Stick Figure Animation by Pivot
by Kelly Richardson
Animation School Review Columnist
Disciples of stick figure drawing, your software title is here. Pivot Stickfigure Animator is a free, downloadable software program that will help you turn your paper characters into living animations using your Windows-based PC.
Unless you’re a full-fledged professional designer with your own software and equipment, there hasn’t been a cost-effective animation program for stick figure animation on the market — until now. Pivot Stickfigure Animator, created by designer Peter Bones, is a free — that’s right — free animation software title that you can download to your PC. You’ll be the DaVinci of stick figure animation in no time.
The Features of Pivot
Some features of Stickfigure Animator include:
- Simple Download. The 837KB zipped file downloads in seconds and won’t take up a lot of your hard drive space once unzipped.
- Intuitive Processes. 2D features allow you to create multiple stick figure animations and even import other graphics files onto the canvas.
- Portable Files. Once you’re finished creating, save your editable PIV file, animated GIF, and BMP formats onto a disc for portability.
What to Do Now
Stick figure animation is still a viable media outlet in popular culture. Movies, commercials, and web sites use stick figures to relay information and sell products. Get good at what you do, and you can design stick figure animation sequences for all of these media.
Download pivot and play around with its features. If you don’t think it’s the best stick figure animation title you’ve ever owned, it comes with a full money back guarantee. Which will be nothing, because the program is free — remember?
About the Author
Kelly Richardson covers the local education and technology scenes in major cities across the country. His articles appear in educational journals, periodicals, and e-zines.
Posted on September 18, 2007 at 5:00 PM
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