How to create a 2d animation ?
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Depending on the complexity of the animation and where it will be used, it depends. Assuming you're talking about an animation for the web, the easiest way to produce simple animations is by creating several frames of a GIF file. Adobe Photoshop / ImageReady / Illustrator is the standard software used, and is great for a million other things as well. But anything capable of creating GIFs should allow you to create animations.\n\nFor more complex web animations, esp. interactive ones, you may need to use Flash. Pick up Macromedia Flash Studio for that (though Adobe has bought Macromedia too, so it's all bundled now anyway). It isn't cheap but it's a good investment for any image related work.
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You can try visiting wikipedia's entry about it at:\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_motion_animation\n\nThere are several links on the said page, so perhaps you may hit upon 'guides' on stop-motion animation, as the question itself is sort of broad and generalized.\n\nGuides as in, production step-by-step? or certain process step? Preparation in creating the animation?\n\nWell whatever you intended, I hope this has helped you a tiny bit...
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The site below has animated objects. I hope this helps!
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You can create cool flash animation using the software available at http://www.mix-fx.com\n\nDownload the software and then design the flash animation as you want it to be.
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check out,  http://www.animationlibrary.com/
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pause-  stop()\nresume- play()\n\n-How to use-\n-create a button (select an picture you wish to turn into a button, and hit f8, then make sure "create a button" is selected")\n\n-select the button. Then in the action script window, type the following...\n\nline1:   on(realease){\nline2:   stop()\nline3:   }\n\n\nThis will create the pause in your animation. To create a Play button, do the following but in place of "stop()" type "play()".
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I don't know if you are on a PC or Mac, but there are freeware progams like GifBuilder (Mac) that you load all of your single frames into and it combines them into an animation. ( Used to be at http:www.download.com ) It also allows an animation to be worked on frame by frame. (Open each image with PS and edit then save the new frame as a replacement to the old.)
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Well for Flash animation i would use Macromedia Flash. But a Free alternative to Flash, which is similar to flash, is gif.   A good program to use for this is Microsoft GIF Animator (follow the link below) This is an excelent beginners program!
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animations and simulations uses matrices extensively
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There are a lot of tutorials online about different types of animation. Try searching for thwem using a search engine such as yahoo or google
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http://www.tomdownload.com/multimedia_design/animation/
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The animations you see on ytmnd are animated GIF's. Those can be created with Adobe ImageReady. You can also use a similar program called Gif Animator:\n\nhttp://www.gif-animator.com/?ga-ggl&gclid=CNLlzI6g1ogCFR0dYAodNSvSPQ
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well i am not a good artist but a program called Macromedia Flash allows users to animate and create websites. For me its kinda difficult to use and its timeconsuming to complete the work. If you do finish creating your animation save the file as a GIF file. \nHere's a site for a free trial, expires in 30 days.\nhttp://www.download.com/Macromedia-Flash-Professional/3000-6676_4-10227159.html?tag=lst-0-6\nand here's a tutorial\nhttp://www.tutorialized.com/tutorials/Flash/1
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Use SWiSH Max, Macromedia Fireworks\n\nUlead Cool 3D can be used for animated text.
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The way I do it is through paint shop pro, or photo adobe then use animation shop, you can find a lot of great online tutorials using google
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For 3D Maya or 3Ds Max\n\nFor 2D Macromedia Flash (try getting a trial)\n\nAny good aniamtion program (not just sequencing crappy gifs) is going to have a VERY steep learning curve and will be VERY expensive!  For 2D invest in a tablet, a good one, a good scanner, and DVDs or CDs for backup.  For traditional get a light table (cheap tracing boxes $20) normal light tables (100 if you're lucky).    Paper is expensive at 30 for a small pack, but you can but it unpunched if you want to invest in a $1000 hole punch.  If you want good equipment, it's way beyond an amateurs price tag.  Then you typically scan it in and use Flash, Photoshop or Illustrator even to clean it up.\n\nYou can draw with sand or paint to experiment.  For claymation you need a special camera (200+) and film and the like.  Then a cheap or free editing program.\n\nFlash and 3Ds Max are the biggies so you will need $500 and a $20 manual and a lot of time seearching EBAY for used equipment.\n\nCutouts are a simple way to start off.  So flash might be the best way to start.  Also, it's almsot impossible to learn basic techniques like timing by starting out with 3D, so 2D is the way to start off.  Traditional first, the rest follows.
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Assuming you've already selected each line of text that you want animated and applied the animation effect to it, you want to now manage the sequencing/order of your animations. To do this, choose "Custom Animation" on the "Slide Show" menu.\n\nA dialog box will appear with several different areas in it. The upper left has a set of check boxes that allow you to select objects on the slide which are to be animated (leave unchecked if you don't want an object to be animated). The upper right is a preview window showing a small version of your slide. And the whole bottom contains a set of 4 tabbed input areas. The ones that you want are "Order and Timing" and "Effects".\n\nIn the "Order and Timing" tab, use the up and down arrows to arrange your text in the order that you want it to appear. Then select the Text object that you want first (at the top of the list) and make sure that to the right the On Mouse Click option is chosen under "Start Animation". Then, for every other text object that you want to appear on the same click, select that text object in the "Animation Order" list and choose the "Automatically" option to the right under "Start Animation". Set the time value to 0 or any other value if you want a the text to appear at staggered delays.\n\nThis should get your text animated the way you want. Note that this each chunk of text that you want to control separately must be in a different text box.