I’m putting this one first because there is just so much potential in this software package. Stickman is the animation software and Elemento is the figure editor. Together they make up Cutout Pro, because you can basically make cut out animation on your windows PC. The two come together, so when you open Stickman, each time you choose ‘create figure’ Elemento will open for you to make your character. You can then save these figures and import them into Stickman, there is also an online library of stick figures that you can import and use in your project, these are called up from within the software. This is a great piece of software, as it is good for more than just animating stick figures. So it’s easy to use, and you can start of making stick men fight each other all day, but you can then progress to more creative and involved characters, adding sound, editing and so on. It also has basic expressions, so it’s great introduction to programming too. This is an amazing film made with Stickman, so you can see the potential here:Īlthough the current version 5.6 does cost, its only $10 USD. However there is a free version, the Alpha version of 5.7. It seems to have been developed from about 2002 by Sven Nilsen, the last update was in 2013 where it has reached V5.7.026. This isn’t promoted much and seems to be aimed at primary schools, and I believe it is installed in many.
In the UK Animation is now on the curriculum in year 5, so this may be one of the things they do then. Create line drawings on infinite canvas.Animate with key frames, control points, switches, matrix.Control body poses, switches with keyboard.GDI+, AntiGrain rendering with OpenGL acceleration.Slide physics for “line rider” like simulation.Many features for reusing graphics between projects.Sound with animated triggering, volume and pan.Snapshot a frame, export frames as PNG sequence.Stop motion, capture video of desktop or webcam util.There is a YouTube Channel for the training here.
The main YouTube channel is here, and has a range of interesting videos.
You will benefit from watching the tutorials and spending just a little time figuring out what to do.įree for personal and commercial use. The business model creates revenue from adware in the software installer, which you can remove or opt out of, and revenue from YouTube ads, but this is what keeps the software free to use for everyone. It really is easy and fun to use, here is a ‘how to’ video we made. This is possibly the most well known and popular stick figure animation software of its time.
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