Pencil http://www.pencil-animation.org/ Pencil is an animation and drawing software for Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux. It lets you create traditional hand-drawn animation using both bitmap and vector graphics. Pencil is free and open source.
Frames http://www.tech4learning.com/frames Frames is educational software for stop-motion animation, claymation, and digital storytelling. Creating illustrated animations, movies, and digital stories engages students in the curriculum, encourages problem solving, promotes creativity, and helps students develop 21st century skills.
Students can use Frames to create movies, animated GIFs, and Flash animations to share with the world.
Evaluation download available
Memoov http://memoov.com/ Memoov is offering a unique set of Online Animation tools, including Character personalization, Audio recording online, and a great timeline-based easy to use Animation method.
Our state of the art Video generation app and the YouTube synchronization service providing a whole new video creation and sharing experience.
xtranormal ... animated movie making http://www.xtranormal.com/ xtranormal’s mission is to bring movie-making to the people. Everyone watches movies and we believe everyone can make movies. Movie-making, short and long, online and on-screen, private and public, will be the most important communications process of the 21st century.
Our revolutionary approach to movie-making builds on an almost universally held skill—typing. You type something; we turn it into a movie. On the web and on the desktop.
View online tutorial
GoAnimate http://goanimate.com/ GoAnimate is an entertainment website that enables the simple creation of unique computer animated stories, satires and sentiments that can be shared with the entire online community.
The site offers simple to more advanced innovative features that provide users with a multitude of possibilities for customizing their animations.
We will constantly be enhancing and adding features, popular licenses and animations from well known comedians, animators and writers.
We designed the Go!Animate application to allow users to create animations without drawing talent or a technical understanding of advanced software such as Flash. The site provides users with a library of interesting characters, backgrounds, props, sound effects and music for use in creating their own unique animations.
Creators can customize their animations with a number of tools and features that allow them to create truly unique works of expression.
Making One Stop Animation http://bit.ly/4dRINe Making One Stop Animation ... in Schools
DoInk http://www.doink.com/ DoInk is a place to enjoy art and animation, and make your own. Have a great idea, but can't draw? No problem. Are you an amazing artist, and want to share your talent with the world? We love you. You can do both? There's an audience here for you! So if you want to be entertained, learn something new, or create something fun, do it on DoInk.
DoInk brings two things to the table: a community of talented people, and all the tools they need to share their ideas. Once, you've signed up you can begin animating, drawing, and sharing. And to speed things up, you can re-use the work of thousands of other users.
FluxTime Studio http://www.fluxtime.com/ FluxTime Studio
... where animation's biggest fans take the director's seat !
Explore the hottest animation community on the internet and create your own animation online. It's fun, and as easy to handle as a tape recorder!
FluxTime Studio is free - you can create, edit and play your own animation clips, and send them as e-cards to friends and family.
If you like the free service you can get an account and enjoy advanced features ...
We promote animation in education through a number initiatives and projects ...
To ensure our site is child safe and to give you as a parent or teacher peace of mind, we work together with the following organisations to evaluate, certify and monitor the content on this website.
Kerpoof http://www.kerpoof.com/ The Kerpoof website is owned and operated by the Walt Disney Company. What is Kerpoof? The answer to that is not so simple. Kerpoof is all about having fun, discovering things, and being creative.
Here are just a few ways that you can use Kerpoof:
Make artwork (even if you aren't good at drawing!) Make an animated movie (really! it's easy!)
Earn Koins which you can trade for fun things in the Kerpoof Store
Make a printed card, t-shirt, or mug
Tell a story
Make a drawing
Vote on the movies, stories, and drawings that other people have made ....
In addition to being a lot of fun, Kerpoof has many educational uses. Visit our educator page (with ideas and lesson plans for how to use Kerpoof) or read our flyer for educators if you are in a hurry but want to learn more.
If you are a parent, you may also want to read our for parents page
The youngest regular user of Kerpoof that we know about is 2 and the oldest is 90
Shidonni http://mashable.com/2009/07/21/shidonni/ Shidonni is an online virtual world where kids draw their virtual pets and play with them as they pop to life.
Screen Capture area on Shambles http://www.shambles.net/pages/staff/screencast/ Screen Capture area on Shambles
Using screen capture off your computer screen .. especially camera images ... allows for producing frame by frame animations.
Drawing Cartoons, Comics and Animation http://drawsketch.about.com/cs/cartooning/ Drawing Cartoons, Comics and Animation
This selection of resources covers drawing cartoon characters, comic strips, storyboards and animation. Learn how to draw characters and see how the experts do it.
GoAnimate http://goanimate.com/go/ GoAnimate is a website where you can create your own animations.
Unlike similar sites that merely allow you to make comic strips with few animation options and custom design capabilities, GoAnimate has a more complete set of features for tailoring any animation to your liking.
When beginning, you can start from scratch or use one of GoAnimate’s template designs.
Add scenes to your animation just as you would for a video clip.
Clay Animation Kit | VideoBlender | SimplyVR | http://www.tech4learning.com/products/index.html Clay Animation Kit | VideoBlender | SimplyVR |
With this kit, a little imagination, a camera, and a computer, your classroom will become an active learning environment. Your students will love using Clay Animation in cross-curricular group projects that incorporate writing and technology skills.
Revelation Natural Art http://www.r-e-m.co.uk/logo/?comp=rna Revelation Natural Art
Using ICT to explore, develop and express visual ideas. A drawing, painting and animation editor with a real difference.
Pivot Stickfigure Animator http://www.snapfiles.com/get/stickfigure.html Pivot Stickfigure Animator
Pivot Stickfigure Animator is a unique software, that allows you to create stick figure animations easily and without any artistic skills. You can move the sections of the sick figure and easily create a chain of animation frames that can be previewed as you go.
Animasher (web-based) http://www.animasher.com/ Animasher ... this is a place where you make animations "The animation editor works intuitively, so you won’t have to labor hard to paint your masterpiece. Just drag and drop images. Tune into the right track. Add some extra personal pizazz in the way of text bubbles, etc., and you’re ready to share your creation with the world."
"I thought the Animasher would be too simplistic to do anything really complex but go ahead and play with it and you'll see that there's really quite a bit you can do if you're creative enough."
SAM Animation : for making stop-action movies http://www.samanimation.com/ SAM Animation : for making stop-action movies
SAM Animation is a software platform that allows the user to make stop-action movies using a USB or fire-wire real-time (i.e. web camera or webcam) and whatever props the user desires.
The software is both Mac and PC compatible and free to all users willing to register with www.samanimation.com.
aniBoom Create animation online http://www.aniboom.com/Animachines/ aniBoom Create animation online
ShapeShifter - The Online Animation Application
aniBoom is also an animation network that teams up with the creators community to create,produce and monetize original animations and cartoons on Web, Mobile, TV and Gaming platforms.
Pencil (software to download) http://www.les-stooges.org/pascal/pencil Pencil is an animation/drawing software for Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux.
It lets you create traditional hand-drawn animation (cartoon) using both bitmap and vector graphics.
Pencil is free and open source.
Animeeple http://www.animeeple.com/ Animeeple is a place for 3D characters and animations
Animeeple Animation Software (Windows & Apple) (FREE)
Animeeple is an easy to use character animation tool. It allows you to browse our marketplace in 3D and animate the content you see in our marketplace. With Animeeple, you can:
- Apply animations onto characters
- Layer and sequence the animations
- Edit animations using procedural modifiers
- Render images and movies
- Animate your Second Life™ avatar
- Export content in various formats
- Import your own content and publish it in our marketplace YouTube Tutorial
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