Stykz is the first multi-platform stick figure animation program in the world (as far as we know!), and it is COMPLETELY FREE!
If you've ever used Pivot StickFigure Animator, you'll feel right at home and will appreciate the extra features that Stykz has to offer!
And even if you haven't used Pivot, you'll find Stykz to be a powerful, easy to learn tool for creating great looking stick figure animations quickly and efficiently.
Take a look at the "Intro to Stykz" video to get a feel for the program and how it works...
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.
The National Zoo is home to 2,000 individual animals of nearly 400 different species. Our best known residents are our giant pandas, but great apes, big cats, Asian elephants, birds, amphibians, reptiles, insects, aquatic animals, small mammals, and many others can be found at the Zoo.
Animata is an open source real-time animation software, designed to create animations, interactive background projections for concerts, theatre and dance performances.
ZenCub3d (pronounced 'zen-cubed') is an easy-to-use and free 3D animation package, that lets you paint stories as vivid as your imagination.
ZenCub3d is a free 3D animation package that allows users to tell stories with no 3D modeling skills.
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Try drawing with SuperDoodle! Kerpoof is testing a new activity! You can be the artist in Super Doodle. Paint, choose and mix colors and more. Play in Super Doodle
Kerpoof is a site that provides a variety of creative tools for animation, drawing, and movie creation. Users can choose from a range of preset characters and environmental options, or they can create their own. The site offers drag-and-drop simplicity coupled with advanced animation and editing capabilities that, according to Lovely, open the platform up to a range of curricular applications.
Fix8 is a unique interactive communication application that allows people to customize their on-screen virtual appearance in real-time using avatar technology and creative accessories. Fix8 integrates human expression analysis and rendering capabilities, avatar/facial sculpting and animation technology, voice manipulation, and one click 3D facemaker design capabilities in one package. Fix8 can create live streaming enhanced video to integrate into IM or other broadcast (such as TV) experiences, or record still images and fully-rendered vide
For the PC to create 2D animation in the cut-out style.
Main features are:
real-time editing previewing,
automatic in-betweening,
freedom of graphical style,
combining bitmaps with vector graphics.
This is a child friendly version of go animate which is moderated and therefore perfect for kids. I have also been updating my own website with over 300 free web tools reviewed and linked. If you haven't been for a while it could well be worth a visit. http://web2educationuk.wetpaint.com
What is AniThings?
Anithings is a brand new children's creativity tool. It enables animated stories to be created simply and quickly, allowing children's creativity to run wild.
Voki is an animation website . It is “ a free service that allows you to create personalized speaking avatars and use them on your blog, profiles and in email messages”. This web2.0 tool is very important in education as It enables teachers and students to express themselves on the web in their own voice , using a talking character.