CSMF+Animation

=Easy Animation with Free Tools =

DESCRIPTION: From stick figures, to stop motion, you can be an animator with these simple, free tools. Just a beginner? Learn some basic animation techniques and explore various styles and forms of animation as we demonstrate Pivot, GoAnimate, Jellycam, Blabberize and a few others.

**Pivot**
Stick Figure Animation for Windows or Mac. Numerous download sites. Just Google "Pivot" or "Pivot for Mac" ([|Windows Download Zip file]) Note: If you want to export and add sound to your video, you'll need to use Pivot for Windows, save as GIF, and import into Windows Movie Maker.

**Go Animate & Go Animate for Schools**
[] (Free version lets you make short videos.) Easy way to tell a story by animating their characters. Lots of pre-programmed actions. Text to speech is nice if you don't want to talk and can make for some amusing movie parodies.

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**Blabberize**
[] Take a picture and make it talk by recording or uploading your own sound.

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**Jellycam**
[] A free stop-motion animation tool. Simple, yet powerful tool for creating stop motion animations with your web cam. Exports as Flash video that can be uploaded to Youtube. media type="youtube" key="GP3DRJQ0VDo?version=3" height="315" width="420"