I'm looking for easy/cheap (free?) software or website to make quick/simple animations for a nephew. Nothing too nutty, because not lots of free time.. maybe like a toned-down version of JibJab where I can use existing photos, make mouths move, and add some dialogue or sounds. Thanks for any help.
posted on Jul 6, 2008 - 5 answers

[video/printing filter]I want to take video from Final Cut Pro, export them, and then print them on a grid on paper. I know how to do the first part, but am confused about the printing. How do I do it? [more inside]
posted on Jul 6, 2008 - 9 answers

Help me bring my comic to life. [more inside]
posted on Jun 30, 2008 - 11 answers

I want to find a video I saw on YouTube about a year ago. It was a short animation about a pig with a song in Spanish. What is it called? [more inside]
posted on Jun 28, 2008 - 1 answers

How to create iPhone demonstration videos (and what software works best)? [more inside]
posted on Jun 20, 2008 - 2 answers

Halp! Need advice on a storage solution for a man with media! [more inside]
posted on Jun 12, 2008 - 5 answers

I need to know: a) how much a good flash animator costs, b) where to find one and c) how long it would take to develop some simple flash based games. [more inside]
posted on Jun 6, 2008 - 9 answers

A few years ago I saw a music video with a female singer whose face had been blue screened into a animated scifi setting. The video was very cool despite its somewhat "Clutch Cargo" (or Johnny Chimpo if you prefer) vibe. Anybody have any idea what song it is?
posted on Jun 4, 2008 - 5 answers

What are some great animated halloween classics appropriate for the teen set? [more inside]
posted on May 23, 2008 - 9 answers

When I was a kid, I saw a cartoon that featured robot sex and Star Wars rip-offs. What was it? [more inside]
posted on May 22, 2008 - 6 answers

How do I build animated maps - say, of a city getting built up, or immigration patterns? [more inside]
posted on May 17, 2008 - 5 answers

Flash? After effects? Maya? Toon Boom? Something else? I want to make some very simple abstract animation videos. The simplest would be just full screens of solid colors fading slowly into each other. Slightly more complex would be the same full screens of colors fading into each other, but not all at once. That is, maybe start the fade in the center or corner, and slowly leak in the new color. Or another slightly more complex: The screen divided into multiple blocks of different color that slowly fade into other colors. Real simple, slow, mellow stuff. So, what's the right software for that? Thanks!
posted on Apr 28, 2008 - 11 answers

My son misses the "Tivo Guy"! Can you help? [more inside]
posted on Apr 15, 2008 - 10 answers

How much should I budget for a series of 26 illustrations for an online ABC Book? How about 26 short animations? Any tips on finding a good artist who won't break the bank? [more inside]
posted on Apr 14, 2008 - 5 answers

What did I watch on TV last Sunday night which involved a gorilla converting the world to Christianity? [more inside]
posted on Mar 27, 2008 - 4 answers

I've been using Photoshop as a substitute for paper drawing, because the wacom sensitivity includes Opacity. In Flash & ToonBoom (the other options I've tried), there's no opacity-sensitivity. This makes them poor substitutes for a pencil.... (more inside) [more inside]
posted on Mar 25, 2008 - 9 answers

How can I disable favicon animation in Firefox 3? [more inside]
posted on Mar 25, 2008 - 4 answers

I watched a video somewhere on the internet the other day that consisted of several interviews with real people on the topic of body image, but voiced by claymation-ish barn animals. It was funny and poignant. Can anyone help me find it?
posted on Mar 6, 2008 - 5 answers

OldMacFilter: I have fond memories of using a program called Studio/One on my Mac SE to generate monochrome bitmap art and animation. It was a straightforward, user-friendly program with a very solid System 6 vibe. I also seem to recall other programs from the same company - I seem to recall Studio Eight and Studio 32 as being the other products. My question is, where could I find more information about this wonderful program, to fill my nostalgia for old-school Mac-ness? What company made it, and how could I most easily create animations similar to what it produced? And what were Studio Eight and Studio 32 like? Does anyone else remember this stuff?
posted on Mar 4, 2008 - 7 answers

Can you identify this show? A friend of mine fondly remembered an animated cartoon that she enjoyed watching in Vietnam about 20 years ago -- but she can't remember the exact name of it. [more inside]
posted on Feb 23, 2008 - 2 answers

What's the easiest way to create a fake ZX Spectrum/Amstrad/C64 loading screen? [more inside]
posted on Feb 19, 2008 - 5 answers

I'm lusting after Pivot Stickfigure Animator 2.2. The problem is, I have a Mac and it's for Windows. [more inside]
posted on Feb 11, 2008 - 10 answers

Fractal creation/generation within Maya? [more inside]
posted on Feb 7, 2008 - 2 answers

Help me find LOTS of transparencies. The office-supply, overhead-projector type (or maybe not). Cheap. [more inside]
posted on Feb 5, 2008 - 12 answers

Is there a Windows screensaver that animates text of inspirational quotes (allows me to add my own quotes)? [more inside]
posted on Jan 12, 2008 - 6 answers

Trying to remember an animated film from late 70s, early 80s. I saw it in 5th grade classroom 1983. All I can remember is a musical song sequence where kids are in a forest (or bog) and are being chased/haunted by the spirits of the forest (or maybe one particular spirit?) the song is catchy and I think the chorus has the word "Who?" sung as if it was the sound a ghost makes. I think the movie might have had a slight pro-environment message as well.
posted on Dec 29, 2007 - 2 answers

Help us identify this NY-themed, fairytale, mixed-media movie [more inside]
posted on Dec 29, 2007 - 14 answers

Are there any good (or at least decent) animated features that have that Star Wars-esque space opera adventure feel to it? [more inside]
posted on Dec 29, 2007 - 23 answers

Please tell me you remember an episode of Davey and Goliath where Davey steals a hypnotic, psychedelic toy from a friend and learns a valuable lesson in return. [more inside]
posted on Dec 25, 2007 - 7 answers

What is the best codec, settings and software to backup animation (Disney, Pixax) DVDs? [more inside]
posted on Dec 14, 2007 - 7 answers

I want to put rendered, animated, anaglyphic 3D in a flash, with flash merging the eye-images at runtime. [more inside]
posted on Dec 13, 2007 - 8 answers

Lost Animation filter [more inside]
posted on Dec 10, 2007 - 3 answers

What is the best software that can be used to create a vector animation of a business process for use in a video? (MI) [more inside]
posted on Dec 4, 2007 - 8 answers

Sometime in the 80s, I remember seeing what I think was an adaptation of the Pied Piper on Nickelodeon, but it doesn't seem to be any of the ones listed on the IMDB or Wikipedia. Maybe you remember? Details inside... [more inside]
posted on Dec 4, 2007 - 7 answers

GraphicsFilter: How do I get an image with a lot of diagonal jaggies in it to scroll without flickering? I think it's more of a general graphics problem than a Flash issue, but I've included the Flash details anyway. [more inside]
posted on Dec 1, 2007 - 8 answers

Name this presumably 80's era animated movie: an evil toad king with a screaming mechanical army has taken over the kingdom, and the hero of the story is a painter with an old style oval thumb palette and a blue beret. [more inside]
posted on Nov 30, 2007 - 11 answers

Could someone show this Linux n00b to use ffmpeg to convert a folder full of PNGs to an MPEG? The system I'm running doesn't have Mencoder, and I don't have root (it's a Dreamhost shell account). Thanks!
posted on Nov 26, 2007 - 2 answers

Help me find 2D animation software for my kid for Christmas! [more inside]
posted on Nov 15, 2007 - 12 answers

I used to watch a cartoon as a kid that had a character in it named Possible Possum. From searching it, it appears to be part of the TerryToon cartoons. I have found some of the terrytoon cartoons on youtube but none with Possible Possum. Any idea where I can either view, rent, or buy any of these old cartoons that contain Possible Possum?
posted on Nov 14, 2007 - 5 answers

I'm trying to find a copy of a favorite Disney Christmas-themed short (B&W, probably from the '20's or '30's, featuring a very jolly Santa and lots of little kiddies) on DVD. Problem is, we don't know the title or anything else about it -- can you help ID this film? [more inside]
posted on Nov 8, 2007 - 4 answers

Can you please help a Flash idiot (me) do what ought to be a fairly simple task? [more inside]
posted on Nov 7, 2007 - 14 answers

Are there any good books or resources on the American animation boom of the late 80s/early 90s that came as a result of outsourcing animation to (I think) Korean studios? Do any Mefites have a personal connection to animation during those years? [more inside]
posted on Nov 6, 2007 - 3 answers

Recommendations for college-level digital art course : video on the industry/creative processes of 3-D animation? [more inside]
posted on Oct 21, 2007 - 4 answers

So I want to get into motion graphics. Where should one begin? [more inside]
posted on Oct 18, 2007 - 7 answers

I need to know how to do some exceedingly simple animation. Problem: I'm an idiot. [more inside]
posted on Oct 16, 2007 - 14 answers

On a whim my girlfriend started us watching the 90's cartoon series Gargoyles together. For some bizarre reason this has turned into a fun little bonding ritual. Unfortunately we've almost reached the end of Season Two: Volume One, which is all that has been released on DVD (When's the rest coming out?). What should we watch next? She had the idea to watch the old X-Men cartoon series. What other retro shows have a little bit of that little kid fun, and a little bit of all-ages appeal?
posted on Oct 16, 2007 - 49 answers

Please help me learn a few simple techniques in Blender. Including outputting an animation to video. [more inside]
posted on Oct 4, 2007 - 1 answers

I'm creating a PowerPoint with bulleted lists, and I'm having trouble getting it to do what I want. [more inside]
posted on Sep 27, 2007 - 8 answers

I'm trying to find a flash short I watched some years ago, involving a man encountering characters from various famous paintings. [more inside]
posted on Sep 11, 2007 - 4 answers

Argh! Where-o-where can I create a Flash animation for dirt cheap/free (probably a short cartoon with music)? [more inside]
posted on Sep 5, 2007 - 5 answers