I can see a child of any age, including over-18s, mastering the advanced level of Animation-ish and progressing directly to MAGIX Movie Edit Pro MX Plus ($100, a pro-level video editing suite), Blender (free, 3D modeling and animation software), or if they love stop-motion, Pencil (free, advanced 2D stop motion animation program). The Animation-ish Classroom Activity Guide includes lesson ideas for educators, but are also great jumping off places if you’re short of inspiration, as are the little video short ideas presented by Peter H. Reynolds/Quentin Blake drawing.Īnimation-ish is easy to use, and the tutorials are as much about learning to use Animation-ish tools as much as they are lessons in stop-motion animation and frame editing. But if you want a program that nurtures your own artistic style, like realistic painting program ArtRage ($80) does, you may be disappointed with Animation-ish since everything comes out looking like a Peter H. The tools are meant to be basic, intuitive, and not overwhelming. But the three-step progression from three frames to full stop-motion frame animation processes is a nice learning tool.ĭo you need those features to use Animation-ish? Not really. There are no magic tricks to Animation-ish-if you don’t understand the basics of stop-frame animation, you’re going to end up with a wiggledoodle however many frames you add into your animation. This level allows you to set keyframes (the beginning and end point of a scene), set independent frames and timing for foreground and background, and much more. Advanced-ish is considerablly more advanced than Flip Boom Cartoon ($40), a basic stop-motion animation program. FlipBook-ish allows you to add multiple frames and either play or loop your animation.
Wiggledoodle-ish prompts you to trace your drawing and uses three frames of tracings to make the artwork wiggle.
Although it’s targeted to kids (suggested age range is four through early teens) and marketed to educators, there really are no age boundaries to this well-designed program.Īnimation-ish is so very simple to use, you can create great looking animations in a matter of minutes, while learning the basics of stop-motion animation.There are three skills levels in Animation-ish: Wiggledoodle-ish, FlipBook-ish, and Advanced-ish. Animation-ish ($60, free demo) is a very simple, intuitive, sensibly progressive tool to learn stop-frame animation based on author and illustrator Peter H.
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