Does anyone know of decent programs I could use if I wanted to try making short animations(like moving pictures)? I'd prefer something I could dl and hopefully free to use since I don't have any extra money atm(like the paint.net I use for normal images). And are there any tips/tricks/precautions I should know to make animating easier? I'm mainly just wanting to do something to do during any spare time I get, I already tinker around with still images sometimes and think animating would be interesting to try.
But i dont have $200 lying around to afford that. I'm just looking for something that will let me clip images together to create the illusion of movement
You mean, Windows Movie Maker? Just throw in images that change slightly every frame. This is my friends video, took about 300 drawings or more... Can't remember. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RQ-W8IkSOU&feature=related