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Does anyone know of a good animation program available on the 'net? I had some things planned for later on in my comic and didn't want to be stuck with the one that came with PSP. Any help would be appreciated.
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I draw in PSP, and then export to that animation program that came with it.
But I don't do much animation.


I think Macromedia flash is DaThing when it comes to animation on the web.
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Is there really any alternative to flash?
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For animated GIFs, I'd suggest the GIF Construction Set available from download.com or other locations. It's shareware, and does just about whatever you need it to.

I do all of my animations through it. Examples:

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I animate through gimp. Its actually pretty efficient since you stay within the program. I've used the gif contruction kit thing before, I think it worked pretty good, but not too sure, was probably back around 98 last I used it.
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TOXIC AVENGER! wrote:Is there really any alternative to flash?
Yes, Director. It's the Flash for real professionals.

I heard the Adobe GoLive is good, too.
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adobe premiere is what I use for gif and png animations.
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You can do gif animation in Premiere? Never knew that. I use premiere for DV editing, well, until my license for Premiere Pro ran out. Too lazy to reinstall 6.5 so I'm waiting until someone comes up with a crack.
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I don't know if there's a good alternative to flash, 'specially on the net. Personally I've always used flash and I love it. ^_^

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brockway wrote:I animate through gimp. Its actually pretty efficient since you stay within the program. I've used the gif contruction kit thing before, I think it worked pretty good, but not too sure, was probably back around 98 last I used it.
can you direct me to a gimp animation tutorial? I tried to download instructions for gimp a while ago but alas... I've been funtioning without which is fine usually, but when trying something completely new...
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http://gimp-savvy.com/BOOK/
The GIF animation section is 9.1.
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