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# The picture isn't the subject
Hello, I was just wondering what animation package people use / think is good. I'm stuck with Adobe Image ready (which is poo)

Here is a picture of a parachuting squirrel as payment for any advice given. Thanks

(ScrewYouHippy, Mon 18 Jun 2007, 14:31, archived)
# i use imageready, and i think it's pretty good
(I helped save b3ta! mictoboy shitting in your cunt since, Mon 18 Jun 2007, 14:31, archived)
# /\ this
been using image freddy for years...better than any other gif animation software like ulead...
(I helped save b3ta! MrHaze likes to poo, Mon 18 Jun 2007, 14:35, archived)
# i lke ulead
hasn't got much in the way of tools but the anim/optimisation bit's a piece of piss.
i use tatty shop for the messing around and then import it.
must try to get the hang of image ready though, but it confuses me.
(I helped save b3ta! god save the queen making another unremarkable comeback, Mon 18 Jun 2007, 14:42, archived)
# tbh i use photoshop to do everything except the actual animation
i get all my layers and stuff ready first, so that in imageready all i do is set frame rates and do tweens
(I helped save b3ta! mictoboy shitting in your cunt since, Mon 18 Jun 2007, 14:48, archived)
# oh dear....
(I helped save b3ta! likeajackhammer, Mon 18 Jun 2007, 14:32, archived)
# edit: i use image ready/photoshop...
AND ITS DODGY!

YEAH YOU HEARD ME! DODGY!
(I helped save b3ta! likeajackhammer, Mon 18 Jun 2007, 14:32, archived)
# what sort of animations do you want to use it for?
I use imageready and find it great
(I helped save b3ta! The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Mon 18 Jun 2007, 14:32, archived)
# I dunno,
I just find it hard to believe that IR is the only alternative out there... Maybe I'm just rubbish with it...
(ScrewYouHippy, Mon 18 Jun 2007, 14:33, archived)
# there's plenty of alternatives out there
imageready is pretty good though
(I helped save b3ta! The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Mon 18 Jun 2007, 14:33, archived)
# Hmm, okay
*goes off to play with Image Ready.. In the road*

Thanks
(ScrewYouHippy, Mon 18 Jun 2007, 14:34, archived)
# nah I don't like it either.
(I helped save b3ta! Brain_Error where the fuck has summer gone to??, Mon 18 Jun 2007, 14:35, archived)
# try UnFreez
then you'll like oven ready!


(I helped save b3ta! Sir Aunty Grampa Dave the Hat - enjoying a post-meridian muncheon - Ta! Cannaoogim!?, Mon 18 Jun 2007, 14:39, archived)
# If you don't like imageready
then you are in for some disappointment regarding the competition unless you have a few quid to spend.
You'll need flash professional 8 or CS3 but if you want better than imageready then you want Avid Xpress studio.

You might look at metacreations but that's up to you.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Mon 18 Jun 2007, 15:04, archived)
# Image Ready is pretty good once you get used to it
I used to use animation shop, but IR is much more betterer
(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Strange Now Fully ISO 3103 Compliant!, Mon 18 Jun 2007, 14:32, archived)
# I use Image ready and Jasc animation shop
(I helped save b3ta! Laird Dave Draws Now charges to take off his clothes., Mon 18 Jun 2007, 14:33, archived)
# Macromedia Fireworks!
(I helped save b3ta! AutoPrawn is glad we're living in the future now, Mon 18 Jun 2007, 14:35, archived)
# lovely hat!
(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Strange Now Fully ISO 3103 Compliant!, Mon 18 Jun 2007, 14:36, archived)
# Wow
in retrospect, mine could have been way more complex
(I helped save b3ta! AutoPrawn is glad we're living in the future now, Mon 18 Jun 2007, 14:38, archived)
# mine was just the cloning section for ages
but it looked wrong with the bunny just falling off the end of the conveyer, so I added the furnace and generator for added perpetual motion bonus
(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Strange Now Fully ISO 3103 Compliant!, Mon 18 Jun 2007, 14:41, archived)
# haha!
thats amazing! and so is yours keyboard
(I helped save b3ta! Cae1, Mon 18 Jun 2007, 14:38, archived)
# bunny!
yay
(I helped save b3ta! Ysol ab abl blap, Mon 18 Jun 2007, 14:42, archived)
# Ahhh, now there's a thought...
nice one
(ScrewYouHippy, Mon 18 Jun 2007, 14:37, archived)
# i use ulead gif animator
old blokes like me can understand it,it's in jumbo print.
(I helped save b3ta! god save the queen making another unremarkable comeback, Mon 18 Jun 2007, 14:35, archived)
# I use Photoshop and do each frame individually
(I helped save b3ta! Pachey, Mon 18 Jun 2007, 14:35, archived)
# for simple animations from photoshop layers IR is fine
if a little clunky. i used it for most of my old stuff.

For scaling/rotation flash is better, but i still use IR for optimising gifs
(I helped save b3ta! mutated monty, Mon 18 Jun 2007, 14:38, archived)
# those squirrels need trickery to outwit..
(I helped save b3ta! Jeccius Steam Borderlands 2 junkie, Mon 18 Jun 2007, 14:39, archived)
# this is wonderful
(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Strange Now Fully ISO 3103 Compliant!, Mon 18 Jun 2007, 14:43, archived)
# that is nuts!



*runs and hides*
(I helped save b3ta! Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Mon 18 Jun 2007, 14:47, archived)
# snort
(I helped save b3ta! Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Mon 18 Jun 2007, 15:10, archived)
# ha ha ha
2nd click of today
*Wooyayclick*
(I helped save b3ta! SkUG >_O i got a couple of stitches in my eyeball... ow, Mon 18 Jun 2007, 20:16, archived)
# Adobe Image Ready is great
if a little awkward to get your head around at first.

To be honest, every single animation package out there is going to be awkward to get your head around at first - there is no realy easy option.

You might want to try Flash (which also gives you the option of making longer movies with sound too) but if you do, I highly recommend getting a beginners book. Flash is great, but it can be a complete headfuck.

Regardless of what I animate in though, everything I make involves Imageready at some point. If only for the fantastic optimisation options.

(I helped save b3ta! Mystery_Bob, Mon 18 Jun 2007, 14:46, archived)
# your anim wins the internets!
(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Strange Now Fully ISO 3103 Compliant!, Mon 18 Jun 2007, 14:48, archived)
# this is rather splendid
and sound advise too boot.
(I helped save b3ta! god save the queen making another unremarkable comeback, Mon 18 Jun 2007, 14:48, archived)
# pfft!
how very bizarre
(I helped save b3ta! mutated monty, Mon 18 Jun 2007, 14:53, archived)
# Fireworks
Still learning it, but finding it good so far, especially where you want to have transparency...

Having said that, I made this in imageready...
(Dr Funkenstein - back in the civilised world, Mon 18 Jun 2007, 14:50, archived)
# GIMP!
(pdjpdj, Mon 18 Jun 2007, 15:09, archived)