This allowed a much wider scope of animation choice for Pivot users.
This version implemented the 'Stick Figure Builder', which allowed users to create their own stick figure designs saved in the STK format. The second major release of the Pivot Stickfigure Animator. This was one of the first animation programs available on the computer. Users were given few options of image optimization, compression or resizing when saving their animation. Animations could be saved in the PIV (Pivot Project File) or exported as Animated. Stick figures were limited to one type of stick figure, the default stick figure.
The first version of Pivot Animator had several software bugs. It uses fixed-length 'sticks' to ensure size consistency during animation.ĭevelopment and history First release Pivot provides a simple, easy to use interface with a few features.
Plus, with a little imagination, both students and educators can produce more complex work, while having plenty of fun along the way.Pivot Animator (formerly Pivot Stickfigure Animator and usually shortened to Pivot) is a freeware application that allows users to create stick-figure and sprite animations, and save them in the animated GIF format for use on web pages and the AVI format (in Pivot Animator 3 and later). Instead, the almost self-explanatory workings and minimal icons mean that anyone can use Stickfigure Animator and create something cool and interesting. The feature set is limited, but then this isn’t a package for professional-quality animation. The interface is dull some colour would lend it clarity and more appeal to younger users. There are signs that this isn’t a commercial package.
Animations can be saved in their native format for editing later, or exported as an animated GIF to use on web pages – or edit in another package. Recording involves the standard process commonly found in most 2D and stop-motion packages: simply move the lines and circles that comprise the various limbs and body parts of your stick figures, capture a keyframe, and move on to the next. In fact, there’s plenty of scope for students looking to expand their projects further. Colours can be customised, and you can import custom backgrounds, so there’s no reason to end up with only black-and-white scenes. These figures can be imported into the scene ready for animation or shared with classmates for use in other projects. Figures are constructed from lines and circles, and each line and circle has a number of pivot points for connecting other lines and circles.
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