Re: [Tuxpaint-devel] Animation

[Albert C. <aca...@gm...>]

On 9/7/06, "Tore B. J=F8rgensen" <tor...@at...> wrote:

> I see that the next version will include a slide show function that can
> be used for simple animation. I'm curious to what degree you wish to
> expand the animation capabilities of Tux Paint in the future. I'm
> thinking along the lines of inserting sound along with the picture
> (change to next picture when the audio is done), maybe layers so that
> background, people and foreground can be independent and the people
> moved around more easily between each time you save (layers should
> probably be possible to disable in the config program), and maybe other
> stuff? Animation is fun! :-)

Uh oh. Maybe the slide show was a big mistake.

It sounds like you are ready for something more advanced
than a paint program for little kids. Layers are hard to use.
If you want layers and such, please use one of these:

gimp
Xara Xtreme
Inkscape
Blender
krita
OpenOffice.org Draw
KToon
POV-Ray

That list includes bitmap, vector, and 3D. Some of those have strong
built-in support for making video, gif, or flash animations. Anything done
in SVG, besides being convertable to video via bitmaps, may be
animated with JavaScript.

More:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Free_graphics_software

BTW, POV-Ray is good for learning geometry.