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Trying to find an easy GIF animator that you can use to animate something?  If so then this article should help you out.  I’m going to go over how you can learn the basics of GIF animation and how you can turn your regular pictures into frames of your new animation.  Let’s get into it below

GIF animation – what is it?

GIF animation is the most basic kind of animation on the computer.  It’s the equivalent of real-life’s stop motion animation.  You basically take pictures and turn them into GIF animations by making each picture a frame in your animation.  Each image is a frame, and you can animate them by playing them in quick succession.  After you have played them it will appear as though they moved.  (The more frames you have is the smoother your animation will be.)

Making better animations, going past the GIF animation phase

As you animate more and more, sure enough you’re going to want to make your animations look much more professional.  If so then you should look into 3D animation and other sorts of advanced animation.  Some people think that these are still tedious and hard to learn, but they really aren’t once you get the right software.  A lot of people have been learning how to use these programs by reading books, but this isn’t the right way to go about it.  You should be learning hands on, and there are programs that help you to do that.

Here’s the very best easy GIF animator / 3D software that helps you to animate now

You can animate today by using this program.  Just visit their download page and you will see what I mean.  They built in an amazing tutorial system that walks you through the process, and they are practically holding your hand as you make your first animation.  Read more...

Are you looking for a simple gif animator that will help you to take regular images and turn them into gif animation?  Let’s get into the article below and find out the easiest way to get this done, and where you can take this if you are interested in real animation

GIF animation – the basics

GIF animation is probably the simplest way that you can animate something because it’s the common “stop motion” kind of animation.  This pretty much takes images, regular images, that you can use to animate things by showing them in quick succession.  Each image is a new frame and you will play them repeatedly which will show a sort of animation.  Generally GIF animations aren’t very long because of the relatively big file size (it isn’t compressed,) so you generally don’t see full films that use this kind of animation.  However, there are other uses that you can use them for.

Using 3D animation to make GIF animations

You can also use 3D characters and animations to make them into GIF formats.  This is pretty easy to do one you have your 3D animations going and it’s a great way to make some amazing looking GIF ones, too.  I think that if you were to check out some of the 3D programs, you will see that you an design your characters easily and turn it into a stop motion project (which can then be adapted to a GIF counterpart.)

Using a GIF animator to do the work for you

If you do have 3D objects, or just regular pictures that signify your frames, then you can download a simple tool that will animate everything for you.  Check out some software and I’m sure you’ll be well on your way  Read more...

by Just Johnny

The Facts

According to an article on MSN.com, video game revenues have “contributed about .8 billion to the nation’s gross domestic product in 2006.” At the time the article was written in 2008, 25,000 people were employed in the video game industry, and, judging from the number of colleges and universities offering animation and video game production curricula, the number of jobs seems likely to stay the same if not increase.

For aspiring animators, this is good news. It not only means future jobs, but also that there are animation training programs available to train them for a career in animation.

Considerations

To determine what kind of program might be right for them, animators should ask themselves what sort of skill sets are required to do the job today. In an interview for the book, “The Secrets of Digital Animation,” artist and filmmaker David B. Levy gives a general overview of the skills required of an animator working in the industry. His recommendations include suggestions that an animator acquire the traditional art foundation skills of drawing, painting, sculpture and design. He also suggests that animators learn something about acting, storytelling and writing. Finally, an animator should learn animation programs like Adobe Flash, After Effects, Maya and others.

However, he also states that on-the-job learning might be the best preparation for a new animator, because the work environment encourages learning at an accelerated rate, plus it forces animators to come up to solutions to problems they’re not likely to see in the classroom.

Types  Read more...

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Make your animation say what you want it to say. Animation’s potential as a powerful tool for communication is just beginning to be understood. This book reveals key principles, useful for both professionals and beginners, which will help you harness the full power of this exciting and ever expanding medium…. More >>

Animation Unleashed: 100 Principles Every Animator, Comic Book Writers, Filmmakers, Video Artist, and Game Developer Should Know

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Award-winning animator Tony White brings you the ultimate book for digital animation. Here you will find the classic knowledge of many legendary techniques revealed, paired with information relevant to today’s capable, state-of-the-art technologies.

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Animation from Pencils to Pixels: Classical Techniques for the Digital Animator