pivot stickman
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(3 votes, average: 4 out of 5)
Pivot stickman is a really useful piece of software which is free to download.It is a good intro to stop animation, as it allows children to move a jointed stickman and other objects,frame by frame and then save and play their animation.
It is very simple to use and children can create a short animation in a very short space of time. My year 6 class have been able to produce some quite complex pieces, which has given them a good insight into how stop animation works, before beginning their own 3d animations using digital blue cameras.
it is possible to add a background for example one drawn on a graphics package or scanned in. It is also possible to export the animated gif into a package such as windows movie maker and add music and titles to create a multimedia presentation.
May 19th, 2006 at 9:09 am
I had a little look at the software yesterday and as a freebie it looks really good. It certainly is ‘child friendly’. Mike took a picture he had and put that as the background so it is possible to use digital photos as well. Well worth looking into if you are running out of elc’s and can’t afford the 2simple product (name escapes me) that does the same sort of thing.
May 24th, 2006 at 9:15 pm
This software is easy to use and develops the idea of stop motion animation in a very accessible way. It can be down loaded free from: http://www.snapfiles.com/get/stickfigure.html