Animation Tools
An animation is a simulation of movement created by displaying a series of pictures, or frames. Cartoons on television are one example of an animation.
Animation projects are a great way to use technology to showcase what you have learned in a fun and interesting way. Here are some animation creation tools that you can explore.
Fluxtime
The site includes a library of background templates and objects. Add them to the canvas, move and record the movements. Completed projects can be emailed and/or published to a gallery.
DigitalFilms.com
Choose a background scene, characters, animated actions, dialoge introduction, and ending credits.
Doink
Doink is a powerful, frame-by-frame, animation tool. After an animation is created (called a drawing), it can be inserted into another, larger project called a composition.
PowToon
A new and un website that lets you create great animations.
Xtranormal
For more involved, 3-D looking animations, try Xtranormal. The finished product is a full motion video which can be shared and even loaded to YouTube.
Powerpoint Animations
This website will teach you how to use the animation features in Powerpoint.
Scratch
Create and share your own interactive stories, games, music and art.
How to Create a Stop-Motion Animation Movie on Your Mac Using Your Digital Camera and iLife
This tutorial is to show you how to create your own amateur stop-motion animation short movie using a digital camera and a Mac running the iLife software suite (iPhoto, iTunes, iMovie, iDVD).
Pencil
2-D animation software.
GoAnimate
Choose your backgrounds and characters and create scenes where the characters speak The quality of the graphics is amazing and the user interface is very intuitive.
Kerpoof is an another animation tool. To create animations, choose the Make a Movie tool.
Animation projects are a great way to use technology to showcase what you have learned in a fun and interesting way. Here are some animation creation tools that you can explore.
Fluxtime
The site includes a library of background templates and objects. Add them to the canvas, move and record the movements. Completed projects can be emailed and/or published to a gallery.
DigitalFilms.com
Choose a background scene, characters, animated actions, dialoge introduction, and ending credits.
Doink
Doink is a powerful, frame-by-frame, animation tool. After an animation is created (called a drawing), it can be inserted into another, larger project called a composition.
PowToon
A new and un website that lets you create great animations.
Xtranormal
For more involved, 3-D looking animations, try Xtranormal. The finished product is a full motion video which can be shared and even loaded to YouTube.
Powerpoint Animations
This website will teach you how to use the animation features in Powerpoint.
Scratch
Create and share your own interactive stories, games, music and art.
How to Create a Stop-Motion Animation Movie on Your Mac Using Your Digital Camera and iLife
This tutorial is to show you how to create your own amateur stop-motion animation short movie using a digital camera and a Mac running the iLife software suite (iPhoto, iTunes, iMovie, iDVD).
Pencil
2-D animation software.
GoAnimate
Choose your backgrounds and characters and create scenes where the characters speak The quality of the graphics is amazing and the user interface is very intuitive.
Kerpoof is an another animation tool. To create animations, choose the Make a Movie tool.