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- Abrosoft
FantaMorph
Skinable software designed to create image
morphing and warping movie, play final effects
in real time without exporting to a file.
Product description, tutorials, how-to articles,
free skins, screenshots, FAQs, and downloads.
- Access
Animation
GIF animation and editor, also includes
screen capturing and image resizing capabilities;
rotate, and zoom functions.
- Active
GIF Creator
Create animated GIF images for the Web.
Even create movies using pictures or graphics
created or edited in any image-editing program,
including Windows Paint, Adobe Photoshop and
dozens of others.
- Advanced
GIF Animator
Tool for creating animated GIF images,
banners, buttons, and even movies. Built-in
image editor, palette optimization, image
size reduction, and multi-language support.
- AE
FreeMart
Resource site for Adobe After Effects; includes
tutorials, tips, technical information and
downloadable projects.
- Aesop
v.1.5 GIF maker
A tool to create animated advertising banners,
buttons, and other graphics for a Website.
- Alchemy
GIF Animator
Create animated GIF images or movies for the
Web using pictures or graphics created or
edited in any image-editing program. Features
set or change frame interchange frequency,
create finite and infinite animation loops.
[Windows 95/98/NT/2000]
- Animated
ArtCard Creations
Create professionally, framed, 24bit color,
animated musical ArtCards. Collage favorite
multimedia. Produce and print advertising
fliers with flare, with WYSIWYG click/drag
animations in real-time.
- The
Animation Foundry
Tips and techniques for making great animations,
reviews of animation software and how to articles.
- Animation
Stand
Computer assisted animation and special effects
system. Scanning, ink and paint, 3d shading,
auto painting, animation direction with exposure
sheet control, special and optical effects,
lay out to tape, disk, or film, and management
reporting.
- Animats
Makers of Falling Bodies, a Softimage 3D dynamics
plugin to animate fall stunts.
- Anim8or
Freeware character animation and 3D modeling
software. Runs on Windows NT, 9x and 2000
platforms.
- AniTMT
Free flexible program that creates photorealistic
animations calculated by the raytracer PovRAY.
The calculation may be distributed across
any TCP/IP network.
- Anthropics
Technology Limited
A revolutionary new digital media technology,
Synthactor enables the delivery of near-broadcast
quality human-image video at data rates as
low as 300 bytes per second. Provides amazing
identity enhancement and changing capabilities,
as well as offering cost savings.
- Artful
GIF Animator
Create impressive and compact animated GIFs
for banners, ads and web buttons on the fly.
- Ascension
Technology Corporation
Makers of motion tracking gear used in character
animation real-time simulation, virtual reality,
medicine, and biomechanics.
- 1Automata
Publisher of the Web Hotspots imagemap editors.
- Autonomous
Effects
creates 3DStudio MAX extensions (SceneGenie!),
and Ray Dream Studio extensions, besides robotic
and animatronic systems that can interact
with people.
- AVD
Graphic Studio
Editor for graphics, animation and video,
edit, view and print images, using painting
tools, drawing tools and various effects.
Import multi frame files (AVI and animated
GIF) for editing, easily receive separate
frames and create animated GIF and AVI.
- AVI
Constructor Pack Software
A serious multimedia tool to quickly create
AVI files from image BMP, JPEG, or TGA and
sound files AVI or WAV files.
- Babarosa
Provides a fast and easy way to create compact
GIF animations for the web, animations can
be quickly assembled from imported images.
Also design animation directly in the program
using vector graphics, image, and text edit
tools. Win 95/98/NT
- Beatware
Developers of e-picture Pro and eZ-Motion,
products that aim to streamline the production
of animated web graphics and video.
- Boris
FX
Developer of plug-in technology delivering
3D compositing and vector graphic products
for post production, multi-media and web markets.
- Boston
Dynamics
Provides software and services for animation
of lifelike humans in real-time simulation
environments.
- CelAction
A technology services company specializing
in customized hardware and software solutions
for animation production companies.
- CoffeeCup
Firestarter
The fastest and easiest way to make flash
effects for a website. Firestarter has over
50 built in ready to use effects like Assemble,
Explode, Fade, and others, a collection of
cool MP3 sounds, plus it's all in an easy
to use interface.
- CoffeeCup
GIF Animator
Convert GIF, JPEG, and BMP graphics to animated
GIFs automatically. Import and export AVI
files, or save animations as Flash (.swf).
HTML source is generated for easy insertion
into Web pages.
- The
Complete Animator
Easy to use web animation software package
for Win 95 and above. Create fun cartoons
or animated GIFs for a Web site.
- Crater
Software -
Developers of CTP, a 2D software designed
to output broadcast quality animated series.
- CrazyTalk
Expression Editor
Quickly turn any image into a talking and
animated "CrazyFace", by transforming text
into personalized voice messages with synchronized
lip movement, and facial expressions.
- CreaToon
Create 2D animation with a cutout look at
a fraction of the traditional production time.
A free demo version can be downloaded.
- 2d3
Developers of boujou, an automated camera
tracker and match mover software.
- 2D
& 3D Animator
Program produces images, titles, banner ads
and buttons for web pages or for presentations.
It comes with an object-oriented design interface
to edit graphics, manipulate text and layers
(graphic animations), apply special effects,
and then compile the animated graphic all
from within the same program.
- 2D
Animation Software and Services
Celmation is devoted to 2D classical animators
providing production software and services.
- 3D
Choreographer
Animation program, designed for non-artists,
for PowerPoint presentations, CD-ROM applications,
corporate training, educational software,
or on the Internet.
- DADS
LMS CADSI's simulation software empowers engineers
and designers to assemble, simulate, and animate
mechanical systems.
- Defiance
Studios
Tools that value add to Nova Design's Aladdin4D,
or work stand-alone. The site also hosts images
and animations from work done in various software.
- Deformer
Image transformation and animation tool. All
deformations and animation playbacks run in
real-time regardless of the size of original
image.
- DigiCel
FlipBook
Easy to use animation software to scan, shoot,
draw or trace animation directly into the
computer for painting, playing, and publishing
animated movies on film, television and the
internet.
- Digital
Anarchy
Makers of animation tools and special effects
software for After Effects, Flash, and Discreet
Flame/Inferno.
- Digital
Juice
Motion backgrounds for non-linear editors
and many static backgrounds.
- Digital
Video
Developer of 2d-animation package Toonz also
develops a complete set of products for 2d
animation.
- Digits
'n Art Software
Designs and develops solutions for the
performance animation and 3D markets.
- Dosch
Design
Developer of add-ons for 3D graphics and animation
applications.
- Drama
Application developed by Reflex Systems for
modeling, animating and rendering human characters.
Allows creators to model humans by modifying
the biological descriptions of human traits.
- Dynaflash
Virtual characters with automated lipsync
speech bubbles. The assistants can be embedded
into any Flash website. A shareware editor
is included to make them talk and move.
- Easy
GIF Animator
Utility that helps to create animated GIF
images with ease. Set a variety of options
to customize GIF animation.
- Easy
Morph
Easy to use, wizard driven morphing and warping
tool with a deformation engine. Reads and
writes many types of image files, creates
animation sequences of any length, works on
images of any resolution, and outputs any
resolution desired.
- Ernest
A linetest software for animations. Runs on
PC Windows. Easy manipulation, editing, export
to AVI, BMP, TGA and Toonz files.
- Face
Works
Freeform, tactile hardware control for
facial animation which plugs into several
popular modeling and animation software.
- Facial
Animation
3d facial animation for performance, character
and facial animation. Powerful software for
performance animation and facial animation.
- famous3D
Software solutions to capture facial expressions
and lip-sync, and therefore bring life to
animated 3D characters.
- Firka
A pencil tester for cartoon animators. Camera
movements, dialog framing, visual effects.
Downloadable free version.
- FluxTime
Vector graphics and animation software
tailored around the creative process. It produces
images and animations that can be shown locally,
on the Internet, or installed as screensavers.
- GIF
Construction Set Professional
Features Animation Wizard to create sophisticated
animations.
- GL
Studio
Create interactive real time animated 3D graphics,
instrumentation and innovative user interfaces
for training, simulation, and virtual prototyping.
- GraphicsGale
Shareware raster format image editor to make
video-game character and animated GIF. Supports
a layer with alpha blending, color formats
from monochrome to full-color. Export all
frames as multiple files or a combined image.
Provides several filters. [Win 95/98/NT/2000]
- ImageMatics
StillMotrion Creator is an easy to use interactive
software product for creation very low bandwidth
flash animations from still images. An animation
movie creation and editing software for Web
site developers using real images.
- Imagica
Corp's Digital Systems Division
Makers of mental ray shaders for Softimage|3D,
camera tracking solutions and digital film
scanners.
- Imaja
Bliss Paint
A real time animation tool for Mac OS. The
interactive live performance, including MIDI,
sound, PICT file and live video input, and
live video and QuickTime output, and color
synthesis are key features.
- Imedia
Builders
Development of FlareProducts, a family of
products designed to make the creation of
simple or comprehensive web-based animation
and interactivity easy.
- iMEDIA
Builders
iMB FlareWorks is a low cost, easy to use
application for creating interactive buttons,
menus, banners, slideshows, presentations,
animations or websites in Macromedia Flash
(SWF) or iMB Flare (FLR) formats.
- Internet
Character Animator
Animate 3D characters for the Internet ranging
from sketches to complex games and presentations.
Full Internet compliance: ICA characters can
be published on web, placed into VRML scenes
to create interactive clips or used as personal
avatars in the on-line 3D chat.
- INUS
Technology
Data processing software for reconstruction
of a real object.
- iTinySoft
Magic Morph
Morphing and warping software with multithread
pyramid algorithm.
- Joe
Alter
Developer of LipService, a facial animation
and sculpting tool, and Shave And A Haircut,
a hair modeling and animation software. Site
offers product information, downloads and
support.
- Kashmir
3D
Generate photo-realistic images and movies
of landscapes using Digital Elevation Model
files from the United States Geological Survey
and the Swiss Federal Office of Topography.
[Win 95/98/NT]
- KoolMoves
Flash animation software for creation of text
effects, personalized banners, animated clipart,
games, slide show presentations, and entire
websites.
- The
Labs: GIFMerge for UNIX
A tool for building animated gifs, merge
GIFs to a GIF animation.
- Ladybug2000
from Neatware
Programmable video player on Windows that
can play a variety of formats.
- Liatro
Babarosa Gif Animator
Create compact GIF animations for the web.
Build in image editor, support for 13 image
formats also design animation directly in
the program using vector graphics. [Win 95/98/NT/2000]
- Lost
Marble
A 2D-vector-based cartoon-animation application
designed to provide a complete set of tools
to create animations. Provides a feature called
Switch Layers that assists in creating lip-sync
animation. [Windows and MacOS]
- MainActor
for Windows
A tool for creating animation files. Loads,
edit, play, create and save animations and
pictures of any size. It supports most of
the commonly used animation and picture formats.
(Win 95/98/Me/NT/2000)
- MatchWare
Multimedia Software
Latest software for web design, screen captures,
GIF animation and voice email. Product specifications
for Mediator6, ScreenCorder, Visual GIF Animator
and VoiceMail including demonstrations, online
tutorials and ordering.
- Media
Semantics
Tools for building rich interactive media
content hosted by believable cartoon and 3D
characters.
- Morpheus
Software, LLC.
Morpheus is a graphics program that will morph/warp
two images or movies in Flash, Animated GIF,
and AVI. Tutorials, FAQs, help files, downloads,
and information on ordering.
- Morphink
Corporation
MorphInk 2.0 is a free style animation tool
based on automatic morphing. Use for fun,
for decorating Web sites, for presentations,
or to create animated greetings and email
them to friends. [Win 95/98/NT/2000]
- NACDraw
Creates accurate graphics, presentations,
games and vector animation with controls,
hyperlinks, sounds, music and speech recognition
commands.
- nCubic
Photo-realistic 3D character generation software
and solutions, from messaging services and
games to one-man 3D animation studios based
on core DigiFace technology.
- Northern
Lights Productions
Purveyors and developers of various 3D-effect
software and hand crafted plugins for Electric
Image Universe Animator.
- Pandromeda,
Inc.
MojoWorld makes it incredibly easy to create
realistic animations of 3D landscapes and
entire planets.
- Parasys
Co. LTD.
Flying PopCorn is an animation and multimedia-authoring
tool. Easy-to-learn graphical work environment,
intuitive WYSIWYG editing, support for most
images and video format.
- Plastic
Animation Paper
Very fast and effective 2D animation software
for the professional cartoon animator. Paperless
system.
- PNG/MNG
Construction Set - Alchemy Mindworks Inc.
Create MNG animations using PNG images. The
program features an animation wizard, to rotate,
crop, color-adjust, and resize all or part
of an animation sequence. Convert animated
MNG files to AVI format, create 2D, rotating
animated graphics, and protect the graphics
using a protection matrix.
- Polhemus
Provider of 3D position and orientation tracking,
motion capture, and digitizing solutions.
- Reallusion
3d Graphic Animation Software
Effect3d is 3D animation and image editor
software that creates 3D objects and animates
them with motion and special effects. Export
as animated GIF, BMP or JPG. Free trial download.
CrazyTalk is facial animation software to
synchronized voice and facial expressions
to any photo or image.
- RETAS
Pro
2D animation software that is user friendly
ink and paint program with plugins.
- SanoLogic
gr44_Animator allows the creation of small
effective animations for web pages or programming
projects. Includes on-line help, tutorial
and tutorial files. [Freeware]
- ShowstoppersFX
Offer looping backgrounds, overlays and title
animations for video editing. Overlay shapes
and masks including versions with innovative
particle effects. Animations supplied in QuickTime
video format.
- Sphere
Windows graphics program to relax the user
with animated colorful patterns.
- Spin
Productions
Offers animation, design and effects services,
specializing in film titles and longform productions.
- Splash
Particle System
4D particle effects stand-alone software for
3D animations, by Ant Software.
- Sprite
Artist
Utility to edit and animate games graphics.
- StoryBoard
Artist
Great for print as well as presentation-style
storyboards: creates a timeline, and animates,
with sound and transitions, exports to HTML
and creates links for non-linear stories.
[Windows/Macintosh]
- The
TAB
Animation software based on a new technology
that includes an intuitive vector handling
technique that uses dynamic control points
and an adaptive fill system. From the developers
of Toonz.
- textPuppet
Lipsync Animation Software
Text-to-speech synthesizer and an automatic
animation script generator. It takes text
as input and automatically produces scripts
and audio files for rendering lip-synch animations
in Poser.
- Third
Wish
Makers of the software Magpie, a tool that
helps in the analysis of a recorded voice
for lip sync animation.
- ThreeDimSim
A 3D mechanics simulation and rendering application.
3D scene is defined by script using simple
shapes and imported meshes from 3ds, dxf and
stl files. Scenes can be exported as a video
clip (avi file) as well.
- Toon
Boom Technologies Inc.
2D animation software for businesses and individuals.
Offers vector-based, resolution independent
and multi-layer software systems with multi-format
output to HDTV, Film, DVD, Imax and Macromedia
FlashTM.
- Toonboom
Developers of USAnimation, a comprehensive
vector-based 2D animation system.
- Toonz
Designed to simplify and speed up the animation
production. Includes tools for: importing
original pencil drawings and adding adjustments
when required; inking and painting; building
color models; creating exposure sheets; composting;
creating special effects and recording the
final images to video or film. Support for
the Macromedia Flash formats as output.
- TVPaint
Developpement
Makers of computer assisted animation, compositing
and special effects software for digital artists,
cartoon animators and TV stations. Products
include Aura Video Paint, Aura VT, Aura DV
and Aura Claymation.
- Typhoon
Software developed by DreamTeam for real-time
animation, suited for live-to-air applications.
Integrates with most popular 3D software and
motion capture and tracking hardware. [Flash
5 site]
- Up
Multimedia
Provides low budget solutions to animation,
Internet and film projects. Our first product
is Flash Emitter which makes .SWF SFX.
- Verobelle
Invention
Developed vector based 2D animation programs
with web display capabilities. They are similar
to Flash but simpler and less expensive.
- Vicon
Motion Systems
Software and systems for motion capture in
the animation market, biomechanics and ergonomics.
- VisualMarker
Use up to four video streams for motion capture,
and does not require special camera calibration
or large specialized room placement. Fully
compatible with Poser, Character Studio and
other character software.
- VolMorph
v2.4
Free 3D-volume morphing software with documentation
that is intended for research or personal
use only. Program will generate and visualize
morphing sequences from one polygonal mesh
to another. [SGI Irix 6.2, 6.3/Linux/Win 95/98/NT]
- VSE
Animation Maker
Create impressive animations with this popular
GIF animation tools for Apple Macintosh computers.
- WebPainter
Includes all the tools needed to create professional
Web animation and graphics. Unique cel animation
interface to create small-sized, high-quality
GIF animations, QuickTime movies, and JPEG
and GIF files with the fewest possible steps.
- Wehner`s
Animate DOS Command
The simplest way to animate GIF. A tiny MSDOS
program that does everything that GIF can
do.
- WinImages
R6
Professional level Morphing tools with the
ability to do motion morphing. FLC, FLM, AVI
and multiple discrete image file animation
output capabilities. (Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000)
- WinMorph
Free high performance warping and morphing
software.
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