Pivot - Taking Stick Men to the next Dimension!

[gxfu]

Same here, dark ninja.

[Blue-Ryu]

ok is a little bit confused for all my pivots have been changed to pictures of cars???

and like they all were working the other day (for i got the rep from them)

[CoX]

I AM ASHAMED!

I was banned for 20 days, and I wasn't here for longer than that, and the thread has grown by 3 PAGES?

WHATS THE MATTER WITH YOU? WHERE IS THE PIVOTING GOODNESS THAT THIS THREAD IS ALL ABOUT?

For those of you who have posted, well done! But to the rest of you: for shame. FOR SHAME.

[bunji]

We've been... *ahem*... busy... or maybe the quality is increasing, therefore pivots are taking longer on the production line.

Maybe (Major Rant) Pivot is losing its attraction... but that's just me. :rolleyes:

I'm going to try and kickstart it, with a little project of mine that will come into existance soon.

[renatzu]

I AM ASHAMED!

I was banned for 20 days, and I wasn't here for longer than that etc. etc.
Well I have immense amounts of schoolwork, which leave little time for pivot. And when I do make one I try to make it of the highest quality, and they usually end up taking a few days.

[BooYa2733]

i increased the frame rate but it didnt do anything, i put it to 1/100 of a second between each frame and it still runs like my other 2 up there. is that what u meant for me to do?

[Youlikeyams?]

http://uploads.savefile.com/redir/26024.gif


hullo, you might not recognise me...

[renatzu]

i increased the frame rate but it didnt do anything, i put it to 1/100 of a second between each frame and it still runs like my other 2 up there. is that what u meant for me to do?
Yes and no. Most people, when they start save their .gifs at very slow frame rates, however you seem to have already selected a fast frame rate. One major flaw with pivot is that it can't get any lower than a 6/100 pause (which is what I use). If you to try run it faster, it will still use 6/100.

So there's really nothing you can do to speed them up (unless I suppose you have a .gif editor, that might do it). They are, however, extremely good pivots.

[BooYa2733]

ok then, how do u make them smaller? the pivot might run faster if its smaller. do u just have to start out by goin to options and lowering the width and length? or can u change the size even if uve already created ur pivot as big as the ones ive done?

[BooYa2733]

this was one of my first pivots


http://img7.exs.cx/img7/4017/RunningStick.gif

[BooYa2733]

another one!! sry i got kinda bored at the end so i just ended it, no sticks die

http://img7.exs.cx/img7/8908/Rotate.gif

[renatzu]

As far as I know making it smaller won't make it faster. You can, however when you save it change the option "shrink frames by" to 2 or 3. It does, however reduce the file size (and there's no loss of resolution during shrinking)

[Pieman Mc.jones]

Can someone tell me how to get or send me pivot? thanx for the future help! :weebl:

[bunji]

See my first post. In this thread. Ever.

Come on the me!

By the way, Yams, was your Pivot a Stickman getting into his Pjyamas? :rolleyes:

[devdude44]

My first pivot 2 animation, my stick walking could use some (read: "a lot of") work, but i like the ladder climbing, and the concept makes me laugh at least.

Edit: Thanks for the tip, BooYa2733, thats what was wrong with it, I like the walking more now, even though he looks like he hasnt quite recovered from some MAJOR leg injuries and cannot run, but i attached the updated gif, and im gonna work more on my walking.

[BooYa2733]

the walking actually was prett good, it would be better if his arms were moving though

[BooYa2733]

lol, just made this 1. its one of my favorites

http://img100.exs.cx/img100/2192/AnnoyedStick.gif

[BooYa2733]

not sure why i made this

http://img100.exs.cx/img100/6067/Disco.gif

[BooYa2733]

it could have been better but i still like it

http://img29.exs.cx/img29/2299/ShrinkGun.gif

[Chassisbot]

My first pivot 2 animation, my stick walking could use some (read: "a lot of") work, but i like the ladder climbing, and the concept makes me laugh at least.

I find for my walking merely do a stance with arms and legs outstretched a short way, then move him to the right (or left) and bring his arms and legs in slightly. Then push them all the way back so it is similar BUT NOT THE SAME AS the last image.

[Goron]

Ok, well I love Pivot, I downloaded it yesterday, Im really bad at it, but Hopfully I'll leanr, here is my very first atempt..abit odd..but there we go..

http://img129.exs.cx/img129/54/1stAnimation-Goron.gif

[BooYa2733]

i dont get it. whats he doing?

[Weebl22]

umm not to sound noobish but how do i make those things (i.e table, elephant, blade) all i can make is more stickmen :weebl:

[devdude44]

meh, tried some of the walking tips, seems to work better, and my first semi-loop animation

[BooYa2733]

umm not to sound noobish but how do i make those things (i.e table, elephant, blade) all i can make is more stickmen :weebl:



use the figure creator.

File ---> Create Figure Type

with lines and circles u can make the things you mentioned

for the elephant
File ---> load figure type ---> elephant should be there

[BooYa2733]

this is by far my best pivot, and my longest.

its a recreation of one of my favorite stick movies of all time called "castle II"
u can check it out at www.stickpage.com.

plz tell me what u think of this, this is only part 1. im not sure how many parts there will be.


http://img130.exs.cx/img130/3899/Castle2GIF.gif

[renatzu]

Well someone's addicted to pivot. You've really come far as an animator, all I can say is speed them up a tad. If you already have the frame rate at 6, make less frames. Also just minor details. For example when the copter lands, the mountains behind it shouldn't be visible. Nothing major.

[BooYa2733]

about the mountains thing- they werent supposed to be mountains but rather the edge of the cliff that the copter landed on, but anyway, how do u make it so that the line disappears when something goes over it?


about making less frames - will that make the animation look choppy?

[renatzu]

Not if you do it right. Mine are much faster, and very smoothe.

About making the cliff disappear there are 2 ways, neither are that easy. First off, you could have what is basically a big white block sitting in the middle of the helicopter, covering up the line. If the line goes into a corner of the helicopter, you may need a small line to obscure it.

The second way would to be to make the helicopter so that it's colored black. This would be accomplished while you're making the helicopter. Put a lot of thick black lines through it, so to make it look like it's solid black. You should probably make the lines static (click the button with the line with an X at the end of it), just to you don't accidentally move one while animating.

[BooYa2733]

ya, i love that skateboard jack movie. fast and very smooth. i think i just need some more time to get the hang of it.

one more question: how come when ever i have more than 1 frame where nothing is moving, it just turns it into 1 frame. like, if i wanted there to be a picture of something to look at for a couple seconds i would just make the picture and press next frame a whole bunch of times and when i watch it on pivot it turns out like i meant it. when i save it as a gif and post it here its like it deletes all of the frames but 1 and theres just a flash of the image. a couple parts were messed up because of that in my last movie so id appreciate it if some1 could help me.

[BooYa2733]

i just started on part 2 almost an hour ago and so far its only 4 seconds long...
unless i get a lot of free time(and hopefully i will it being being almost thanksgiving) this animation might take a while

[dadatramp]

where can i get pivot 2 anyways

[Spiker]

my first ever go at pivot 2,and I think I did quite well:


so I present to you,KUNG FOO!!!11!!!!!2!!!

[Spiker]

I am sorry for the double post,but I have made 2 more animations.

I hope you like them! :)

[renatzu]

Enough with the straight legged kicks. There are these things, they're called joints, you utilize them. They are also handy because you can make people walk instead of glide.

[Spiker]

sorry,I don't know how to make them walk. :(

[BooYa2733]

just takes practice

[Spiker]

ok,I had a go at one of those bullet things,please let me know what is wrong with it,so I can improve. :)

[BooYa2733]

part 2 of my recreation of castle II. part 3 will probably be the last part and will be out pretty soon.

tell me what u think...

http://img96.exs.cx/img96/8594/Castle2part2smaller.gif

heres the url to the original movie by oscar incase u couldnt find it on stickpage. its really really good


http://www.stickpage.com/castle2play.shtml

[BooYa2733]

ok,I had a go at one of those bullet things,please let me know what is wrong with it,so I can improve. :)


u should make ur own stick figure or use the already made one called "man".

just my opinion, but i think it looks much better than the default stick guy. the stick person i made is in most of my animations including both of the ones i posted on this page. take a look at them. dont u think that kinda stick figure looks better than the regular kind pivot starts u out with?

[renatzu]

Alright Spiker, my wording may have been on the harsh side, but it's very true and there's no point in beating around the bush. The pivots were bad and I told you why, and then after a petty minus you go ahead and make another, completely ignoring what I said. You still have a guly gliding instead of flailing his arms and legs. Use the damned joints (e.g. use effort). No one else was given the magical secret to walking. Look at yourself walking, look at other people's pivots, and then play around until you figure it out.

As for BooYa2733, you really got better at speed and your pivots are coming out really nice. As for making your own man character, one (which looks alot like what you've made) comes default with pivot, along with an elephant, a donkey, a clock and a few other things.

[Chassisbot]

including a cowboy! Yeeeeee-haw!

[dadatramp]

spiker,why the shitness and the slowness of the animation and any one know where to get pivot 2.

[renatzu]

dadatramp, don't insult somebody who's better than you. It's just tacky.

[Spiker]

spiker,why the shitness and the slowness of the animation and any one know where to get pivot 2.


you can shut the fuck up,I'm much better than you,and although my animation
may be slow, there was no need for you to make a post like that.

[bunji]

People, please! Leave this for the safety of PMs.

You don't accuse someone of how bad there pivot is; you put suggestions (like work on the background/storyline/humour), not 'THAT IS CRAP'.

Just do it for the stickmen. He cries when you get angry. :nana:

[edit] Dadtramp, ever tried looking at the very first page of this entire thread? Go to linkerated site, that's where it is.

[BooYa2733]

ya, dont make fun of other ppls animations when u couldnt even figure out how to get the program, lol

[BooYa2733]

i got a little tired of makin the castle movies, i just had to make something pointless and random like this before i continued


http://img71.exs.cx/img71/7468/wallhit1.gif

[monkey magic]

Hey , Why all the talk of clocks and cowboys, have you made them or are they on some new pivot which I don't own yet. If the latter please post a link.
Edit: Scratch that, I've been un moroned.

[BooYa2733]

heres another 1:
jump up push off face kick flip type thingy


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

[Youlikeyams?]

Sorry I've been away such a time, but I'm still continuing my experiments with Flash. Rest assured once my trial expires I shall return to Pivot...

http://img33.exs.cx/img33/8637/cascade1.gif

[BooYa2733]

what version of flash do u have?

[Youlikeyams?]

it's an older version of flash mx, as mx2004 isnt compatible with windows ME.


no more flash chat though, this is a pivot thread.

[BooYa2733]

another one of my animations where the stick guy is testing his moves on another


http://img46.exs.cx/img46/8229/LegGrabThrow.gif

[renatzu]

1. Wrong place to ask that.
2. Sure, but first you have to learn to spell. And if you have to use that many curses to convey your point, then you don't have a great grasp of the English language.

Anyway, I decided to make a short little one, just because it's been so long since I've done one, and it came out really bad. Maybe it's just my computer, but it looks really choppy. I hope it's just my computer, because in pivot it looks fine.
http://img95.exs.cx/img95/8170/shot1.gif

[BooYa2733]

it looks fine to me but i have a really fast computer. i dont know what everybody else sees but anyway, that is the best blood effects ive ever seen on pivot.

[bunji]

Agreed, very goot Pivot. :)

Jmz, that is probably the worst post I've ever seen. *Reports*

Have a nice day now

[Chassisbot]

We could always minus him so much he gets autobanned...

[BooYa2733]

low budget pivot. lol

http://img93.exs.cx/img93/6010/bad1.gif

[renatzu]

You should have added those grainy lines seen in old movies. I'll go and find an example.

[edit]here's one (http://www.homestarrunner.com/main10.html)

[neoaoe2]

Making stick men amitmations is quite sad, you need some proper software and create cool cartoons!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:mushroom:

[bunji]

Question: Why the hell are spammers and n00bs always attracted to this thread????

Whether it's 'omfg howz dus i becum teh besterest lolzz' or 'Hi. This is my first post.' and now this?

For the last time, this thread is a place for animations with stick men in them. The n00b area is for n00b posts.

Do you realise, neoaoe2, that you've just insulted nearly everyone who has ever made a pivot? Time for a good old fashion quote...

Originally said by Manny in his everlovely blog
go die of sars

In... lighter news, Booyah, that pivot made me collapse with laughter. In a good way. :)

[BooYa2733]

another low budget pivot movie. wow, these are really fun to make and im very pleased how this 1 came out. this time a regular stick guy wonders into the world of crappy animating...

http://img58.exs.cx/img58/2209/veryverybad.gif

[bunji]

Hah! Loved it! :D

I would like to submit some of my Pivoty goodness, but I did it on a friend's laptop, so sorry.

[ShadowEthereal]

BooYah, those Pviots made me laugh so hard I almost died again.

[dadatramp]

soz spiker that realy was a stupid comment for me to make as i have only posted one and its terrible due to not having any fresh ideas for plot and as i now have pivot 2 i have attempted another but it hasnt got that much of a plot to it either but anyway the pivot thing,click pic for link btw tis entitled crybaby,http://img61.exs.cx/img61/9618/39-crybabygif.th.gif (http://img61.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img61&image=39-crybabygif.gif)

[renatzu]

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too fast. but at least that's better than being too slow and choppy.

[dadatramp]

anychance you could give me an idea of a good speed to do it at because the frame delay is about 8 and i thought that would make it to slow but it didnt.

[piemanmoo]

woo. haven't done this in a while.

guess the movie:

http://img24.exs.cx/img24/2752/ed-stab.gif

[BooYa2733]

a stick figure video game!

http://img63.exs.cx/img63/269/6d-videogamefighting.gif

[bunji]

Two very good pivots there. :) Was it from Terminator 3? Also, the game movie reminded me of Tekken 3... or something...

[renatzu]

anychance you could give me an idea of a good speed to do it at because the frame delay is about 8 and i thought that would make it to slow but it didnt.
Yes, don't put so much space in between frames. The fault lies not with the frame rate, 8 is in fact slower than I would reccommend (6, maybe 7). The problem lies with the animation itself, there's too much of a jump every frame. If you decreased the frame rate it would simply become slow and jerky, not smooth.

[Chassisbot]

http://img81.exs.cx/img81/5512/e8-matrix.gif

Bear with me, it's long.

Hang on, it didn't used to be that choppy...

[dadatramp]

that is brilliant

[piemanmoo]

Two very good pivots there. :) Was it from Terminator 3?

Terminator 2, actualy.

http://img78.exs.cx/img78/9480/n6nelevator.gif

[/Zlash/]

here is one from me, I haven't been using pivot very long...

http://img75.exs.cx/img75/4822/b3sufo.gif

your thoughts?

[renatzu]

Very nice. Good .stk artwork, pretty smooth.

[Flying Dutchcow]

u all suk

[Chassisbot]

It brought a tear to my eye when the laser shoots him the first time...

[Chassisbot]

http://img128.exs.cx/img128/2744/uziman14cz.gif
Have it! There's a new ninja in town, he's got uzis! ^-^

[/Zlash/]

another one from me, I think i'm getting addicted, here it is:

http://img49.exs.cx/img49/6969/missilestrike8wr.gif

edit: does anyone know if there is a pivot forum?

[BooYa2733]

:) those are great.

i like ur drawing of the white house, zlash

[bunji]

edit: does anyone know if there is a pivot forum?

Look at my sig... There is one, but we've been pooed on two times by our hosts. We're trying to sort it out.

Nice Pivot, by the way.
:)

[gxfu]

Look at my sig... There is one, but we've been pooed on two times by our hosts. We're trying to sort it out.

Nice Pivot, by the way.
:)Bunji, fyi Invisionfree still hasn't shut down yet.

Change that to the invisionfree host.

http://s8.invisionfree.com/pivot_forum

[bob8it2000@]

skateboarding is fun, try some today.
i've been working on countless skatepivots

[bunji]

Hmmm... I haven't made a pivot in a while (due to a switching of schools with large piles of homework and the maitenance of my site, so here we go.

Who caused the extinction of the dinosaurs? Was it you?



http://img159.exs.cx/img159/7577/whoshothedinos4vr.gif

[CoX]

I havent seen any festive pivots, so here's one from me. I like this one because it is one of the most detailed i've made.

Part 2 coming before the end of the year. Maybe.

http://www.strike9.com/file.aspx?path=/Owl_Waxer/Santa+Wars+1.gif

[wayland jr]

heres my first attempt......

[Youlikeyams?]

http://img151.exs.cx/img151/177/uberfighter0wd.gif

[CoX]

OH NOES!!!1 RED CROSS OF d00000oooOooOM!!!1

Ill fix it in a jif...

(MERRY XMAS EVERYONE!)

[wayland jr]

this is fun, im gonna make a x-mas one.

[CoX]

Ha, beat you to it.

http://www.strike9.com/file.aspx?path=/Owl_Waxer/Santa+Wars+1.gif

Why do we worship Santa? Hes clinically obese, works one day a year and when he does drag his fat ass out of bed, he eats a shitload of mince pies and cookies. Great role model for the children.

[wayland jr]

i like it, especially the 'OMG TEH MISSILE!' sign.

[CoX]

Thank you. I dont know when Part 2 will be out - knowing my speed, probably next christmas.

[wayland jr]

waiter... waiter.... yes, waiter thers a plus in my soup! (for CoX)

nice site too just checked it out...

[Youlikeyams?]

hullo.
woo CRAPPY!

http://img149.exs.cx/img149/2366/crappersboard8cw.gif

[Jon]

I can't do anything like you guys! So i wont post my latest one.
*runs and hides in a corner*

[DragonBanana]

Made in 10 mins, First animation ever!

[I AM SHEEP]

This took me far too long.

[Youlikeyams?]

http://img21.exs.cx/img21/5468/aaagh0eo.gif

[DragonBanana]

Second animation ever, yeah, the jump onto the trampoline looks crap, but the rest looks good (IMO :) )

[CoX]

Ill post one soon. Im working on the second in my series of The Adventures of Xane. I think there is already a trailer for the series on my site, and I didnt post the first episode because it buggered up at the end.

Its quite bloodthirsty with action and stuff, and i may (emphasis on MAY) be putting up a .zip file of figures i used during it, which will include various weapons and stickmen with the weapons attached.

Stay tuned until then...

[DragonBanana]

Got another one, about some guy with uber skateboarding skills...

Btw, if anyone wants to know, the text was put there with
Animation Shop 3 :eek:

Ooh, and the leg and front wheel look strange for unknown reasons...

[Chassisbot]

Got another one, about some guy with uber skateboarding skills...

Btw, if anyone wants to know, the text was put there with
Animation Shop 3 :eek:

Ooh, and the leg and front wheel look strange for unknown reasons...

The front wheel is too close to the end of the board.

[DragonBanana]

The front wheel is too close to the end of the board.

Well, it's only my 3rd animation in pivot... HAVE MERCY!!! :shock:

[DragonBanana]

Here's another one, i think it turned out pretty good :cool:

[misterfreak1812]

here's my 1st, it's called split: http://img83.exs.cx/img83/1978/split5iz.gif [edit] sorry it's a bit big[edit] [edit] here's my 2nd: http://img94.exs.cx/img94/7627/doublekill8zv.gif

[DragonBanana]

I'm Addicted...

[wayland jr]

OMG... TeH DouBLyFidded PoST!!!!11! EvErybodYs flAmE DraG0N
BANanA!!0!111
im only joking.... shooting is very good, *sigh* i just cant make an animation of a stickman walking.

[misterfreak1812]

more... http://img114.exs.cx/img114/8822/staircase7iw.gif

[DragonBanana]

Must... Resist... Pivot... Animating...

Argh!

Cant... Resist... Must... Make... MORE!

[wayland jr]

ok, a new bowling pivot i call "strike!"


http://img157.exs.cx/img157/9991/strike9kb.gif

[DragonBanana]

Hmm... i think i might make a bowling pivot too :D

[wayland jr]

hmm what to make next... i know a hostage situation pivot!

[DragonBanana]

Lol, anyone notice that i got 6 animations on this page?

[misterfreak1812]

this 1 i'm really proud of, it's called Reflection: http://img40.exs.cx/img40/5300/reflection6ml.gif

[DragonBanana]

I think there's something wrong with these pins...

[wayland jr]

yay, made me laugh! ill plus you....

heres an animation nothing special...

http://img64.exs.cx/img64/1007/stick19at.gifhttp://img64.exs.cx/img64/3954/stick23xw.gif

[DragonBanana]

Skatedude Returns! this time he shows us exactly how he accomplished the tricks in his last animation...

[wayland jr]

thatll probaly be a task in tony hawks underground 5, *sigh* why does tony and the gang always do stuff the hard way, for example: skate round collecting the letters
"S-K-A-T-E" to cure some old ladies backpain or skate off a 300ft bulding whlist doing a trick over a helicopter and surviving! (i have nothing against tony hawks games just the tasks are stupid)

heres a short animation from the goverment on how NOT to survive an attack from a computer cursor...

http://img24.exs.cx/img24/9104/arrow9rz.gif

and how TO survive a computer cursor attack....

http://img24.exs.cx/img24/6988/arrow26fq.gif

[DragonBanana]

Lol, a computer cursor?
Made me laugh

Anyways, here's how NOT to wish someone a happy birthday :p

[wayland jr]

its a bit small... are you going to do a how TO wish someone happy birthday?

[misterfreak1812]

i don't know how to wish someone a happy birthday, but i Do know how do do stylish sword twirling, observe: http://img4.exs.cx/img4/8620/sword4hw.gif

[wayland jr]

that would be better with 1 twirl less...

heres another animation, theres 2 guys in town with magical powers!

http://img87.exs.cx/img87/7996/magic5no.gif

[DragonBanana]

its a bit small... are you going to do a how TO wish someone happy birthday?

Sure, why not? :p

[DragonBanana]

Now, how to wish someone called Bob a happy birthday!
:D

[DragonBanana]

Quake in fear of my crappy brush stick skills! :twisted:

[Chassisbot]

whats brush stick?

[DragonBanana]

The crappily drawn brown thing.

[Chassisbot]

Hows it done?

[effigydrummer]

at the begining of this thread there is a link to a download site where you can download the software, its really good and really easy to use......

[splodge]

If any one has seen Blade Trinity, you will recognise this animation, but I changed it a bit to show what I would do in that situation. The talking goes a bit fast, which it didnt when it was a piv file.

[DragonBanana]

Crazy frog is bad.
Crazy frog ripped off other stuff.
Crazy frog makes infinitely annoying adverts.
Crazy frog must die :D

Enjoy if you hate crazy frog also :)

Btw, i had to cut most of the frames to meet the 200kb limit,
And chop off most of the colour pallete,
So if it looks crap, it's not you, it's actually happening!
Oh Dear God! Please Save Us! :p

[DragonBanana]

Hows it done?

If you're talking about the brown stick thing, i edited the animation in:

Animation Shop 3

You can get a free trial from the Jasc website, google it. :D

[misterfreak1812]

there's something wrong with this bullet... http://img132.exs.cx/img132/74/bullettheory0pi.gif

[/Zlash/]

Here is another one from me. Haven't made one in a while so I hope it's good. I'm quite proud of the blood effect, but it's very short:

http://img17.exs.cx/img17/7316/sniper5fp.gif

you like?

edit:the image appears to have disappeared and I cant find a way to get it back, (I made this pivot at a friend's place so its not on my computer)

[misterfreak1812]

i like, tis good

[wayland jr]

mister freak do you acctually watch your animations before you host them because some just do not look right....

[misterfreak1812]

how so?????

[bunji]

I can't see any trouble... Only that he puts the image code on the same line as the text, not underneath it like most people.

[wayland jr]

i mean how in the "something wrong with this bullet" animation how the stick figure dosent walk but just glides and other stuff like that....

[misterfreak1812]

in my opinion it's the splattering of brains that counts, but yes, you do have a point.

[bunji]

The gliding thing = probably a reluctance to do walking. I can't see "other stuff like that...."

[renatzu]

misterfreak 1812 and DragonBanana (basically the people who are currently doing most of the pivoting), you're both good. That's it, good. The animation is pleasing, but still a little choppy. There's a good attention to detail, but you could still utilize those joints more. Every frame should be slightly changed from the last. The animations lack structure or plot. They are short little humor snippets. I feel like a broken record, I've been preaching this same idea for as long as Pivot has existed, but people never do. Make a damned story. Don't make a 15 second animation, make something big, which no one does.

I've never seen anybody do something coherent except son-sketched (who will probably never open Pivot again), Water Marine (don't know if he's still pivoting), and myself (probably done for good). I guess what I'm really looking for is someone else who will continue to produce work at that level of quality so rarely seen. I see some potential, espceially in DragonBanana, but making something that's more than good and is great takes effort which many people don't have.

[Chassisbot]

I'll give it a go. But as school just started again I've been rudely re-introduced to the concept of homework. Please note several other semi-story pivs made by myself in previous chapters.

[zip2119]

hi im new to this type of animater

i was wondering how 2 aend my animations online so u guys cam view it

[wayland jr]

save them as a gif and host them here http://www.imageshack.us/

[freaky_dug]

I know i'll sound like a noob but how do yo make them into .gifs mine svae as .pivs

[freaky_dug]

MAn im stupid its right there!

[freaky_dug]

Here we go:
*deleted*
edit:damn why has gone all slow?
Try this (http://img91.exs.cx/img91/1399/flips3ot.gif)

[freaky_dug]

Hers another one i did:
Crazy man! (http://img99.exs.cx/img99/205/crazy6fi.gif)

[bunji]

Please do not quadruple post.

The pivots are okay, you just need to put in storylines. The animation shows promise.

[Psymonos]

Pretty bad eh? :)

[wayland jr]

OMG!!!1! l1k3 teh quadrupplyfied post... don't quadrupple post many people don't like it, but i personally dont mind.....

[misterfreak1812]

quaddroople post, tut tut. Next time edit new stuff into your old post or else minus' shall be implamented!:shock:

[freaky_dug]

If you read any of what was here before forget it cos im sorry. Im a noob and im not used to posting in a forum like this. I'm used to the runescape forum which is much simpler. I dont think I have anything to be minused tho...

And what do u mean by story line?

Heres some more:
Death (http://img86.exs.cx/img86/8408/death6cz.gif)
And Stikman!!!! (http://img123.exs.cx/img123/866/stikman6hm.gif)

[Chassisbot]

A) speak English. B) don't double post.

[zip2119]

http://img81.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img81&image=16yh.gif
go there 2 see my 1st animation w/ pivot

[freaky_dug]

Nice!

How did you make the sword?

[zip2119]

here is my 2nd

hers my 2nd

:notworthy :notworthy :notworthy

mine still suck

[zip2119]

it did not work
http://img125.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img125&image=skiing2rs.gif

[zip2119]

i tred to do b-ball
http://img145.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img145&image=hoops74uf.gif

[Youlikeyams?]

Oh it's been sooooo long...

http://img129.exs.cx/img129/6559/spam4hy.gif

[zip2119]

i just used the stick figure creater thing in file

[zip2119]

this is the 1st in the series course
http://img73.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img73&image=1233ik.gif

http://img73.exs.cx/img73/701/1233ik.gif

[Youlikeyams?]

Good pivots zip2119, but if you want to add something extra to a post instead of double posting, use the http://www.weebls-stuff.com/forums/images/buttons/edit.gif button at the bottom of your posts. :)

More randomness from me now.
http://img112.exs.cx/img112/8871/3605bl.gif

[zip2119]

2nd in the series

http://img74.exs.cx/img74/3012/course27mr.gif

[zip2119]

3rd in the series
it has more than 1 backround so i seperated them

[zip2119]

3-1
http://img136.exs.cx/img136/753/corcevalocano9qc.gif

3-2
http://img154.exs.cx/img154/2622/corcevalocano24ym.gif


3-3 (boss) in progress

[Zoidy]

Zip!!! There is an EDIT BUTTON

USE IT!!!11!!1!1!!1

A very old, crass, jerky one here:

http://img13.exs.cx/img13/4189/giraffes2kf.gif

Yeh, some sort of curse, get kicked in the nads by a giraffe and your head asplode off your neck.

[renatzu]

People, I have news. This is big news. This is so fucking big you jump out of your seat news. Not because of the surprise, but because I have a 500 volt generator hidden in your chair.

It's crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsey in snide

Never saw that one coming, did you?



Oh yeah, by the way I'm making a quick pivot. Might finish tonight.

[rocko213]

hey, long time lurker, first time poster. I've been watching you guys make some pretty kick ass animations. I've had my pivot for some time now. Most of mine are usually random and dont involve much plot.

I was wondering, how long does it take you guys to make those? It seems like you can do them in a second. And also, how do you add backgrounds to your animations? Last, should I post mine? Like I said, they're just random and jerky, and are very.........odd.........

EDIT: ok, some of my recent goodies. The first one down there is my first use of slo-mo. The second one is my first time using a good "create a figure type" and here is one that I personally like:

http://img34.exs.cx/img34/4028/anime3sr.gif

[EDY-innit]

Well, I downloaded Pivot and once i got the program to run without rashing, i managed to make my first stickmation. But of course before it was finished and saved, Pivot crashed. Sod's Law or what... Anyway, i reran Pivot and managed to make this stickmation and get it saved:
http://img25.exs.cx/img25/73/ballbouncecatch8ge.gif

[renatzu]

1. I was wondering, how long does it take you guys to make those? It seems like you can do them in a second. And also, how do you add backgrounds to your animations? Last, should I post mine?
This one took 90 minutues. However I think over 30 hours went into my "big fight" series (It wasn't really about a big fight, but that's how the first one opened and at the time I didn't know where it was going). File > Load Background. Yes.

2. Rundown of new pivoters.
Edy-innit- ok.
rocko213- promising
zip2119- amazing. I like your style.

3. My new pivot. I thought I was done forever, but I guess I'll never kick the Pivot habit. I'm thinking of making an encore pivot. 1500 frames, real story, nice graphics, the works. Maybe over winter break. But for now, here's something I threw together in the past hour and a half. Enjoy. And take from this tragic story an important lesson.






http://img124.exs.cx/img124/8779/mariopipe.gif

[MrCool]

Just joned n noticed u have a pivot section, cool! Ive been using pivot for a littlw while

Enough jabber tell me what you think!

http://img101.exs.cx/img101/4834/phycofight5ic.gif

[renatzu]

Pretty nice. Could have done with some more blood effects.

[EDY-innit]

Glad my first complete pivot got a 'neutral' rather than negative response. Only took me a few minutes, 5 or 10 maybe, and i'm having to compete with using a 64MB RAM computer to do animations, save and upload them et cetera so it is really difficult... Anyway, i leave to Pivot some more!

EDIT: On that note, i quickly put together a crude pivot animation of my original pivot idea: the guy with a bad leg... not very good, its only a few minutes work, best bit is probably the 'clatter' effect of the leg on the floor
http://img122.exs.cx/img122/4166/badleg0so.gif

[CoX]

I need help!

Whenever I save them as GIFs, i get this little box come up about merge and stuff. It also asks me for frame delay, which i set to as low as possible. Unfortunately, it makes the pivots terribly choppy and, quite frankly, shit. Any advice?

Also, sometimes I get this glitch where in the GIF it just stops playing at a random point. And it made me cry because I spent 4 hours on a pivot and it then didnt work.

Any helpings would be muchly appreciated. Merci.

[wayland jr]

ok they are not really that choppy its just the program its playing in(windows picture and fax veiwer, powerpoint, photoshop ect... are not designed to play them), host them and they will look as good as when you played them on pivot!

heres my newest....

http://img23.exs.cx/img23/6199/justkeepsgoing0dd.gif

[rocko213]

holy crap, 90 minutes??

If i usually spend over ten minutes for one animation, i'll stop immediatly{sp?} most of mine are when im bored stuff to do thing.


EDIT: here's one I just finished

http://img103.exs.cx/img103/2387/devourer1xz.gif

[Goron]

I got bored towards the end..http://img23.exs.cx/img23/3104/meh0vw.gif

[Fox]

Very cool stuff.

[EDY-innit]

im addicted to pivot... cant help but make more! Anyway, heres another i made, the guy who lost the remote... i know the walking is probably crappy but i personally find walking the hardest thing to simulate on pivot...

http://img113.exs.cx/img113/977/tellyturnon9ke.gif

[Youlikeyams?]

Look at all the blood...:p

http://img147.exs.cx/img147/7600/bloodstained9rs.gif

[Zoidy]

I need help!

Whenever I save them as GIFs, i get this little box come up about merge and stuff. It also asks me for frame delay, which i set to as low as possible. Unfortunately, it makes the pivots terribly choppy and, quite frankly, shit. Any advice?

Also, sometimes I get this glitch where in the GIF it just stops playing at a random point. And it made me cry because I spent 4 hours on a pivot and it then didnt work.

Any helpings would be muchly appreciated. Merci.

Best idea would be to set them to around 10 to 15/100 speed. That's all you need to worry about.

[rocko213]

Is there like a site where you can download stick figure types?

also, does anybody have a link to the text add-on?

EDIT: new one I made

http://img26.exs.cx/img26/1493/drag4by.gif

[CoX]

Thanks for the advice guys. I'd plus you Zoidy but alas, you have been Auto Banned. Just remind me when you get unbanned and ill give you it.

Now, where did I put my pivots...


EDIT: rocko, the person who did that used another program (i call that cheating). Unless you mean the letter stickfigures, in which case you should have received them when downloading the latest version of Pivot (2.2.5, i think).

And check out the Pivot forum for stickfigures. I lost the link, but someone in this thread will have it in their sig.

[wayland jr]

nice animation rocko have a plus

[Youlikeyams?]

Wheeeeeeee!

http://img67.exs.cx/img67/3044/rollover8ee.gif

[Air_stormy]

i cant get the download started

[Air_stormy]

heres mine
http://img66.exs.cx/img66/8328/animation10ls.gif

[Air_stormy]

i have another it called the spiders web with a spider
http://img110.exs.cx/img110/2644/animeton29gv.gif
srry didnt work how i wanted it to

[wayland jr]

ok ill save you cant lets this triple post happen!

[rocko213]

Alright, my first good use of a background:

http://img11.exs.cx/img11/5927/city8ds.gif

EDIT: well, there wasnt a pale background around the building while I was making it.


EDIT 2: how come I cant load a new background after a new frame??

[zip2119]

3-1
http://img136.exs.cx/img136/753/corcevalocano9qc.gif

3-2
http://img154.exs.cx/img154/2622/corcevalocano24ym.gif


3-3 (boss) in progress

heres the boss fight

http://img66.exs.cx/img66/2613/corcevalocanoboss7ol.gif


is there a way to change background in the same animation

[zip2119]

1 of my friends made this w/ me
http://img89.exs.cx/img89/1939/matrix5sc.gif


T.B.C.= to be continued
if that did not work, try this site
http://img89.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img89&image=matrix5sc.gif

[Youlikeyams?]

I made spidey ages ago, but here he is again! :D
Enjoy. Or flame. Whichever you prefer. :p
http://img112.exs.cx/img112/7295/spidey0zp.gif

[wayland jr]

nice but a bit small, + for you.

[Chassisbot]

Anyone who knows anything about Metroid will understand these. Doing samus' full suit would have been difficult as you cannot do different colours withing .stks, so I made do with this. It is still good.

Edit: Yet strangely, there is a "ghost" outline in each. I assume it's one of the tick-boxes in the GIF save box that is to blame.

[zip2119]

I made spidey ages ago, but here he is again! :D
Enjoy. Or flame. Whichever you prefer. :p
http://img112.exs.cx/img112/7295/spidey0zp.gif

how you make that web extend

[BooYa2733]

i havnt posted any pivots for a pretty long time. so heres 450 frames of pure stupidity and pointlessness!!! and randomness!

http://img155.exs.cx/img155/4034/weirdrandom9bt.gif

[Chassisbot]

no comments for my two?

[rocko213]

i havnt posted any pivots for a pretty long time. so heres 450 frames of pure stupidity and pointlessness!!! and randomness!

http://img155.exs.cx/img155/4034/weirdrandom9bt.gif


450 frames of holy ****

[CoX]

Edit: Yet strangely, there is a "ghost" outline in each. I assume it's one of the tick-boxes in the GIF save box that is to blame.

Your browser has shrunk the images. Hold the mouse over the image and an icon should appear in the bottom right corner. Click and voila!

Those two are very good.

[le francais] Le plus pour vous. [/le francais]

[Shave]

a short random one to get me back to old ways (is a bit slow, but was the fastest i could get it)

http://img61.exs.cx/img61/9923/spider9zy.gif

btw, has anyone got the link to the latest pivot. i have v2.5, so does that allow to add images?

[Youlikeyams?]

how you make that web extend

What actually happened was that i made it a smaller size (eg: 25) then made it double or triple (eg: 25 up to 50). It looks like its extending but is just being resized. It looks OK with the exception of the thickness also increasing. :(

[wayland jr]

just a quick example of walking and static figure animations.

http://img114.exs.cx/img114/1998/walkingtest0tx.gif

[Chassisbot]

I made a good way of showing webs, grappling lines etc.

Simply create a series of thickness 5 length 15 circles, all dynamic, all linked in a chain. I used 30 for my grapple beam, but you could (and probably should) use more, perhaps 60-70 for large-screen pivots and maybe 40-50 for smaller screen pivots.

This method is demonstrated in BH4, which also extolls the virtues of using Grapple beam and Morph ball in conjunction. BH3 is just more classic combat. BTW could somebody make an 800x600 bitmap of kind of an outside world, like in a desert? Paint should be fine. A .GIF is OK if you really must use it, but bitmaps preferred.

[zip2119]

this is series water
4-1
http://img133.exs.cx/img133/1976/coursewater17rc.gif

is there a way to switch the backround in 1 animation so i dont have to make a movie per back round

P.S. hoe do u likethis new 1
rate 1-10

[BooYa2733]

thats my favorite 1 out of the whole series. i liked the guy swimming and the part where he is climbing the ladder looks really good. i give it about an 8.5/10.
adding the person moving his arms when he walks might make the animation look better



oh, and chassibot, ur metroid animations are very cool except when i watch them, theres like a streak that anything moving in the movie leaves behind. is there a way to get rid of that cause its kinda annoying.

heres another movie i made. its kinda pointless, i promise my next 1s will have more plot and be a little more interesting. and probably a background too

http://img20.exs.cx/img20/9671/phonecall5xc.gif

[Chassisbot]

oh, and chassibot, ur metroid animations are very cool except when i watch them, theres like a streak that anything moving in the movie leaves behind. is there a way to get rid of that cause its kinda annoying.
Yeah, hover over the pic for a while, in the bottom/right hand corner just press the button that looks like a picture with four arrows coming out. What has happened is that your browser has resized the picture so it fits without scrolling.

[CoX]

Yeah, hover over the pic for a while, in the bottom/right hand corner just press the button that looks like a picture with four arrows coming out. What has happened is that your browser has resized the picture so it fits without scrolling.

Why does that sound familiar? :rolleyes:

OK, here are some of mine. Its like a series, but each one doesnt carry on from another - they just feature the same 2 characters, Mr Blue and Mr Red (or brown, whatever). Basically, in each one, they try to kill each other. After all, thats what Pivot is all about!

EDIT: I removed the pictures because they made yams' browser crash. Here be the links.

Episode 1 (http://img118.exs.cx/img118/2341/mindlessviolence12ed.gif)
Episode 2 (http://img58.exs.cx/img58/4530/mindlessviolence22se.gif)
Episode 3 (http://img47.exs.cx/img47/9933/mindlessviolence31rj.gif)
Episode 4 (http://img97.exs.cx/img97/3797/mindlessviolence47qd.gif)
Episode 5 (http://img47.exs.cx/img47/2901/mindlessviolence50rb.gif)


And a large thank you to www.imageshack.us for all my hosting.
THANK YOU IMAGESHACK.

[Chassisbot]

I still need some 800x600 backgrounds for my series. They need to be visually simplistic. Ideas include deserts, forests, maybe a lake etc.

[Youlikeyams?]

LOOK AT THE BLOOD!
http://img112.exs.cx/img112/9200/blood8bd.gif
And, no-one's made a Matrix pivot in yonkies.
http://img125.exs.cx/img125/1552/ubermatrix7md.gif

[Chassisbot]

That's because my metroid ones are better. In other words, metroid is the new matrix. PS I still need new backgrounds.

[Shave]

sorry for the whoreing but you all should come along to the pivot forum (http://s8.invisionfree.com/Pivot_Forum/index.php?act=idx), i myself have been guilty of not going on their for a while but i'm back into pivot now so come along and join the fun [/whore]

in reply to yams post, i decided to re-post my old matrix one:

http://img16.exs.cx/img16/6946/matrix10.gif

[Youlikeyams?]

CoX, all those Pivots in that post made my browser crash. I had to disable images and just click your links to get the forum running. Remember to reduce the size of your Pivots, or just keep with the links and no images.

And...man grows elephant out of arm.
http://img196.exs.cx/img196/9451/elephantvomit8ea.gif

[CoX]

CoX, all those Pivots in that post made my browser crash. I had to disable images and just click your links to get the forum running. Remember to reduce the size of your Pivots, or just keep with the links and no images.

Oopsie. I removed all the pics and just put the links instead. Sorry for any inconvenience caused.

[Chassisbot]

Joined Pivot Forum under the assumed name of Metroid :ninja:

Bounty Hunter 5, 6 and 7 are here (http://s8.invisionfree.com/Pivot_Forum/index.php?showtopic=333&st=0&#entry6561217).

[Youlikeyams?]

http://img182.exs.cx/img182/4341/wallcrash4xr.gif
BANG!

[Chassisbot]

Already on the pivot forum, but I decided to share it with the rest of the known world... The tenth in my metroid series, a 242-frame extravaganza... Ow my fingers...

Episode 10 (http://img183.exs.cx/img183/5226/bh109eb.gif)

[Youlikeyams?]

http://img176.exs.cx/img176/972/explodingintoblood9fv.gif
I'm obsessed with blood.
http://img79.exs.cx/img79/2961/wreckedc4s1ai.gif
And car crashes.

[Youlikeyams?]

The Explosion Series - a series of Pivots showing how things are made up.

http://img189.exs.cx/img189/7702/explosionman0bc.gif - Men (WARNING: GORE)
http://img185.exs.cx/img185/2705/explosioncar9vn.gif - Car
http://img168.exs.cx/img168/9224/explosiongun5qf.gif - Handgun
http://img182.exs.cx/img182/6121/explosiondualshock3fv.gif - Dual Shock 2

[zip2119]

this is series water
4-1
http://img133.exs.cx/img133/1976/coursewater17rc.gif


http://img193.exs.cx/img193/9218/coursewater21zi.gif

is there a way to switch the backround in 1 animation so i dont have to make a movie per back round

P.S. hoe do u likethis new 1
rate 1-10

[Chassisbot]

I wish I could change the background. Then my number 9 would be even better. *sigh.* Anyway those are awesome. Maybe your dude and my bounty hunter could team up at some point.

[zip2119]

how could i get the bounty hunter on mine so i can have us team up.

[Chassisbot]

Hope you have windows XP or Winzip... this contains almost all the things used in my bounty hunter sketches. Remember: They are mine, and will always belong to me.

[zip2119]

kool
ill try and downloaded it tomarow

[JackS]

I'm making one now which will be approximately 3 minutes long (if i can be bothered to finish it). So watch this space

[CoX]

What is everyone's record for maximum frames in an animation? Mine is over 600.

And then the GIF fucked up. I may put the .piv up file later so you can see what it was about. (Actually, it should be over 1000, but I divided it into 2 parts. It is Episode 4 of my SuperJim series, in case you are wondering.)

[bunji]

http://img191.exs.cx/img191/6991/clifffall1nd.gif

Don't be blind. Think. Don't skip near cliffs.

[Chassisbot]

What is everyone's record for maximum frames in an animation? Mine is over 600.

And then the GIF fucked up. I may put the .piv up file later so you can see what it was about. (Actually, it should be over 1000, but I divided it into 2 parts. It is Episode 4 of my SuperJim series, in case you are wondering.)

242 frames (see above)

[tommythefly]

I've been playing around with it for a while now, and I've come to a conclusion: Pivot's great.

[hynzytheweirdo]

How do you get your Pivot work on your replies?

Plz tell me. :nana:

[CoX]

1) First save it as a GIF (when you save it, change it from a .piv to a .gif file).

2) Then go to an image hosting site like www.imageshack.us and upload your image.

3) When you post, use IMG tags and the url of your pic. For example, removing the spaces in this: [ IMG ]YOUR PICTURE URL GOES HERE[ /IMG ] will result in your picture. Alternately, type the URL of your image, highlight it and press the Insert Image button (the yellow square with mountains in it).

Hope i helped.

[rocko213]

here's one I made, but it was faster in the .piv format. how do I make it faster when I save it to .gif format?

http://img181.exs.cx/img181/9140/stickdeath22qa.gif

[zip2119]

how do u like my signiture

[zip2119]

i think its a good speed actuly

[zip2119]

this is series water
4-1
http://img133.exs.cx/img133/1976/coursewater17rc.gif

4-2
http://img193.exs.cx/img193/9218/coursewater21zi.gif

4-3 (boss)
http://img173.exs.cx/img173/8699/coursewater3boss6tt.gif

is there a way to switch the backround in 1 animation so i dont have to make a movie per back round

P.S. how do u likethis new 1

rate 1-10

[rocko213]

It's cool, but when you post more than one animation on a page, the signature is definatly going to slow things down alot {just like what you did abouve}

btw: I'm working on one of my most advanced piece of work ever. It's taking a long time to gather information and data. I'll just tell you some clue's so that some people wont steal my whole thing entirely {you guys wouldnt do that, would you??}

Some clues:
1.It's a matrix scene
2. Im doing alot of research on how people climb in this scene
3.I had to copy a picture of an assualt rifle into .stk format
4. Im using more than one background in this scene {im aware you cant put more than 1 background in pivot ;) }
5. It's probably going to take alot of time to make the dust, sneeze and bullet effects. If im not in a rush, i might add recoil
6. I might climb a ladder and tape it so I can figure out how to make the climbing look real in this scene {just like in the movies}
7. It might be alot of frames to make everything look perfect
8. and I dont have photoshop or anything like that if that's what you're thinking. It's all done entirely in pivot {except for the background{s} which is in paint, so its not a pivot background if that's what you're thinking too}


damn, I should be like the director of sales and marketing at Nintendo with my cool hyping skills {although I'd probably spend all day sitting in the bathroom with all the hype nintendo needs}

[zip2119]

how do u chang a bmp or jpg or some type of pic to stk

[rocko213]

how do u chang a bmp or jpg or some type of pic to stk


you can do that???

[zip2119]

you can do that???
:notworthy :notworthy :notworthy :notworthy

i saw dragon banana do it or somthing like that

maby he/she used photo shop or somethin to that afect






btw this is 1 i call a ceriose case of dejavue

http://img176.exs.cx/img176/9831/aserioscaseofdayshavue5bn.gif

[rocko213]

You do know there is something called an edit button right? You should really use it more, and I'd say its almost about time that you should just put the animation in the upload link thing. IT's really starting to slow down my computer to a crawl {and your signature doesnt really help}

EDIT: Im on a different computer and I downloaded the newest pivot on this. holy crap, i didnt realize how many features the pivot on my computer doesnt have!!! A clock!?!? A REALISTIC STICK MAN!?!?! A LADDER?!?!?

I NEED A LADDER FOR MY SOOO HYPED UP ANIMATION!!!

[bunji]

Zip, your doing okay, but each time you make a new Water pivot you don't need to post the whole series. Just post the new one.

I'm looking forward to the new pivot, Rocko. Just don't type in Caps and someone may help you.

[rocko213]

Zip, your doing okay, but each time you make a new Water pivot you don't need to post the whole series. Just post the new one.

I'm looking forward to the new pivot, Rocko. Just don't type in Caps and someone may help you.


well how would you feel knowing that the new version of your favorite program has soo many of these kick ass features and you cant downlaod it?? Wouldn't that want to make you type in caps for 30 words?

[bunji]

No, I'd type in bold. This is off-topic, so can we get back to pivoting?

[Chassisbot]

http://img165.exs.cx/img165/651/bh126vv.gif

Teh lovely Matrix 12.

[Youlikeyams?]

http://img145.exs.cx/img145/8963/ubersmashhh9po.gif
SMASH

[Chassisbot]

Indeed, it is teh SMASHO!