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[FEL]

As you may know, I'm trying to teach myself to animate.
It's hard, considering I have to use some really terrible programs that don't work well together.

Here's a question for you: Do you know of any cheap or free animating programs that I could use to learn some basic animation?

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I've already done a bit of animating in my past.
Here's some more recent tests:



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I want to animate, but I don't have anything to animate.
I need a story, or something.
I would do AMVs, but as I said, it's really hard to use the programs I have and would be almost impossible to do AMVs with actual timing.

I'm going to let you guys suggest short stories and whatnot for me to animate as practice.
Keeping in mind that I can't draw, much less animate, humans.

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Thanks for your help.

[TheTPRI]

how about that story with the bird that puts rocks in the vase (I think it was a vase) to raise the water level so he could drink Also cool videos, I got to subscribe to you.

[FEL]

how about that story with the bird that puts rocks in the vase (I think it was a vase) to raise the water level so he could drink Also cool videos, I got to subscribe to you.

I swear I've heard about that bird before.

Good idea, actually.
I think I may use that.

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Thanks.

[TheTPRI]

how about that story with the bird that puts rocks in the vase (I think it was a vase) to raise the water level so he could drink Also cool videos, I got to subscribe to you.

I swear I've heard about that bird before.

Good idea, actually.
I think I may use that.

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Thanks.

No problem. I wish I knew how to animate, all I can do right now is use gifs for my videos.

Edit: Gifs and sprites.

[akmk5252]

http://www.pencil-animation.org/
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that is a pretty good FREE animation program (downside its not flash so its not newgrounds compatible )

[Scaler193]

Well just I see your doing fine already. The animation is good just the drawing's you need work with I guess. Making videos can be easy though all you have to do is draw a little bit at a time.

[FEL]

Well just I see your doing fine already. The animation is good just the drawing's you need work with I guess. Making videos can be easy though all you have to do is draw a little bit at a time.

Isn't it obvious those were unfinished?

If I'd gone to the trouble to finish them, it wouldn't just be red sketches.

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EDIT:

http://www.pencil-animation.org/
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
that is a pretty good FREE animation program (downside its not flash so its not newgrounds compatible )

Thanks, but it's downloading in a .zip package, which I'll need a tutorial for.

I don't go on Newgrounds.

[zarlighttusk]

Wow, the wolf animation was great and so was the sea-horse/dragon/wolf thing. I like TPR's idea for doing one of Aesop's Fables.

[Scaler193]

Well just I see your doing fine already. The animation is good just the drawing's you need work with I guess. Making videos can be easy though all you have to do is draw a little bit at a time.

Isn't it obvious those were unfinished?

If I'd gone to the trouble to finish them, it wouldn't just be red sketches.

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EDIT:

http://www.pencil-animation.org/
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
that is a pretty good FREE animation program (downside its not flash so its not newgrounds compatible )

Thanks, but it's downloading in a .zip package, which I'll need a tutorial for.

I don't go on Newgrounds.

I thought they were just tests..... Anyway that was kinnda a nice thing I was saying not trying to be mean. Sheesh online is hard to understand personality

[FEL]

Thanks, but it's downloading in a .zip package, which I'll need a tutorial for.

What do you mean by that?

Meaning it isn't even a program.

[Bloob]

Thanks, but it's downloading in a .zip package, which I'll need a tutorial for.

What do you mean by that?

Meaning it isn't even a program.

It should just be a .zip folder then.
Open the folder, then choose "Extract All Files", then choose a folder you want it to be in.
Then say OK.

If there isn't even an application in it after extracting, then it's absolutely useless.

[FEL]

Open the folder, then choose "Extract All Files", then choose a folder you want it to be in.
Then say OK.

If there isn't even an application in it after extracting, then it's absolutely useless.

Been there, done that.

It says the application don't exist.

I'm giving up on this. I need more experience with animating.

[FEL]

I decided to fix what's been bothering me for an entire year.

[Basilisco]

It does look better now, the leg movement is great but (if i am allowed to say something) you need to work on the body part, it looks unrealistic because is like floating there

EDIT: Mainly the head

[zarlighttusk]

I decided to fix what's been bothering me for an entire year.

Spoiler

Wow, you could be really good at this. The only thing I might add is a bit more head movement. The mouth opening on the first cycle was cool.