a Mac, use Pencil.
http://www.les-stooges.org/pascal/pencil/index.php
If you want to do Flash animation like the stuff on Newgrounds.com, either use Adobe Flash or Synfig, which is free.
http://www.synfig.com/
Here are some online resources about the basic principles of animation.
http://www.idleworm.com/how/index.shtml
http://www.awn.com/tooninstitute/lessonplan/lesson.htm
http://www.animationarena.com/principles-of-animation.html
http://www.animationmeat.com/notes/notes.html
Darell
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