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1. PIVOT STICK FIGURE ANIMATOR BACKGROUNDS HOW TO
2. PIVOT STICK FIGURE ANIMATOR BACKGROUNDS FOR MAC
3. PIVOT STICK FIGURE ANIMATOR BACKGROUNDS MOVIE
4. PIVOT STICK FIGURE ANIMATOR BACKGROUNDS MANUAL

The selected figure can be scaled or joined with another one. Other controls include flipping the figure, seeing onion skins, mirroring the figure, changing the figure color, and raising or lowering the selected figure. The red buttons let you control the working environment and the position where you drag the stick figure to.

PIVOT STICK FIGURE ANIMATOR BACKGROUNDS MANUAL

To learn more about the program, there is a help manual available online. The timeline can be used to preview the animation based on the sequence of the frames. When working with the program, the stick figure is positioned in the middle of the work environment.

PIVOT STICK FIGURE ANIMATOR BACKGROUNDS FOR MAC

Pivot Animator for Mac lets you develop 2D stick-figure sprite animations. Bone then began uses Delphi to create his own programs named Pivot Animator. The name was created when he first saved the project after creating one line pivoting on another line and the name stuck.

A couple of months later the first version of Pivot was born. Peter Bone thought there must be an easier way but he couldn’t find anything online apart from very complex and expensive animation software such as Flash. Apart from taking a very long time, one of the problems was keeping the proportions of the stickman constant. Bone would then use some video editing software to combine the frames into a movie. Bone would draw a stickman, save the file and then draw it again slightly moved and repeat. Bone's step brother was attempting to create stickman animations using MS Paint. He made some very simple games but learnt all of the basics of programming. Bone's father taught some basics and then the rest. (Click on the thumbnail to enlarge it, and use your browser’s back arrow to return to this page.Peter Bone began programming when he was around 15 years old in IBM BASIC. The screenshot below shows a single frame of an animation in process, and it gives a pretty good idea of the user interface. At the time of writing, the site of the developer, Peter Bone, is a little difficult to access. This is also a good place to go to download the program.

PIVOT STICK FIGURE ANIMATOR BACKGROUNDS HOW TO

For a detailed review, that in effect includes instructions on how to use the program, you can go to Softpedia.

PIVOT STICK FIGURE ANIMATOR BACKGROUNDS MOVIE

The program also allows the animator to preview the movie that is being made at any stage of the process. Pivot’s user interface is intuitive and straightforward. The movie-maker can add whatever background is desired by importing the appropriate file. Alternatively, the program allows the user to create stick figures. Pivot Stickfigure Animator includes a variety of ready-made stick figures (stick men, a clock, a horse, an elephant or any letter of the alphabet) that can easily be “animated” as the figure is manipulated into a new position for each new frame. Pivot thereby offers a marvelous opportunity to children who want to express themselves with animated movies.įor an example of something created with Pivot by a group of young children in Australia, check out this movie recently uploaded to TeacherTube. With this program, absolutely anyone has the ability to create animated cartoons. Pivot Stickfigure Animator(downloadable program) This free program enables the user to create simple animated movies. The program I’m featuring today is a simple one, but it is a program with tremendous potential as a tool for learning basic animation skills and for creating simple animated movies.