i dont have any money to spend on animation programs and ive tride alot of stuff and, ive been wanting to start animation for a long time can anyone help me?????????please say yes:( :( :( :(
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Crawdady2442
i need free animation programing
By crawdady2442 | Monday, November 13, 2006 at 6:52pm
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i need free animation programing
google torrent..enter what you are looking for in the search...and while it is illegal to download hacked software, everyone has to decide what they want to be when they grow up...:eek:
Which is why it's nice that unlike some other fields, there are versions of our tools of the trade that come with trial versions or even completely free versions, removing the need for felonious behavior.
Better than going the Warez route, and also legal would be to consider picking up an older version of usuable software at places like ebay:
Flash 4 (Totally workable solution for someone trying to get their feet wet in animation for the first time.)
http://search.ebay.com/macromedia-flash-4_W0QQfkrZ1QQfromZR8QQsubmitsearchZSearch
Or check out your local thrift stores like Good Will, or Salvation Army.
A lot of professional folks upgrade with each new version. But don't be fooled. The latest versions can't be resold, so stay away from MX or CS versions of the most popular software. They have activation codes written into their programs that require that you be the original owner of the software.
Flash 4 or 5 would get you started, then you could make enough money freelance to buy a newer copy, plus you would already be familiar with the software. Software normally only changes incrementally.
If you want to go 3d, I suggest picking up the trial or educational versions, which are many times free for download.
Moho/Animation Studio used to be totally free, but they still offer a free trial download:
http://downloads.e-frontier.com/us/user/anime_studio_50_demo_product_23929
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Actually, Moho was $99. However there was a free, full featured, trail version.
And, of course, there are still download sites which have Moho install files stored locally.
You could also Google for free animation software and find overview pages like this one:
http://animation.about.com/od/referencematerials/a/freesoftware.htm
Check out http://www.freebyte.com. Quite a list of free full-versions and tryouts of graphics and animation applications, plus other nifty software. Also check out http://www.synfig.com, but from the looks of it you may need a techie on board as you traverse the Synfig world.
You could try the Tapptoons Animation Studio.
The "Lite" version is free.
www.tapptoons.co.uk
I understand you can animate with Dogwaffle, which is free. There are some for it at the website.
I know that there are a number of folks out there who animate in Photoshop, then composite in After Effects. While both of these are expensive Adobe programs, GIMP is very photoshop-ish. I'm sure you could find a clever way to work with that.
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