Pivot - Taking Stick Men to the next Dimension!

[wayland jr]

No comments on my other post? Ah well...

http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/8253/bowmanee3.gif (http://imageshack.us)

My pathetic attempt at electricity.

Rather fast and big isn't it....have to fix that....

That stick man at the start is horrible. his arms are too low, the hair looks a mess and the limbs are sized weirdly. He is also extremely stiff, ie: the only bit that ever moves is his right arm, try to make every limb move, every frame.

Fix those and that animation will be much better.

Edit: When you are arching a bow to propel an arrow, the bow bends and the bow string does not stretch; it remains the same size but as the limbs of the bow are now closer together it takes a V shape.

[ciledog]

anyways i also have two new ones
http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/3298/sniperzv4.gif
By cildog (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/cildog) at 2007-08-13
http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/4511/tapsandcdpj2.gif
By cildog (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/cildog) at 2007-08-16

[wayland jr]

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/44/archeryti4.gif

I quickly made an archery one to demonstrate what i said before.

[Rook]

J E S S I E emo... +'ed. Those were incredible, especially liked the Dante ones :D

Is pivoting especially hard to learn, or is it just a practice thing?

[Cimarf]

Practice.
But you need help too.
Tips and tuts.
I sucked when I started and I though it was good.
It wasn't
<.<
>.>
If you really want to learn and animate pivot, you'll be able to improve.

[wayland jr]

Practice.
But you need help too.
Tips and tuts.
I sucked when I started and I though it was good.
It wasn't
<.<
>.>
If you really want to learn and animate pivot, you'll be able to improve.

You mean me? Yeah, I started 4 years ago, but I stopped pivoting 3 years ago.

[Cimarf]

You mean me? Yeah, I started 4 years ago, but I stopped pivoting 3 years ago.

No I was talking to that other guy. ^^

[Anonymoose]

i have a problem! I start using pivot and it keeps crashing repeatedly every 5 or so minutes

i lost liek 5 short animations! 3 of them were gonna go in my upcoming compilation, 'heads up!' That set me back ages

i only have 4 short anims now
DAMMIT! so can any1 help?

[Cimarf]

First write properly.

Second. Wich version of pivot do you use?
If pivot 3 you got the answer...
CHANGE NOW.
lul.

[ciledog]

anyways i also have two new ones
http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/3298/sniperzv4.gif
By cildog (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/cildog) at 2007-08-13
http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/4511/tapsandcdpj2.gif
By cildog (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/cildog) at 2007-08-16
plz rate....
its good i guess a bit stiff.

[Teri]

http://www.pivothost.org/upload/v2/Teri/Game_unfinished10ls.gif

Sorry for lack of comments on other anims but I can't stay long >_>

[Teri]

http://www.pivothost.org/upload/v2/Teri/gettinbettern7x2.gif

Another one >_>

Edit: Fuck yes got me inter on DD ;)

[Oi Scout]

First write properly.

Second. Wich version of pivot do you use?


Spot the irony.

[Cimarf]

What?
I don't quite understand.
English is my second language.

[Oi Scout]

Its spelt "Which"

But im just being a dickhead.

[J E S S I E emo]

I like that idea Teri

id say borderline or low inter

[ciledog]

hey guys i have a new dissappearing test plz rate :) http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/7319/dissappearingqj1.gif
By cildog (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/cildog) at 2007-08-20

[Rook]

It looks like he's being erased from four different points. It's good, but the points are a bit obvious. Perhaps if you used more and smaller points... just MHO.

[ciledog]

MHO?... wuts that?? is it someting in only pivot?

[Rook]

My Humble Opinion. Didn't mean to confuse... I should really stop using acronyms ¬_¬

edit/ Does anyone have a download location for the Pivot 3.1 BETA?

[Nelthor09]

nice

[midas22]

Nelthor your sigs way too big, change it

[crocksy]

hey guys i just joined in the forums and i was just wondering if you guys could give me some tips on how to make stick animation sweet!, my names joe by the way nice to meet you

how do u put clips of animation up?

[Eoin the Bald]

Ciledog, maybe if you made it faster the erasing/disappearing points would be less obvious, but thats just the quick easy solution...

[Small Fry]

hey guys i just joined in the forums and i was just wondering if you guys could give me some tips on how to make stick animation sweet!, my names joe by the way nice to meet you

how do u put clips of animation up?

Hi crocksy, welcome. Nice to see some people have manners. *grumble* Only joking we're all nice...generally...and will help. Erm... what with though? You need 15 post before you can post animations but you can give us the address without the www. or whatever.

[crocksy]

cheers buddy thats all sweet im just glad i found a bunch of ppl that share the same interest as me :) ........ stick pivot

[shroomhead]

DAMN! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc_vaHhtNoc)

^shweet stuff

[Rook]

Truth, those are awesome! Number 3 is funnier if you watch the others first though.

I'm working on my first pivot (actually about my third attempt), I'll upload it when my flash drive decides to start working again.

[the baker]

I dare you to tell me that you've never imagined this happening:
http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/2609/pessinglu6.gif

Was a bit large, so you have to click the link lazy bastards.

Made it abit better. Now it's longer and it loops.

[Rook]

Well, here's my first (decent) attempt:

http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/7673/fuckthisshitjv1.gif

The timing was much better in the piv file, something seems to have been lost in translation. Also I need to practice how much to move the figure per frame, but I'll get there.

[Teri]

when saving your animation untick all the boxes, set frame delay to 6 :)

[ciledog]

alright here a few of my anis
NEWISH
http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/8834/combo2eq7.gif
http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/6594/combojt9.gif
http://img112.imageshack.us/img112/9205/randomthingyac9.gif
http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/7319/dissappearingqj1.gif
-----------------------------------------------------
Joints:http://img478.imageshack.us/img478/9162/ciledogjointrm7.gif
By cildog (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/cildog) at 2007-09-02 MY JOINT WITH TAPS :)


Tests:http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/4269/blasttestyh5.gif (http://imageshack.us)
By cildog (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/cildog)


Easing- http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/6409/wasingaz0.gif

[Rook]

Nice bolt-thingy :)

[STICKFRICK]

wow,omg
ciledog you are so good
you really gone better

[ciledog]

thnx man and by the way my bolty-thing as rook says wus actually a beam test..

[Rook]

And very good it is too, I like the crackly bits. This being why I said 'bolt-thingy' and not 'bolt'. But whatever.
I resaved my pivot from before to get the speed right:

http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/6672/fuckthisshitxn7.gif

It still ain't great, but it'll do for a first ;)

Also, does anyone know how jessie managed multiple colours on the Dante fullbody? I'm guessing each part had to be saved as a separate character class, but please correct me if I'm wrong.

[RadioactiveHam]

An animation Complete with a Fake Production Company...

EDIT: NO LINKY :(

[ciledog]

since no one rated how was my joint with taps?
P.S:The Joint Got Me into Med/High Beginner!

[Rook]

P.S:The Joint Got Me into Med/High Beginner!
Where? I'm guessing a dedicated animating forum or some such, but whereabouts, precisely?

As to the joint, I thought it was pretty good, though I'm a little confused as to how a joint project would work in pivot. (As in, how do you splice your pieces together, etc)

[Teri]

Dont forget your credits CD. The beam sticks are made by bert and its a premade effect.. all you have to do is load the sticks for each frame,

[Small Fry]

Colour bits are but on top of each other to create a multicoloured effect. Also, Teri, where would you go about getting .stk like that bolt/beam?

[ciledog]

Where? I'm guessing a dedicated animating forum or some such, but whereabouts, precisely?

As to the joint, I thought it was pretty good, though I'm a little confused as to how a joint project would work in pivot. (As in, how do you splice your pieces together, etc)
it got me into med/high beginna on droidz :)
and besides i amde it with my friend taps.. hes a high beginner.
EDIT:btw teri the effect is actually quite hard.. like in this ani right here i ahd to skip one of the beams.. :(
http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/9988/beamybl3.gif
By cildog (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/cildog) at 2007-09-03

[Teri]

Erm I've used the beams before they are not hard..


EDIT: Smallfry if you go onto droidz and stickpacks and download bert's pack its in one of the animations inside that pack. Also shows you how to use them

[crocksy]

how do u get that laser thingy and other objects because on my one i can only make crappy stick things, im using the 2.7 something or other which one u guys using?

[Small Fry]

There are just people out there, who are awesome at making .stks and other stuff. They have the patience and time and skill needed. And by jove they use them damn well.

[Stick Man Pwner]

Hi every 1 Im new to this.

How do you post moving Images ???

[crocksy]

heres a little death scene from an mp5, i dnt know why the blood and the gun look fuzzy but you get the idea.

dammit i forgot i cant post oh well, later then i suppose

[Teri]

Stickfigure for you all.

Credit it required (I will kill you if you don't give it :p)
http://www.pivothost.org/upload/v2/Teri/terrabotgipl.gif
[url=http://www.pivothost.org/upload/v2/Teri/terrabotagzy.stk]Stick[url]

[Rook]

After seeing Stick Figures on Crack, I had to at least try this one:

http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/8752/dodgeballew1.gif

Don't ask me about the other one... it's a work in progress. If I can be bothered.

http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/636/rocketmanex9.gif

Saw Transformers the other week... actually liked it.

[curtlikesjam]

hey i just joined , quite bored , any ideas where to download really cool stickmen and guns etc?

[Teri]

www.droidz.org :)

[curtlikesjam]

thanks , can me and someone have a conversation so i can have 15 post so i can post a pivot

that droids site is well good thnx

[Vercci]

Try using the other forums curt, this thread isn't a chatroom (Contrary to popular belief :p)

at times I'd like to moderate this thread (Serious BTW)

[curtlikesjam]

kk , but can i still use it for like posting pivots and asking for help etc

[Vercci]

That's what this thread is about :)

Also, I might start making pivots again (Goes to redownload 2.25 again)


Teri, might want to fix that link :D

[colt_45]

is there any were to download guns and stickman besides droidz. org
????? and how do i post a pivot

[Small Fry]

1. droidz is by far the best.

2. host it on imageshack.com AFTER you have made 15 posts

@ Rook - floors (a simple line placed up from the bottom a bit) make your animations all that bit better.

[colt_45]

i cant post my pivot??? why it says invalid i saved it as gif. and i wont upload its not to big of a size its 193kb why cant i post it?

[curtlikesjam]

how do you know that uve made 15 posts , i love this thing hehe :bb

[woody_tng]

how do you know that uve made 15 posts , i love this thing hehe :bb
Click on your avatar. The post count is on the right.

[Rook]

Left, actually.
@ Rook - floors (a simple line placed up from the bottom a bit) make your animations all that bit better.
Noted :D

[curtlikesjam]

im really confused i was just making a thread out of boredom , a arsenal one and someone gave me a red minus , is that bad?

[Rook]

Yes. First off, don't start threads that a) already exist, b) belong somewhere else or c) are rubbish.

Second, questions like that belong in the beginners section (http://forums.weebls-stuff.com/forumdisplay.php?f=34); if you hang around there for a while, you'll soon get the gist of how things go around here.

[woody_tng]

If you go to the beginners section, I would reccomend that you get yourself adopted. Your forum father can then help you with advice when you need it.

[ciledog]

http://img467.imageshack.us/img467/3486/wdvn9.gif
By cildog (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/cildog) at 2007-09-07
lol MOUNTAIN DEW PWNS ALL!!!!!

[Rook]

Daaamn!

[david132]

ciledog thats well good ... does anyone know if u can put a pivot on ur sig?

i dont think anyones here but i wanna know hu knows any sit except from droidz that has good figures , and dont say like thats the best etc, if anyone knows one id love to hear it

ok here goes ill try this one... its called dont attack someone on a chair lol


tell me wat u think


http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/7371/dontattacksomeonesleepidx6.gif (http://imageshack.us)

if its too big dont me i dont know if its too big or good size

[Small Fry]

yeah a bit big...when you save as a .gif, click crop 1/2. If they're all that big I mean. Also, you can put a pivot in your si, but make sure its TINY! I mean tiny...smaller than yours ATM. See J E S S I E emo for a good sig size (she has a pivot in her sig).

[Teri]

You don't need to check crop to make it smaller. All the tick boxes are totally unrelated to the things on the right.

I untick all my boxes set it to 1/2 size and 1/6 frame delay.

[Small Fry]

What do the 'tick' boxes on the left do then?

[Teri]

merge makes similar frames merge together, I forget crop and palette will make custom colours turned into the closest palette colour

[david132]

is this better sized
http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/2617/drugs1fx1.gif (http://imageshack.us)

[Teri]

Since theres a few new memers for pivot I'm going to repost my tutorial.


OK so you're new to pivot. You're animations will most likely be choppy and stiff. This tutorial is to help you get gradually better untill you can progress further on you're own.

ACTION PLAN

Your best plan of action right now is to do tests. Lots of tests. Do tests on easing (explained below), movements, physics etc.

The first tests should try get your basic movements w/ easing (things like walking punching maybe kicking). Once you can do that try chaining your kicks and punches together and try to get it to flow nicely. Once you can do this add in a second character and try get your reactions good.

Then try on some of the more complicated things. Basic effects for example. Try maybe ground tremors, blood, fading. Once oyu get these sorted try involving them into an animation. When you can do an aniamtion with good movements, etc. AND effects looking ok then you could try more complex effects.

STIFFNESS EXPLAINED

Stiffness is where a part of the stickman doesnt move for a few frames. This will make the body part look stiff and unrealistic. The way to ultimatley remove your stiffness is to move EVERY joint EVERY frame. The only problem with this is it can make your animations look jerky and choppy. To get it to be unstiff and smooth/non jerky ease all of the movements the body parts make. This will smooth out the movements and stop them being jerky.

EASING EXLPAINED

Easing is one of the trickier but essential parts of animating. Think of it like a car. First it accelerates, reaches a peak speed and hten slows down as it comes to sotp (except the car can stay at the peak speed for a while. Your stks shouldnt).

basically you start moving whatever part of the .stk slowly. Then every frame move it a bit more than the last (speeding up the movement) have it reach a peak speed and then slow down again.

Diagram

| = new frame
- = The ammount the stk moves

Bad Easing

|----|----|----|----|

This is an example of bad easing. The stk moves the same ammount each frame making the movement look robotic and unrealistic. It will also start to quickly and finish to abruptly. This is a common mistake of newer people to pivot cause they beleive if they move the .stk the same ammount every frame it'll go smooth. Wrong.

Good Easing

|-|--|---|----|---|--|-|

This is an example of good easing. It starts of slowly, speeds up and then slows abck down to a stop. This will make your aniamtions ALOT more smooth and realistic.


FADING

Fading is where you make a .stk fade out of the screen (not hard right?). It is an easy but effective effect. First go into your 'color' menu. Then click on 'define custom colours'.

Once you have done this pick on of the black boxes. go to your 'luminosity' box and change it to 60. Save that colour. Then change it to 120 and finally 180. For the frames that you fade out your .stk just change it to a lighter colour. Or if you're fading in then change it to a darker colour.

As soon as syou start to fade out the .stk push the 'back' button. This means you will be able to see the floor through the .stk. Sounds as if its a mistake right? Wrong. Think of the .stk turning into fog as it fades (just for this example) If you look through fog its a sort of grey BUT YOU CAN STILL SEE THROUGH IT. This is the same if your fading something out. If you dont 'back' the figure it will just look like its changing colour. Backing it will make it look more seethrough which is what you should be aiming for with fading.

[ciledog]

WOOHOO NEW ANI! my test with my new stick!
http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/5484/testyil9.gif
By cildog (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/cildog) at 2007-09-11

[gallenguy]

i quit pivot a while back but im thinkin of getting in to it again.
ill have some on soon

[ciledog]

HIGH BEGINENR ATTEMPT PLZ RATE!
http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/4434/highattemptxv1.gif (http://imageshack.us)
By cildog (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/cildog)

[STICKFRICK]

wow,cl that was one of the beset movies that been posted in a long time you r really getting better and better

[Small Fry]

Sorry, but I didn't think it was that good. He is stood on the floor like on a shelf, I thought the person was thick and looked like it had been made in paint, the 'punch' was lame, there was no impact on the van (he punched through it) it looked like he should have pushed it...and you spelt high wrong. But that is me - I COULDN'T do better, just thought your others were better and it was the wrong one to try to get you into high beginner.

[Teri]

Not high beginner CD.

maybe med beginner. It's stiff, unrealistic (when the thing gets punched it just spazzes off the screen, the fall is jerky and the movements are unrealistic.

________________

http://www.pivothost.org/upload/v2/Teri/Bighead_Acrobaticsjcg0.gif

Just some rusty shit I pulled out my ass

[david132]

hi can someone tell me bout the "cd" thing etc and what u start at ... etc

[wayland jr]

hi can someone tell me bout the "cd" thing etc and what u start at ... etc

CD stands for ciledog. You start at ''omfg j00 n00b, GTFO u sux'' you then progress onto ''beginner''.

[ciledog]

yea i knowe i just realized all of that so i ahve another attempt!
http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/3192/lolfl4.gif (http://imageshack.us)
By cildog (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/cildog)
oh and btw for ur info when they go offscrren that means the camera is moving.

[STICKFRICK]

ok this one is much better exsept the thik stickman, it was graet

[Teri]

CD stands for ciledog. You start at ''omfg j00 n00b, GTFO u sux'' you then progress onto ''beginner''.

No.

Beginner

Low beginner
Low - Med beginner
Med beginner
Med - High beginner
High beginner
Borderline inter

Intermediate
Low Inter
Low - Med Inter
Med Inter
Med - High Inter
High Inter
Borderline Vet

etc. after intermediate it gfoes through all of them again for veteran and after that its elite.

The highest ranked member we'eve had on weebls-stuff is Jester who is at Veteran, but he doesnt post anymore.

Currently most people here are at low-med beginner (sorry guys but its true D: ) Cim is at borderline inter and Im at low-med inter.

[ciledog]

wait! wut am i at then?! on droidz and on other sites im almost a high beginner

[david132]

hi ... how do u progress up a level ... im gunna post a couple now

[Anonymoose]

img519.imageshack.us/my.php?image=badoingaro6.gif

img519.imageshack.us/my.php?image=beamheadqe6.gif

img512.imageshack.us/my.php?image=rollingheadiv9.gif

img520.imageshack.us/my.php?image=lotsofheadsor3.gif

img514.imageshack.us/my.php?image=headlossta0.gif

img212.imageshack.us/my.php?image=helicopterstb2.gif

These are my latest anims

[gallenguy]

need some help.
i keep trying to attach gifs, but they keep failing to upload.
any ideas?

[Teri]

Ciledog I'd sya your med beginner.. I dunno the ranks on droidz but Im pretty sure they're different because its a mainly stickmaking website.

David each rank is the better your animation. You don't have to say pass a test or anything if you post your animations I will try to rank you :)

Gallenguy try hosting the animations to www.imageshack.us or www.pivothost.org and post the link here with appropriate [img] tags. This wont work if you have less than 15 posts.

Anonymoose you're porbably low beginner. Your animatons need more easing and you need to subtract your stiffness. Both of these techniques are described in my tutorial on page 488? 449? Your animations are also a bit boring. Try to include more than one stickfigure and have them fight or something.

[gallenguy]

http://img340.imageshack.us/my.php?image=wowaz4.gif
thanks teri.
heres one i just made. i just started pivot again after quiting for the summer.
its not that great but please rate!

[Teri]

It's not bad at all :) Its a bit fast, choppy and stiff. The speed might be form an incorrectly saved gif or a lack of easing and the choppiness is sorted from the easing too. I have a better explanation of these in the above mentioned tut.

[gallenguy]

http://img401.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hoverlk4.gifheres one.
its a little fast and theres a little line that pops up. i dont no why it pops up cause its not in the pivot file, only in the gif

oh and one more thing, i havnt seen a keepy uppy anime in while someone should make one

[Teri]

http://www.pivothost.org/upload/v2/Teri/red_vs_bluek8vt.gif

Preview >_>

[gallenguy]

http://img248.imageshack.us/my.php?image=benchnh1.gif
heres one of a guy doin a krook on a bench.


oh and teri? you use a different stk. for the arm right?

[Anonymoose]

Im not very good at fights :( i need some tutorials on it, i haven't made many anims tho, i've done a couple of blur and walking tests but thats about as far as it goes

[gallenguy]

http://img167.imageshack.us/my.php?image=crappytestcm0.gif
Heres A Really Cruddy Beam Test.
Any Tips To Make It Better?

[david132]

heres two random pivots i pulled out my butt

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/6499/spongeandbloodrc0.gif (http://imageshack.us) <<<<<<<<<crap it took like 5 mins
and
http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/7709/runandspinkc4.gif (http://imageshack.us) <<<<<<<<<<<<ok dint spend ages but a bit

[gallenguy]

heres a link to a video made by one of my ALL TIME favorite pivoters.
limp!!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfGudSZf8u4

[xpenguinx]

im new! i have lots of animations that im gonna host. but i need 15 posts so im posting this

[diabloizzle]

Okay...uber noob here. Hi all. How do you get the animations from pivot onto your posts? Also...how do you get in in a signature or avatar?

[wayland jr]

Sigh... 90% of pages must contain this question. It would be useful if whoever created this thread to put the answer in huge letters on the first page.

Basically, you save them as a GIF (save as > drop down menu "animated GIF") then upload them to Imageshack (google it or something) and link to the Imageshack page containing your animation.

Once you have made 15 posts you can put your animations on Imageshack in [IMG] tags and have an animation in your post or signature.

[NatureOrb]

boooo I need 15 posts to post links :'(

[gallenguy]

lazer beam test thingy...
http://img257.imageshack.us/my.php?image=lazertestthingylq1.gif

electric sword test...
http://img248.imageshack.us/my.php?image=elecswordtestoc5.gif


wtf? cyclops?...
http://img241.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ahahahahahapz1.gif

[BooYa2733]

this guy goes on a cock clobbering rampage!

http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/4689/walkshootwq8.gif

[Small Fry]

The back flip near the end was good, but the rest was jerky. And you need a floor, just a line will do. Don't worry :D you will improve with practise. Gallenguy, they were fantastic! Loved the end effect.

I think we need to mention that this part of the form of not a chat room. Start in the beginners and post a hello. By that time you will have 15 posts.
[quote=gallenguy] heres a link to a video made by one of my ALL TIME favorite pivoters.
limp!!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfGudSZf8u4

The facial expressions on them were immense. S/he must spend half his time making the .stks! I thought some of the animations were unoriginal.

[BooYa2733]

the first 3 seconds was the only part i actually spent time on xD

i made these ones a few years ago when I was better at pivot lol

http://img71.exs.cx/img71/5206/thing.gif

http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/5678/bigguythrowlittleguy8it.gif

[cokeman]

so how do u post your animation on here

i downloaded this program yesterday its awesome, i already made 1 and 1/2

^ lol nvm i just read the top of this page

__________________________________________________ _______________
im annoyed, how do i upload to imageshack, other websotes say there is an upload to imageshack option when u right click but i dont c that option

^ nvm i figured it out

well since i cant post links yet

http(copy and paste this but take this parenthesis out)://img217.imageshack.us/my.php?image=rgrghi9.gif

[Small Fry]

ololol i c how u cud improov ololol !!1!11

Dude, don't use text speak, makes life hard for all of us.

1. Add a floor, don't walk on the bottom of the screen.

2. Work on smoothness and look at Teri's tutorial a couple of pages back.

3. Congratulations, that was alright for a first go! :)

[BooYa2733]

is yams still around?

[Small Fry]

He is still around these forums, he just doesn't post in here much anymore.

[Teri]

Just to let you guys know Pivot-Storm is back online and with a small update.

NEW

Added a few new sections and forums.


Media (Contains Music and new Film and Books forums)
Deluxe Tutorials (the best tutorials will be moved here. Forum requires 50 posts to be viewed)Small Usergroup Changes


Members with over 50 posts gain a bold name.
Members with over 50 posts gain access to the Deluxe Tutorials.
The script to check for new members will automatically run every hour so you might not gain the new advantages instantly. If I see active posting I will run the script manually more often.To Be Expected


New Skins for the forum.That's all for now :)

[Small Fry]

Wondered where it went. Haven't posted any anims in a while due to not being arsed to make them and my lack of skill at sword trails on a black screen. Could someone show me an effective way?

[shiipi]

I have maked some:P


i have more on a another computer

but i suck to make them:P:)


hmmm can anyone say how to upload pivot animations???

[woody_tng]

I have maked some:P


i have more on a another computer

but i suck to make them:P:)


hmmm can anyone say how to upload pivot animations???
You need to have made 15 posts first.

And don't make random posts all over the place as this may get you banned. Just make valid points in active posts and you will be fine. :)

[Teri]

Pivot storm is dead. Its over guys.

There was a power surge at the server.. Everything was lost. Backups got fried too. All posts, downloads, members are gone. Everything was wiped and I don't know if I want to continue. If there's alot of support I might start up again but I really don't know if I can. Kyle's reinstalling the forum now but I don't know if I'm prepared to do it all again.

Sorry guys.

[Vercci]

Crap....Did it have a surge Protector?

[Small Fry]

Balls, I noticed - it was while I was online. Got bumped off. Thought I'd broken it. I will always offer support, you know that. Other people will probably join if you advertise on sites like you have been doing.

[Eoin the Bald]

That is a balls, that sit sounded pretty cool.
Hey guys I just started a new Pivot, should be up soon. Is there any way we could put up a definitive nooB guide? It would certainly help.

[wayland jr]

This has been posted at least 100 times, srsly.

Since theres a few new memers for pivot I'm going to repost my tutorial.


OK so you're new to pivot. You're animations will most likely be choppy and stiff. This tutorial is to help you get gradually better untill you can progress further on you're own.

ACTION PLAN

Your best plan of action right now is to do tests. Lots of tests. Do tests on easing (explained below), movements, physics etc.

The first tests should try get your basic movements w/ easing (things like walking punching maybe kicking). Once you can do that try chaining your kicks and punches together and try to get it to flow nicely. Once you can do this add in a second character and try get your reactions good.

Then try on some of the more complicated things. Basic effects for example. Try maybe ground tremors, blood, fading. Once oyu get these sorted try involving them into an animation. When you can do an aniamtion with good movements, etc. AND effects looking ok then you could try more complex effects.

STIFFNESS EXPLAINED

Stiffness is where a part of the stickman doesnt move for a few frames. This will make the body part look stiff and unrealistic. The way to ultimatley remove your stiffness is to move EVERY joint EVERY frame. The only problem with this is it can make your animations look jerky and choppy. To get it to be unstiff and smooth/non jerky ease all of the movements the body parts make. This will smooth out the movements and stop them being jerky.

EASING EXLPAINED

Easing is one of the trickier but essential parts of animating. Think of it like a car. First it accelerates, reaches a peak speed and hten slows down as it comes to sotp (except the car can stay at the peak speed for a while. Your stks shouldnt).

basically you start moving whatever part of the .stk slowly. Then every frame move it a bit more than the last (speeding up the movement) have it reach a peak speed and then slow down again.

Diagram

| = new frame
- = The ammount the stk moves

Bad Easing

|----|----|----|----|

This is an example of bad easing. The stk moves the same ammount each frame making the movement look robotic and unrealistic. It will also start to quickly and finish to abruptly. This is a common mistake of newer people to pivot cause they beleive if they move the .stk the same ammount every frame it'll go smooth. Wrong.

Good Easing

|-|--|---|----|---|--|-|

This is an example of good easing. It starts of slowly, speeds up and then slows abck down to a stop. This will make your aniamtions ALOT more smooth and realistic.


FADING

Fading is where you make a .stk fade out of the screen (not hard right?). It is an easy but effective effect. First go into your 'color' menu. Then click on 'define custom colours'.

Once you have done this pick on of the black boxes. go to your 'luminosity' box and change it to 60. Save that colour. Then change it to 120 and finally 180. For the frames that you fade out your .stk just change it to a lighter colour. Or if you're fading in then change it to a darker colour.

As soon as syou start to fade out the .stk push the 'back' button. This means you will be able to see the floor through the .stk. Sounds as if its a mistake right? Wrong. Think of the .stk turning into fog as it fades (just for this example) If you look through fog its a sort of grey BUT YOU CAN STILL SEE THROUGH IT. This is the same if your fading something out. If you dont 'back' the figure it will just look like its changing colour. Backing it will make it look more seethrough which is what you should be aiming for with fading.

[matt123145]

heres a test i made on pivot I think its ok but I dont think its my its my best work just enjoy it anyways.

[Desolace]

ive got a pivot animaton in my sig think its one of my first ones ever.

[Small Fry]

Its a bit big for this fprum - see the FAQs for more quidance. Nice pivot though. You were walking quickly, but at least you were walking. I cant even do that very well.

[Teri]

Well since it seems people are struggling a bit with walking I made a two step animation for you.

http://www.pivothost.org/upload/v2/Teri/walk_tut_thingys3vi.piv

Thats the piv, remember its my first animation in ages so its not the greatest quality I've ever made but hopefully by studying the frames you'll get the jist of it.

[Revilo]

Weeell. HI AGAIN.

I opened pivot for the first time in a hundred billion years, and made a new animation, just to see if I still could.

NOPE.

This is just a one off, and I know it's terrible but... yeah.

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/2949/91qt3.gif (http://imageshack.us)

EDIT: Oooh, ooh, RANK ME, RANK MEEE!

Also, LOL, "Sexy Beast."

Best. Name. Ever.

[Small Fry]

Revilo, you think too little of yourself. "I know its terrible" ?!?! Compared to what - a super elite? 9 out of 10. No-one can acheive perfection and I thought that was close.

[Vercci]

You're close to inter revilo :p

[Teri]

I'd say high beginner Revilo :)

If not borderline.

You have really nice ideas in there but you are pretty stiff and some (not all.. but quite a few) movements are jerky. I'm gonna blame that on rust ;) The smoke could use a little fine tuning too.you should really get back into it because you were one of the best animators in this thread.

And yes, sexy beast. I love that stick.

[STICKFRICK]

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/3381/42259734sd6.gif (http://imageshack.us)
i am back with new anis!!!!!!!!!
yay

[Small Fry]

Does anyone know where one might stumble across a really good mouth .stk like the one instickfrick's sig? BTW I have looked at Droidz and I cannot find one there.

[STICKFRICK]

i can give you one but what about my ani??

[Small Fry]

Definately your best yet. Nice effects and all but I think it would look better if the gun appeared before he got shot. 7/10 PS E-mail me a piv with it in please.

[STICKFRICK]

sorry man i didnt save the movie as piv but if you like i will send you the mouth

[Small Fry]

You could have just made a piv with that in. Nevermind...yes please anyway.

[STICKFRICK]

by the way
here is a new movie,well it is not "the movie"
,it is just a short part of it
i call it:wtf 3

http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/408/wtf3sv4.gif (http://imageshack.us)

[gallenguy]

lol. another beam test... its like the 100th one but i like beams for some reason and i want to test as many as i can to see what the best one is.
http://img529.imageshack.us/my.php?image=beamvay1.gif

srry if it takes a long time to load..but be patient!

[Small Fry]

The way he holds it when it is just an orange ball looks a bit weird but apart from that...KOOL BEEM!

Really though, that's good. Did you make it yourself?

[STICKFRICK]

hi hi,ya
what about my filme???!!!

[Small Fry]

It really is like WTF?!! Good name - though it really is a random bunch of shit, you didn't really expect it to be anything else, did you? Some good things in there though, like the freezeframe and colour change. :)

[STICKFRICK]

bye bye
0ן0

[gallenguy]

i found a file with 8 eye stks, 19 mouth stks, 6 nose stks, and a mustach
anyone that wants it can email me at brandongallen@hotmail.com

[Teri]

http://www.pivothost.org/upload/v2/Pivot-Storm/pivot_faceparts0hdb.zip

Limpd's face pack. Best one around right now imo, contains a good ammount of eyes mouths and noses to show all different emotions. (Includes the ones in stickfricks sig)

I hope you all love me :p

[gallenguy]

i dont love you.... thats the same one i got lol

[Teri]

Well other people might want it too >_> you never posted a link to it :p

[jojo]

you got that orange beam off droidz you noob and didnt even give credit!

[Vercci]

Oi Jojo, they get enough shit around the rest of the forums, stop being on a high horse in this thread when you register just to tell them that, you're worse off than they are.

While jojo is right about you not giving credit, I do disagree with him firing the noob gun when he is even newer than all of you. Probably won't ever post again too.....

[Teri]

Oi Jojo, they get enough shit around the rest of the forums, stop being on a high horse in this thread when you register just to tell them that, you're worse off than they are.

While jojo is right about you not giving credit, I do disagree with him firing the noob gun when he is even newer than all of you. Probably won't ever post again too.....

True that. I tend to avoid the rest of the forums now >_>

To be totally honest guys I now suck the biggest balls at pivot. I haven't made an animation in over a month. Probably more than two. It's a struggle to get back in now as my movements are terrible, my easing has suffered and I still have the dreaded stiffness. I'm gonna try get back again but be prepared for some really shit animations.

[gallenguy]

i said i was testing all them out... i never once said it was mine

[Teri]

i said i was testing all them out... i never once said it was mine

Generally if you use a stick that isnt yours it is common courtesy to give them credit. If its from droidz you don't need to know the persons actual username but just say thats where its from. I have to admit that sometimes I forget credits but alot of the time I don't post it is because I downloaded a hell of a lot of sticks before I started to actually post on the internet and so didn't bother getting names fro credit.

[Small Fry]

Gallenguy is right, though. Jojo shouldn't have jumped to conclusions without properly reading his post. Now for something completely different...

I am posting a new pivot soon! Should be my best yet but perhaps not...:D

[Teri]

Gallenguy is right, though. Jojo shouldn't have jumped to conclusions without properly reading his post. Now for something completely different...

I am posting a new pivot soon! Should be my best yet but perhaps not...:D


I know, I wasn't having a go at him or anything I was just letting him know that its what generally happens to try and help him prevent people attacking him in the future.

And I can't wait to see your next one :)

Getting Back Test no. 1

http://www.pivothost.org/upload/v2/Teri/14zlb.gif

Mainly a easing and stiffness test. Obviously the movements aren't exactly serious but I think they came out alright.

[Elbowman-iac]

I'm seriously considering starting to pivot once more, but it was only last week I cleared up the PC, and deleted pivot while I was at it. I've got a lot of spare time this week, so maybe i'll give it shot.

[Teri]

If you do and need sticks I have 1600 on my comp so just ask if you need something and I can check if I have it :)

[kiddo_490]

impossible!!

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd224/kiddo_490/headspingd.gif

i was bored and wanted to have some fun! what you think?

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd224/kiddo_490/bestanimationeva.gif

[Teri]

Kiddo the second one needs alot of work. Its stiff and choppy. See my tut a few pages back for help on how to stop this.

The first ones smooth but obviously a tad boring and random :p

http://www.pivothost.org/upload/v2/Teri/Collab_(gangup)_%7BU%7Dm0ln.gif

Preview on an anim I'm working on. I know some of its stiff but IM touching that up atm

Credit to Bolt for the rock

[wolf-weebl]

Nice one teri but i dont think the first kick touches the stick , anyway it ROCKS!

[Teri]

It does if you look closely :p

[wolf-weebl]

oh yeah , now i see it

[Teri]

Finished.

http://www.pivothost.org/upload/v2/Teri/Collab_(gangup)_{U3}pd1l.gif


Everything after the rock is shit. It was filler as the collab its for required 100 frames >_>

[Br3adf1sh]

I made one!
Now I need to know how to post it!

EDIT= I know now, I just need 15 posts >.<

[Teri]

*sigh*

First you need 15 posts. Then save the animation as a .gif and host it on an site like imageshack, photobucket or pivothost (recommended). After that post the link here or wrap it in IMG tags.


EDIT: :o oh lawd you stole my avatar.

[Small Fry]

You don't actually have to post 15 times. That's just for links, you can still post the URL and we will just copy and paste into our address bars :) Teri you're so protective :D

[Br3adf1sh]

i15.photobucket.com/albums/a356/boney100/Stickfight1.gif

Its a bit pewp but I'm a beginner

[Teri]

it just makes it easier for us >_> I out of habit close the tab after watching an animation and as having pasted it in the adress bar I thenhave to reload this page :p

The animation isn't bad if its a first but you should have a look at my tut I posted (and has been requoted afew pages back I think).

No comments on my animation? D: disappointed lol

[Br3adf1sh]

I made another!
I think its better, especially near the end!

i15.photobucket.com/albums/a356/boney100/Stickfight2.gif

[Teri]

Still stiff and choppy (As is to be expected) and alot of movements don't look like they should, if you want to punch someone in the face do you lift your arm forwards adn stroke them? :p

If I were you I'd do some basic tests. Forget using lots of figures, forget effects try the basics. Learn to punch, walk, kick, jump and run and then go for your big animations. I might later on make a small tutorial for each of these to benefit you all.

Also as I mentioned have a look at my tutorial adn it'll explain easing and stiffness to you :)

[Br3adf1sh]

i15.photobucket.com/albums/a356/boney100/Rock1.gif

Dunno If you can make it faster

[Teri]

when saving hte .gif make the settings

Frame delay 1/6 size 1/2

and untick all the boxes

[wolf-weebl]

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/5120/lolrandomax1.gif (http://imageshack.us)


Yeah... I was messing around with pivot when I made this.

[Br3adf1sh]

I like this one!

i15.photobucket.com/albums/a356/boney100/Earthquake1.gif

[wolf-weebl]

The start looked like an earth quake then you just made the ground fall as he went closer to it ( no offence )

[Teri]

Pivot storm is back online ^_^

Fuck Yeah!

[Small Fry]

w00t! Teh pivotstorms are back onlines! Did you get the member stuff back or do we have to re-sign up?

[Teri]

You'll need to sign back up I'm afraid D:

sorry

[Br3adf1sh]

I'm gonna sign up!

[Teri]

Hmm just realised we can read our own usernotes now.

Slightly discouraging

Another "join-only-for-the-pivot-thread" forumite.

Yeah well the fact that the people who originally joined as they found this thread will find it hard to post elsewhere. Seriously. We get shit elsewhere now and its totally discouraged me to posting outside the thread. Infact the only reason I still come to this forum is to see how everyone in this thread is getting on and post help. I read elsewhere but very rarely post. [/rant]

The other usernote was someone not interpreting my joke well. It was retarded on purpose D:

[Small Fry]

Forgive my n00bishness; what is a usernote? And there is nothing wrong with joining just for the pivot thread. I did. But then I blossomed and found that there was a very good aura around the whole forum.

[Teri]

its something the ninjas can leave you. Bleh I think Ill stay here for now. I haven't found the above said aura in the forum and so I don't feel like looking elsewhere. I'll maybe have another shot after but for now I'm content

[Small Fry]

How do you find it? Sorry for the immense off-topicness...I'll make it up! :D

[Teri]

Public profile click 'view usernotes' I think it is :)

[Br3adf1sh]

How do you read usernotes?
I probably won't have any but I want to know how...

Methinks I know now!

i15.photobucket.com/albums/a356/boney100/LetterWar1.gif

A nice new one

[gallenguy]

i just recently made some new stks!=Þ tell me what ya think of em
they should be on droidz soon =)

i call this one ninja jimmy
http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/8839/ninjajimmyxy6.th.gif (http://img145.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ninjajimmyxy6.gif)

i call this one jimmy 2.0
http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/3310/jimmy20gx2.th.gif (http://img145.imageshack.us/my.php?image=jimmy20gx2.gif)

i made more but i like these ones the best

[Teri]

2.0 is better by far.

If that doesn't get onto droidz theres a problem. Maybe a little detail on the head is needed but apart fromt hat its lovely.

[gallenguy]

jimmy 2.0 could get in but i hope they both do...i actually like ninja jimmy better cause its basic and i like that

i tryed makin an animation with ninja jimmy...its not done and it's really bad.http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/3188/ninjanotdoneae0.th.gif (http://img144.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ninjanotdoneae0.gif)
all stks from droidz exept the main ninja dude and the wall crack thing(made by me)

[reddragon00714]

Whooooohhhhhhh Man You Guys Are So ... Bad At pivot

Dude You Guys Are Alright But ive Seen Better

[Br3adf1sh]

I bet you joined just to say that... >.<

I'd like to see your pivots, come on!

[gallenguy]

i never once sayd i was good, i actually wrote beside my animation that it was bad. and you say were bad when you havent even seen all are stuff, your just basing your info on the last couple pages. personally i think teri is a great animator along with alot of the other pivoters on this forum. i think i've made my point that you shouldn't tell people there bad just because your better than them(even though your probaly not) i agree with br3adf1sh i would also like to see some of your pivots.:mad:

[GungHo]

Here's a kick. :I

http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/2860/kickll6.gif

[gallenguy]

im making a collab! anyone on this forum can participate=Þ
anyone who wants to be in it post your animes and eventually ill pick all the best ones!

credit will be givin to every animator that participates and you will be informed if i like your animation enough to put it in the collab.

i will also use some of your old animations if you are too lazy to make anymore, ill stop collecting animations 1 month from now so get busy=Þ

[Teri]

Ill give that a go.

Gungho thats really quite good :) He's a little bit shaky and twitchy during the kick and the arms a re a little bit stiff but the running is pretty nice :) Gj

[GungHo]

Ever seen a kung-fu movie? Kicking and jumping attacks and stuff like that is generally pretty shaky. But eh, you're probably right. I was just bored for a few minutes at school. :T

[gallenguy]

bad news.... my stks were not accepted at droidz. :(
but anyone who wants them can email me at (brandongallen@hotmail.com)
here's an example of em

http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/3883/allofemaj3.th.gif (http://img248.imageshack.us/my.php?image=allofemaj3.gif)

[Fazista]

:)ohh dont worry im sure their great

[gallenguy]

new running animation=Þ
http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/904/runwl2.gif (http://imageshack.us)

[Teri]

Big improvement gallen. However the arms need a bit of work (especially the back one)

[gallenguy]

i fixed the arms, hows this
http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/8376/hggggut9.gif (http://imageshack.us)

[Br3adf1sh]

I'm getting quite good with pivot, I got a site with my pivots on

[gallenguy]

i tried a loop but its kinda bad near the end beacause i did half and my freind did half
http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/7388/gfjfgggggmq3.th.gif (http://img260.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gfjfgggggmq3.gif)

[J E S S I E emo]

oh my goodness i havent posted in this thread in ages.

well sence i've been gone i took on some rust, but i think
its wearing off.

this is my most recent aniamtion.
It's not done but im working on it.

http://www.pivothost.org/upload/v2/Mr.Tooth/ninja_battle!!!w5ec.gif

what rank am I?

[gallenguy]

i've never been good at ranking. but its good from what i can tell
my first ever full body! (im so proud)
http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/4841/fullbodymc8.gif (http://imageshack.us)

[Br3adf1sh]

http://www.freewebs.com/pivotfish/index.htm

My pivot site, its got most of my animations, I'm uploading more now

[benster111]

Hey im new here, just been cheaking out your sick animations!

can you help me, and give me tips on how to make these better?



and cut me some slack because ive never used pivot before :P

[gallenguy]

well.. first off. welcome to the forums=Þ and secound... i cant really tell you how to make your animations better but i can say this. practice alot and check out some tutorials. the best place for tutorials would be www.darkdemon.org

[Teri]

http://pivothost.org/public/pbserver1/1195138622.gif

For the PP FFA

Currently winning 9 votes to 1

[Cimarf]

OMg.....
It does like...
A year I havn't been here.
Lol
Hi guys :P
'sup with you all?
Jessie is still great as I see.
Teri is still posting.
:P
I guess I'm going to restart posting then.

[wayland jr]

OMg.....
It does like...
A year I havn't been here.
Lol
Hi guys :P
'sup with you all?
Jessie is still great as I see.
Teri is still posting.
:P
I guess I'm going to restart posting then.

I still lurk... very occasionally post.

[Teri]

http://www.pivothost.org/upload/v2/Teri/Newstick_testhzyd.gif

new one. Made purely to test a new stick I made

[Cimarf]

Wow.
Really nice dude. I really liked it.

[budthead]

sup im new im a fairly good animator and my animator names budt thanks and look foward to talking with you

[Br3adf1sh]

sup im new im a fairly good animator and my animator names budt thanks and look foward to talking with you

Hi budt, welcom to the forums, I'm getting quite good with pivot by the way I'll put some here

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a356/boney100/Demons1.gif

I need to improve my running and walking stuff...

[budthead]

maybe work on stiffness and the movements a bit k

[Br3adf1sh]

Ya, I got to go look at them tutorials when I get time...:eek:

[budthead]

yeahs

[Biscuits]

Hello everyone! Man, it's been ages since I've been on this thread. Sadly, I've lost my 100 ways to die Animation. So, Looks like I'm starting again.... Have a wonderful day everyone.

[Clowsrule]

I'm thinking of getting it, but you probably make it look easy, is it REALLY that easy? Or will it take me hours to make a 5 min. movie?

[Small Fry]

Yeah. They make it look really easy. It is quite a simple prgram, but to get as good as Teri, you need one hell of a lot of practise.

[Biscuits]

Thats true Small Fry, I can remember when Teri was completely new to pivot, and we were teaching him bits. I gave up pivoting for ages, I don't know about Teri but it looks like he stuck with it.

[shadowfex]

sup im new heres my first pivot
ps how do i make wepons like a sword?

here

pivot

how do i add my video from pivot?

C:\Documents and Settings\Nate\Desktop\shadow1.piv

maby

[Small Fry]

Not everyone* has the same C:\ drive as you. :rolleyes:

1. Save it as a gif.

2. Use imageshack or something like that.







*Maybe some people :ninja:

[Biscuits]

Hello again. Here is my preview for my movie: 100 ways to die. This preview Contains only the first 3. And please Don't complain about the slowness, I realise that and will worry about that when my full movie is done. Have a wonderful day all.


http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/470/100waystodiepreviewwu6.gif (http://imageshack.us)
http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/470/100waystodiepreviewwu6.2a95419d95.jpg (http://g.imageshack.us/g.php?h=509&i=100waystodiepreviewwu6.gif)

[shadowfex]

Not everyone* has the same C:\ drive as you. :rolleyes:

1. Save it as a gif.

2. Use imageshack or something like that.







*Maybe some people :ninja:





i cant save it to gif. cuz when i get half way through saving it it comes up with eather 'invalid bitmap image' or 'low memory' or 'it can not save'

i just tried to post it and it said 1. You are only allowed to post URLs to other sites after you have made 15 posts or more.

[gallenguy]

does this look like eyes to you?
http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/8793/eyesui1.gif (http://imageshack.us)

[Small Fry]

In a word, no.

At first glance it looks like headphones, but when you said they were eyes I could make them out. Almost. They're too much like fly eyes.

[gallenguy]

would it look better if i made pupils?

[Small Fry]

Yeah, and made them look frontwards, if you get my gist. And perhaps not so big...

[ciledog]

Ok guys,I'm back!
And in the honor I have lots of new anis!
http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/5291/hallybd9.gif
By cildog (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/cildog) at 2007-11-30
http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/1769/skaterwt0.gif
By cildog (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/cildog) at 2007-11-15
http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/728/skateos3.gif
By cildog (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/cildog) at 2007-11-15
http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/9903/swordam9.gif
By cildog (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/cildog) at 2007-11-13

[Teri]

Big improvements CD.

In the first ones some of the movements are too slow like the guy swinging the axe and it totally ruins the power.

Second one is a tiny bit twitchy at parts but apart from that its looking good.

Third is twitchy as well.

Fourth is by far the best there imo. It has some speed variation with the sword and the blood is nice. I'd maybe have had the black stick on the screen for the whole animation or have him walking or running on instead of just appearing. The stance where he puts the sword back down is awkward and the falling is awkward but in whole the animation is well done :)

[wayland jr]

does this look like eyes to you?
http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/8793/eyesui1.gif (http://imageshack.us)

I can barely see them but it may be this monitor; I don't think its colour quality is the best in the world.

[gallenguy]

i made a full body!
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/359/fullbodyyi2.gif (http://imageshack.us)

lol:
http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/9437/smashatreetl6.gif (http://imageshack.us)

[Small Fry]

Both his arms and legs are on the same side of the tree, looks slightly unrealistic. Funny though, like the way the camera keeps moving when he stops.

[gallenguy]

what about my full body?

[Small Fry]

Looks good, try doing a pivot with it!

[Anonymoose]

I'm back people! had a big break from pivot, but i think this is one of my best so far

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no5XAN8ZiNI

[Cimarf]

Just to post something: CD you've really improved since the last thing I've seen from you. nice job =D

Gallen nice full body!

And I'm making a joint with Broken (or Dean) right now. so be patient. :P

[Cage713]

does this look like he is running?

[Clowsrule]

no, it' looks like a blank space...

[ciledog]

New ani!
for the droidz collab
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/802/droidzcdwf7.gif

[Small Fry]

lol, I think he forgot that new'uns can't post animations. Pity really, but rules are rules. This thread has got so many people who just post crap around the forums to get over the 15 post rule. [/rant]

My newest...I'm reasonably proud, so don't be too harsh. Only joking - I know it's choppy etc.

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/8806/curlzvsleospear3ib5.gif (http://imageshack.us)

Credit to droidz for the cityscape and the fill; the samurai; the King Demon; the 300 sword; the current shield; the blood smear and all the writing.

[ciledog]

lol, I think he forgot that new'uns can't post animations. Pity really, but rules are rules. This thread has got so many people who just post crap around the forums to get over the 15 post rule. [/rant]

My newest...I'm reasonably proud, so don't be too harsh. Only joking - I know it's choppy etc.

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/8806/curlzvsleospear3ib5.gif (http://imageshack.us)

lol yea...It's kinda choppy..

Comment on mine plox?

[Clowsrule]

I just made one, but how can you imbed them in your posts?

[gallenguy]

im making a fullbody collab on droidz... anyone here wanna be in it?

[ajax]

:)hey im new a round here but i can sent good pivots:ultra:

hey its ajax im just wonderin how small fry makes so good movies plz tell me thanks ajax

[Clowsrule]

how do you inbed the little flashes o.0

I made 3 pivots i wnat to show them

[WelshTerminator]

This is my first pivot (http://youtube.com/watch?v=wR7f81QIzks) I added voices aswell because I had nothing else to do.

[stickman]

nice box man by the way i am new

[WelshTerminator]

OOOOh! I made another one! I must have been busy (http://youtube.com/watch?v=xOx-IMWpV5s).

[Catface]

I love pivot, but the lack of anything but simple animation kinda ruins it... no sound, no sprites... no drawing tools... but it's superb otherwise!

[WelshTerminator]

I'm managing to get a lot of fun out of it but it would be nice if I could add sounds whilst still in the program rather than exporting it to windows movie maker and try out some more advanced animation tools.

Anyway, I'll probably make another couple next week. Ooh! How about a christmassy one?

[Small Fry]

I love pivot, but the lack of anything but simple animation kinda ruins it... no sound, no sprites... no drawing tools... but it's superb otherwise!

1. It is a simple package for simple people :angel:
2. You can get sprites in the Pivot 3 Beta version.
3. There is a kind of drawing tool (create a figure) you just have to be really skilled to get it to do what you want.
4. Agreed, it is superb.

[ciledog]

here is a joint I did with my other two friends.
http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc141/Ch405c7/OMGJONESYGIFGIF.gif

btw I'm Cd

[WelshTerminator]

Heres the Christmassy (http://youtube.com/watch?v=mqaQB2M-Ohk) one I said I would make.