GIZMO's ANIMATION SOFTWARE LINKS


Digital Juice - http://www.digitaljuice.com/
Motion backgrounds for non-linear editors and many static backgrounds.
RETAS Pro - http://www.retas.com/
2D animation software that is user friendly ink and paint program with plugins.
Animation Stand - http://www.animationstand.com/
Computer assisted animation and special effects system. Scanning, ink and paint, 3d shading, auto painting, animation direction with exposure sheet control, special and optical effects, lay out to tape, disk, or film, and management reporting.
1Automata - http://www.1automata.com/
Publisher of the Web Hotspots imagemap editors.
CreaToon - http://www.creatoon.com/
Create 2D animation with a cutout look at a fraction of the traditional production time. A free demo version can be downloaded.
DigiCel FlipBook - http://www.digicelinc.com/
Easy to use animation software to scan, shoot, draw or trace animation directly into the computer for painting, playing, and publishing animated movies on film, television and the internet.
The Animation Foundry - http://www.digital-foundry.com/index_animation.html
Tips and techniques for making great animations, reviews of animation software and how to articles.
VSE Animation Maker - http://vse-online.com/animation-maker/index.html
Create impressive animations with this popular GIF animation tools for Apple Macintosh computers.
Pandromeda, Inc. - http://www.pandromeda.com/
MojoWorld makes it incredibly easy to create realistic animations of 3D landscapes and entire planets.
Access Animation - http://www.yildun.com/
GIF animation and editor, also includes screen capturing and image resizing capabilities; rotate, and zoom functions.
The Complete Animator - http://www.iota.co.uk/tca/home/home.html
Easy to use web animation software package for Win 95 and above. Create fun cartoons or animated GIFs for a Web site.
Digital Video - http://www.toonz.com/
Developer of 2d-animation package Toonz also develops a complete set of products for 2d animation.
CelAction - http://www.celaction.com/
A technology services company specializing in customized hardware and software solutions for animation production companies.
Firka - http://www.firkafilm.com/
A pencil tester for cartoon animators. Camera movements, dialog framing, visual effects. Downloadable free version.
Imaja Bliss Paint - http://www.imaja.com/blisspaint/index.html
A real time animation tool for Mac OS. The interactive live performance, including MIDI, sound, PICT file and live video input, and live video and QuickTime output, and color synthesis are key features.
Ernest - http://www.ernest-le-linetest.com/
A linetest software for animations. Runs on PC Windows. Easy manipulation, editing, export to AVI, BMP, TGA and Toonz files.
Up Multimedia - http://www.um.com.au/
Provides low budget solutions to animation, Internet and film projects. Our first product is Flash Emitter which makes .SWF SFX.
Facial Animation - http://www.3d-character-performance-facial-animation.com/
3d facial animation for performance, character and facial animation. Powerful software for performance animation and facial animation.
WinImages R6 - http://www.blackbeltsystems.com/
Professional level Morphing tools with the ability to do motion morphing. FLC, FLM, AVI and multiple discrete image file animation output capabilities. (Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000)
Anim8or - http://www.anim8or.com/
Freeware character animation and 3D modeling software. Runs on Windows NT, 9x and 2000 platforms.
2d3 - http://www.2d3.com/
Developers of boujou, an automated camera tracker and match mover software.
Joe Alter - http://www.joealter.com/
Developer of LipService, a facial animation and sculpting tool, and Shave And A Haircut, a hair modeling and animation software. Site offers product information, downloads and support.
NACDraw - http://www.nacgeo.com/nacdraw.asp
Creates accurate graphics, presentations, games and vector animation with controls, hyperlinks, sounds, music and speech recognition commands.
Anthropics Technology Limited - http://www.anthropics.com/
A revolutionary new digital media technology, Synthactor enables the delivery of near-broadcast quality human-image video at data rates as low as 300 bytes per second. Provides amazing identity enhancement and changing capabilities, as well as offering cost savings.
Third Wish - http://www.thirdwishsoftware.com/
Makers of the software Magpie, a tool that helps in the analysis of a recorded voice for lip sync animation.
NCubic - http://www.ncubic.com/
Photo-realistic 3D character generation software and solutions, from messaging services and games to one-man 3D animation studios based on core DigiFace technology.
Alchemy GIF Animator - http://www.alchemy-lab.com/products/agif/
Create animated GIF images or movies for the Web using pictures or graphics created or edited in any image-editing program. Features set or change frame interchange frequency, create finite and infinite animation loops. [Windows 95/98/NT/2000]
The Labs: GIFMerge For UNIX - http://the-labs.com/GIFMerge/
A tool for building animated gifs, merge GIFs to a GIF animation.
MatchWare Multimedia Software - http://www.matchware.net/
Latest software for web design, screen captures, GIF animation and voice email. Product specifications for Mediator6, ScreenCorder, Visual GIF Animator and VoiceMail including demonstrations, online tutorials and ordering.
3D Animator - http://www.pysoft.com/GIF_Designer_fr.html
Program produces images, titles, banner ads and buttons for web pages or for presentations. It comes with an object-oriented design interface to edit graphics, manipulate text and layers (graphic animations), apply special effects, and then compile the animated graphic all from within the same program.
VisualMarker - http://www.visualmarker.com
Use up to four video streams for motion capture, and does not require special camera calibration or large specialized room placement. Fully compatible with Poser, Character Studio and other character software.
ShowstoppersFX - http://www.showstoppersfx.com/
Offer looping backgrounds, overlays and title animations for video editing. Overlay shapes and masks including versions with innovative particle effects. Animations supplied in QuickTime video format.
Imedia Builders - http://www.flareworks.com/
Development of FlareProducts, a family of products designed to make the creation of simple or comprehensive web-based animation and interactivity easy.
WebPainter - http://www.totallyhip.com/
Includes all the tools needed to create professional Web animation and graphics. Unique cel animation interface to create small-sized, high-quality GIF animations, QuickTime movies, and JPEG and GIF files with the fewest possible steps.
GL Studio - http://www.simulation.com/products/glstudio/gl_studio.html
Create interactive real time animated 3D graphics, instrumentation and innovative user interfaces for training, simulation, and virtual prototyping.
AniTMT - http://www.anitmt.org/
Free flexible program that creates photorealistic animations calculated by the raytracer PovRAY. The calculation may be distributed across any TCP/IP network.
Splash Particle System - http://freespace.virgin.net/cole.family/
4D particle effects stand-alone software for 3D animations, by Ant Software.
Animats - http://www.animats.com/
Makers of Falling Bodies, a Softimage 3D dynamics plugin to animate fall stunts.
Ascension Technology Corporation - http://www.ascension-tech.com/
Makers of motion tracking gear used in character animation real-time simulation, virtual reality, medicine, and biomechanics.
Vicon Motion Systems - http://www.vicon.com/
Software and systems for motion capture in the animation market, biomechanics and ergonomics.
Digits 'n Art Software - http://www.dnasoft.com/
Designs and develops solutions for the performance animation and 3D markets.
Polhemus - http://www.polhemus.com/
Provider of 3D position and orientation tracking, motion capture, and digitizing solutions.
Verobelle Invention - http://www.magma.ca/~verobel/Index.htm
Developed vector based 2D animation programs with web display capabilities. They are similar to Flash but simpler and less expensive.
Dosch Design - http://www.doschdesign.com/
Developer of add-ons for 3D graphics and animation applications.
3D Choreographer - http://www.3dchor.com/3d/index.html
Animation program, designed for non-artists, for PowerPoint presentations, CD-ROM applications, corporate training, educational software, or on the Internet.
Lost Marble - http://www.lostmarble.com/
A 2D-vector-based cartoon-animation application designed to provide a complete set of tools to create animations. Provides a feature called Switch Layers that assists in creating lip-sync animation. [Windows and MacOS]
Toonboom - http://www.toonboom.com/
Developers of USAnimation, a comprehensive vector-based 2D animation system.
Spin Productions - http://www.spinpro.com/
Offers animation, design and effects services, specializing in film titles and longform productions.
Sprite Artist - http://www.kis.ru/~oa/
Utility to edit and animate games graphics.
Sphere - http://www.sphere.me.uk
Windows graphics program to relax the user with animated colorful patterns.
Drama - http://www.reflex3d.com/drama.html
Application developed by Reflex Systems for modeling, animating and rendering human characters. Allows creators to model humans by modifying the biological descriptions of human traits.
Media Semantics - http://www.mediasemantics.com/
Tools for building rich interactive media content hosted by believable cartoon and 3D characters.
AVI Constructor Pack Software - http://www.AVIConstructor.com/
A serious multimedia tool to quickly create AVI files from image BMP, JPEG, or TGA and sound files AVI or WAV files.
DADS - http://www.lmsintl.com/
LMS CADSI's simulation software empowers engineers and designers to assemble, simulate, and animate mechanical systems.
Dynaflash - http://www.dynaflash.de/
Virtual characters with automated lipsync speech bubbles. The assistants can be embedded into any Flash website. A shareware editor is included to make them talk and move.
Autonomous Effects - http://afx.com
creates 3DStudio MAX extensions (SceneGenie!), and Ray Dream Studio extensions, besides robotic and animatronic systems that can interact with people.
PNG/MNG Construction Set - Alchemy Mindworks Inc. - http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/pngpro.html
Create MNG animations using PNG images. The program features an animation wizard, to rotate, crop, color-adjust, and resize all or part of an animation sequence. Convert animated MNG files to AVI format, create 2D, rotating animated graphics, and protect the graphics using a protection matrix.
StoryBoard Artist - http://www.storyboardartist.com/
Great for print as well as presentation-style storyboards: creates a timeline, and animates, with sound and transitions, exports to HTML and creates links for non-linear stories. [Windows/Macintosh]
Artful GIF Animator - http://www.vknoware.com/gifanimator/
Create impressive and compact animated GIFs for banners, ads and web buttons on the fly.
Animated ArtCard Creations - http://www.blaiz.net/aac.html
Create professionally, framed, 24bit color, animated musical ArtCards. Collage favorite multimedia. Produce and print advertising fliers with flare, with WYSIWYG click/drag animations in real-time.
Wehner`s Animate DOS Command - http://wehner.org/tools/animate
The simplest way to animate GIF. A tiny MSDOS program that does everything that GIF can do.
Toon Boom Technologies Inc. - http://www.toonboomstudio.com/
2D animation software for businesses and individuals. Offers vector-based, resolution independent and multi-layer software systems with multi-format output to HDTV, Film, DVD, Imax and Macromedia FlashTM.
AE FreeMart - http://www.aefreemart.com/
Resource site for Adobe After Effects; includes tutorials, tips, technical information and downloadable projects.
CoffeeCup GIF Animator - http://www.coffeecup.com/gif-animator/
Convert GIF, JPEG, and BMP graphics to animated GIFs automatically. Import and export AVI files, or save animations as Flash (.swf). HTML source is generated for easy insertion into Web pages.
Deformer - http://www.stoik.com/deformer/
Image transformation and animation tool. All deformations and animation playbacks run in real-time regardless of the size of original image.
INUS Technology - http://www.rapidform.com/
Data processing software for reconstruction of a real object.
Ladybug2000 From Neatware - http://www.neatware.com/ladybug2000/
Programmable video player on Windows that can play a variety of formats.
FluxTime - http://www.fluxtime.com/
Vector graphics and animation software tailored around the creative process. It produces images and animations that can be shown locally, on the Internet, or installed as screensavers.
Imagica Corp's Digital Systems Division - http://www.ise.imagica.co.jp/
Makers of mental ray shaders for Softimage|3D, camera tracking solutions and digital film scanners.
GIF Construction Set Professional - http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/gifcon.html
Features Animation Wizard to create sophisticated animations.
Easy Morph - http://www.blackbeltsystems.com/bx_wi_me.html
Easy to use, wizard driven morphing and warping tool with a deformation engine. Reads and writes many types of image files, creates animation sequences of any length, works on images of any resolution, and outputs any resolution desired.
GraphicsGale - http://www.tempest-j.com/gale/e/
Shareware raster format image editor to make video-game character and animated GIF. Supports a layer with alpha blending, color formats from monochrome to full-color. Export all frames as multiple files or a combined image. Provides several filters. [Win 95/98/NT/2000]
Babarosa - http://www.liatro.com/eng/babarosa/
Provides a fast and easy way to create compact GIF animations for the web, animations can be quickly assembled from imported images. Also design animation directly in the program using vector graphics, image, and text edit tools. Win 95/98/NT
Defiance Studios - http://www.defiancestudios.com/
Tools that value add to Nova Design's Aladdin4D, or work stand-alone. The site also hosts images and animations from work done in various software.
Famous3D - http://www.famous3D.com/
Software solutions to capture facial expressions and lip-sync, and therefore bring life to animated 3D characters.
Crater Software - http://www.cratersoftware.com/
Developers of CTP, a 2D software designed to output broadcast quality animated series.
Beatware - http://www.beatware.com/
Developers of e-picture Pro and eZ-Motion, products that aim to streamline the production of animated web graphics and video.
MainActor For Windows - http://www.mainconcept.de/
A tool for creating animation files. Loads, edit, play, create and save animations and pictures of any size. It supports most of the commonly used animation and picture formats. (Win 95/98/Me/NT/2000)
AVD Graphic Studio - http://www.avlandesign.com/graphstudio.htm
Editor for graphics, animation and video, edit, view and print images, using painting tools, drawing tools and various effects. Import multi frame files (AVI and animated GIF) for editing, easily receive separate frames and create animated GIF and AVI.
CoffeeCup Firestarter - http://www.coffeecup.com/firestarter/
The fastest and easiest way to make flash effects for a website. Firestarter has over 50 built in ready to use effects like Assemble, Explode, Fade, and others, a collection of cool MP3 sounds, plus it's all in an easy to use interface.
KoolMoves - http://www.koolmoves.com/
Flash animation software for creation of text effects, personalized banners, animated clipart, games, slide show presentations, and entire websites.
Reallusion 3d Graphic Animation Software - http://www.reallusion.com/
Effect3d is 3D animation and image editor software that creates 3D objects and animates them with motion and special effects. Export as animated GIF, BMP or JPG. Free trial download. CrazyTalk is facial animation software to synchronized voice and facial expressions to any photo or image.
2D Animation Software And Services - http://www.celmation.com/
Celmation is devoted to 2D classical animators providing production software and services.
IMEDIA Builders - http://www.imediabuilders.com/
iMB FlareWorks is a low cost, easy to use application for creating interactive buttons, menus, banners, slideshows, presentations, animations or websites in Macromedia Flash (SWF) or iMB Flare (FLR) formats.
CrazyTalk Expression Editor - http://crazytalk.reallusion.com/
Quickly turn any image into a talking and animated "CrazyFace", by transforming text into personalized voice messages with synchronized lip movement, and facial expressions.
Parasys Co. LTD. - http://www.parasys.net/
Flying PopCorn is an animation and multimedia-authoring tool. Easy-to-learn graphical work environment, intuitive WYSIWYG editing, support for most images and video format.
Boston Dynamics - http://www.bdi.com/
Provides software and services for animation of lifelike humans in real-time simulation environments.
Liatro Babarosa Gif Animator - http://www.liatro.com/
Create compact GIF animations for the web. Build in image editor, support for 13 image formats also design animation directly in the program using vector graphics. [Win 95/98/NT/2000]
Typhoon - http://www.dreamteam-ltd.com/
Software developed by DreamTeam for real-time animation, suited for live-to-air applications. Integrates with most popular 3D software and motion capture and tracking hardware. [Flash 5 site]
Morpheus Software, LLC. - http://www.morpheussoftware.net/
Morpheus is a graphics program that will morph/warp two images or movies in Flash, Animated GIF, and AVI. Tutorials, FAQs, help files, downloads, and information on ordering.
WinMorph - http://www.debugmode.com/winmorph/
Free high performance warping and morphing software.
TextPuppet Lipsync Animation Software - http://www.textpuppet.com/
Text-to-speech synthesizer and an automatic animation script generator. It takes text as input and automatically produces scripts and audio files for rendering lip-synch animations in Poser.
Toonz - http://www.divideo.it/
Designed to simplify and speed up the animation production. Includes tools for: importing original pencil drawings and adding adjustments when required; inking and painting; building color models; creating exposure sheets; composting; creating special effects and recording the final images to video or film. Support for the Macromedia Flash formats as output.
Boris FX - http://borisfx.com/
Developer of plug-in technology delivering 3D compositing and vector graphic products for post production, multi-media and web markets.
Face Works - http://www.puppetworks.com/products.shtml
Freeform, tactile hardware control for facial animation which plugs into several popular modeling and animation software.
Advanced GIF Animator - http://gif.creabit.com/
Tool for creating animated GIF images, banners, buttons, and even movies. Built-in image editor, palette optimization, image size reduction, and multi-language support.
Morphink Corporation - http://www.morphink.com/
MorphInk 2.0 is a free style animation tool based on automatic morphing. Use for fun, for decorating Web sites, for presentations, or to create animated greetings and email them to friends. [Win 95/98/NT/2000]
Easy GIF Animator - http://www.ltn.lv/~kblums/egifan/
Utility that helps to create animated GIF images with ease. Set a variety of options to customize GIF animation.
Kashmir 3D - http://www.kashmir3d.com/index-e.html
Generate photo-realistic images and movies of landscapes using Digital Elevation Model files from the United States Geological Survey and the Swiss Federal Office of Topography. [Win 95/98/NT]
Internet Character Animator - http://www.parallelgraphics.com/products/ica
Animate 3D characters for the Internet ranging from sketches to complex games and presentations. Full Internet compliance: ICA characters can be published on web, placed into VRML scenes to create interactive clips or used as personal avatars in the on-line 3D chat.
Plastic Animation Paper - http://PlasticAnimationPaper.dk
Very fast and effective 2D animation software for the professional cartoon animator. Paperless system.
Digital Anarchy - http://www.digitalanarchy.com/
Makers of animation tools and special effects software for After Effects, Flash, and Discreet Flame/Inferno.
Northern Lights Productions - http://www.northernlights3d.com/
Purveyors and developers of various 3D-effect software and hand crafted plugins for Electric Image Universe Animator.
Active GIF Creator - http://www.wsoft-lab.com/products/agif/
Create animated GIF images for the Web. Even create movies using pictures or graphics created or edited in any image-editing program, including Windows Paint, Adobe Photoshop and dozens of others.
Zoner GIF Animator 5 - http://www.zoner.com/animator/
Product information, trial version download, and online ordering for this software for creating animated GIFs, with support for vector graphics import, simulated system controls, and fractal textures.
ThreeDimSim - http://www.havingasoftware.nl/
A 3D mechanics simulation and rendering application. 3D scene is defined by script using simple shapes and imported meshes from 3ds, dxf and stl files. Scenes can be exported as a video clip (avi file) as well.
ImageMatics - http://www.imagematics.com/
StillMotrion Creator is an easy to use interactive software product for creation very low bandwidth flash animations from still images. An animation movie creation and editing software for Web site developers using real images.
Aesop V.1.5 GIF Maker - http://www.yukudr.com/bannercreator/
A tool to create animated advertising banners, buttons, and other graphics for a Website.
TVPaint Developpement - http://www.tvpaint.com/
Makers of computer assisted animation, compositing and special effects software for digital artists, cartoon animators and TV stations. Products include Aura Video Paint, Aura VT, Aura DV and Aura Claymation.
ITinySoft Magic Morph - http://www.itinysoft.com/
Morphing and warping software with multithread pyramid algorithm.
Abrosoft FantaMorph - http://fantamorph.com/
Skinable software designed to create image morphing and warping movie, play final effects in real time without exporting to a file. Product description, tutorials, how-to articles, free skins, screenshots, FAQs, and downloads.
VolMorph V2.4 - http://mi.eng.cam.ac.uk/~gmt11/software/volmorph/volmorph.html
Free 3D-volume morphing software with documentation that is intended for research or personal use only. Program will generate and visualize morphing sequences from one polygonal mesh to another. [SGI Irix 6.2, 6.3/Linux/Win 95/98/NT]
The TAB - http://www.the-tab.com/
Animation software based on a new technology that includes an intuitive vector handling technique that uses dynamic control points and an adaptive fill system. From the developers of Toonz.