Pivot proyect

Hello friends!

I have done reciently a short animation in a programme called pivot, here i describe it and explain you haw to work with it:

Pivot is a free program for windows that lets you create and edit animations.You can for example:

• Draw characters.

• Create-frame by frame-short sequences with figures

GIF archives stick and export them.

• Set size and animation speed.

• Add funds and new characters.

• Save animations as gifs.

The basic character of Pivot Stickfigure Animator is a stick figure depicting a man. The attachment points, marked in red, are used to move or flex members figure; simply drag the item to the desired direction.

Pivot Tools

File Menu

New: create a new animation.

Open Animation: Load an existing animation.

Animaton Save: save the current animation.

Background Load: load a background image to use as a

animation format. bmp,. jpg o.gif.

Load Figure Type: load a Stick Figure File (PIV) a archico with a figure

animated

Load Sprite: load an image created in a drawing editor (. Bmp,. Jpg o.gif) Exit: close the program

Menu Options

From the Options menu, you can change the size of the box

animation by changing the values ​​of Width (W) and Height (H).

Playback commands

Play & Stop: start and stop the animation.

Repeat: repeat the animation continuously.

Frame Rate (FPS): the vertical scroll bar to modify the

animation speed (12 is standard).

White Black: background animation.

Stickman: Stickman last used.

Stickman editing tools

Edit: edit the stick.

Center: center the stick.

Flip: flip the stick.

Colour: give another color to stick.

100 or Scale: change the size of the stick. Example: 100 is the standard.

Front: sends the selected stick up for everyone else.

Back: Sends the selected stick to the bottom of all the others.

Next Frame: Lets go to the next frame (frame of the animation).

How do I move the sticks?

The attachment points marked red are used to move or flex Figure members. Drag the point to the desired direction. The orange dot in the center, moves the entire figure. For each movement you want to generate in the stick must be added a new frame or frame. Go to Next Frame and in that frame, generating a movement different from the previous. When you change the position of the figures reflected in the movement grayed previous frame.

To save the project

Go 1 - File

then 2 - Save animaton ...

3 - Choose where to save

Default is saved with a. Piv also allows to save gif

bmp or.

In my oppinion, this programe could be much more advantaged, I think it is very rudimentary and a litlle bit boring to do animations in this programe, it could be more dinamic, abyway, here you have soem examples and turorials:)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9x2flDBd5E

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZviuVU2O8Y

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzWFZyo-sQo