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Pivot Animator 01
Pivot animator is simple software used to create animations.
Based on stickfigures, the software gives you the possibility to
create an animation by moving the joints and nodes of the
figures.
There is no need to redraw your figures in each frames. The
figure creator gives you the possibility to create any types of
figures you want.

Watch Videos

Description

URL

How to use Pivot

http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=Xegr6F8BmyA

How to make Pivot Animation

smoother

http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=zbBs_AhN3e0

Create a folder on your user drive called Pivot Animator

Save animation as Pivot 01.gif on your user drive.

In this assignment you are asked to create your own movie with Pivot Stick
Figure that contains the following elements:
1.

At least 100 slides

3.

One object

2.

2 characters

4.

A background

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Pivot Animator 01
Tips and Tricks

you can press Enter or the space bar to add new slides

you can import a background picture by selecting File, Load Background

you can import other people/objects/animals by going to File, Load Figure Type

you can create your own figure by going to File, Create Figure Type

You can move the whole figure around by clicking the orange circle, or different
parts by moving the red circles

Possible Ideas for Scenes

Dance scene

Animals in the zoo

People walking along the road with

a dog

People playing basketball or other

sports

Instructions
1. Create a 40 slide animation in Pivot Animator
2. Load a background

File, Load Background

3. Load an object into the animation

File, Load Figure Type

4. Include a minimum of two characters in the animation

File, Load Figure Type

5. Save the animation

File, Save As, Pivot 01.gif

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