Animation Tools

Tales Animator is a rather unique tool to create custom cartoon animations in AVI format. It does not require any graphical talent to get started since it includes several of ready-to-use cartoon actors. All you need to do is write a screenplay, using a very easy to understand script language that uses a common English syntax which does not require any programming skills. The program comes with a sample that will get you started immediately, once you look at the documentation and the included sample, you will have no problems understanding the concept. Tales Animator lets you use custom background images (or included scenes) and the characters will speak their text aloud using MS Agent technology to convert your typed text to speech. The result can be saved as a project or rendered to AVI format or exported as animated GIF. This is a unique software with lots of potential. Check it out!

Pivot Stickfigure Animator is a unique software, that allows you to create stick figure animations easily and without any artistic skills. You can move the sections of the sick figure and easily create a chain of animation frames that can be previewed as you go. You can use more than one stick-figure in the animation, and even create your own stick figures using an easy to use visual editor that lets you assemble objects out of lines and circles. In addition, you can optionally set animation size, speed and more. The result can be saved as animated GIF file. Fun and easy to use, surprisingly well featured.

Beneton Movie GIF is a complete GIF editing tool that supports all popular file formats, including BMP, GIF, JPG, and PNG. It allows you to create animations from scratch by importing the frames, dragging them into position, setting frame properties and more. You can also apply a variety of image effects (rotate, color blend, blur and more) as well as animation effects that enables you to generate animated moves, distortions, transition effects and more. The program can be used to create new animation or to load and edit existing GIF files. The results can be exported to animated GIF image or AVI movie. Other features include batch import of frames, a built-in image editor for frame editing, and more.

Advanced Effect Maker enables you to create Flash and JavaScript effects like slide shows, message applets, scrollers, games, site navigation menus and more without the need for any programming. You can simple select the effect and customize the parameters by filling in the text or links, changing colors, fonts and more. The result can be previewed in your browser at any time, and the complete code is ready to be inserted into your web page. The program includes some cool effects, including a Matrix type page effect, several navigation menus, a small puzzle game, an image slideshow and more. All of them are very easy to configure. The free version contains contains 40 customizable effects, about half of them include a credit (`Applet by Mandormatis`) that is displayed briefly when the effect loads. Other versions with more effects are available for purchase.

UnFREEz is a tiny tool, that will take any number of images, saved as separate GIF files, and create a single animated GIF from those images. Just drag and drop some GIF files from Windows Explorer, set the frame delay time and have UnFREEz create the animated GIF. Additional features include automatic interlacing and transparency detection.

GifSplitter allows you to split a GIF animation file into individual frames, and save each as BMP file. Useful if you need to extract a still image from an animated GIF file and don`t have an animation editor.