Last update: 5:57 PM 12/14/2007
Listed here are my movies made with Pivot Stickfigure animator, then polished with Windows Movie Maker, then music added using anvilStudio.
Pivot makes it easy to do this kind of stuff, and as a result, anyone can make the animation of their dreams, well, almost. Just search for "Pivot" on YouTube. Like the whole genre of StarWars fan films, there are a few good ones amidst garbage not worth downloading. The good ones gain popularity over the bad ones, which is a good thing, I think. I hope mine at least gets some traffic here, when I will have some more movies to keep thou entertained.
You can get Pivot (Get the beta version. It may be unstable, but I have had good results with it so far, mostly) by googling for it. When I remember where I got it, I'll post a link here.
As for Windows Movie Maker, I'm still trying to get it figured out, but It's a good
tool for this stuff. I found it already installed on my computer. FINALLY something
Bill Gates got right.
Another day in Bloodville
Episode 1
It may be my first video uploaded to YouTube, but it sure ain't my first Pivot animation. "Well, you need more practice!" you say. Actually, I can do a lot better than this, but I wanted a short, quick'n dirty animation done so that I can get some practice with Windows Movie Maker. Don't worry, I'll get better animations up later.
Note: Thanks to Pistonsoft.com, I was able to change my midi files into wav files. (Movie Maker won't accept midi files) I downloaded their demo version, and It's a lot better than others I've tried. Other programs limit converted song time to 60 seconds. Not good enough for me, I want it all!
About the animation:
About 10 hours of on and off work put into it, start to finish, not counting updating this site for it, then uploading the video. If memory serves me right, the animation itself is in the default size, 525 frames, 9 frames per second.
Next time, I'll have a better animation up. One worthy of not just note, but recognition, so there.
(Untitled so far)
Probably Episode 2 or something...not quite done with it....
Stats (before I forget:)
Default size, 975 frames {some frames are repeated, so the number is actually
higher} at 11 Frames per second .
Haven't edited it with Movie Maker yet, still tweaking some motion sequences
(tedious, even for a non-perfectionist).
So far: 15H of work.
Music: Will be mentioned in the credits.