For anyone that happens to know PivotPro333, this is his Pivot Montage 1 Pack. I am hosting it here because before the file hosting site he used got shut down, I grabbed a copy and held onto it. The reason is split up into 3 packs is because the original file exceeded 10 MBs which is a limitation to having a Weebly site. Watch this Pivot Animator vs Animation video to learn how to take a screen shot and make it the background in Pivot. (Note: first change your screen resolution to 800x600 before taking the screen shot. Here are instructions for doing this at school. Don't forget to change your screen resolution back to normal when running Pivot.).

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Pivot Animation

Pivot is a fun, easy to use program that is used to create stick figure animations.

To see what can be done with Pivot, have a look at some of these videos on YouTube

For home use, Pivot can be downloaded here. Simply extract the contents of the zip file, then run setup.exe and accept all the default options. An icon for Pivot will appear in your start menu.

For school use, simply run pivot.exe from the O:Beens folder.

Here are some tutorials that can get you started, but you'll probably find that the user interface is quite intuitive.

Watch this Pivot Animator vs Animation video to learn how to take a screen shot and make it the background in Pivot. (Note: first change your screen resolution to 800x600 before taking the screen shot. Here are instructions for doing this at school. Don't forget to change your screen resolution back to normal when running Pivot.)

For your screen shot, arrange the icons on your desktop so that your character can jump (or fall) from icon to icon, then follow the instructions you just watched to take a screenshot of your desktop to load into Pivot.

Create an animation where the stickman falls from one of your top icons to the bottom. Save as Full Name - Pivot Animation One, and copy to the relevant handin folder on the I: drive.)

The following marking scheme^* will be used for these assignments:

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
Creativity	The piece shows little or no evidence of originality	The student's work lacked sincere originality	The student demonstrates originality	The student demonstrates a unique level of originality
Effort	The student did not finish the project or it could be greatly improved upon	The student completed the project in an acceptable manner, yet more could have been done - it lacks finishing touches	The student completed the project in an acceptable manner	The student gave an effort far beyond the requirements of the project
Skill with Pivot	The piece showed poor craftsmanship or understanding	The student showed some craftsmanship and understanding	The student showed good craftsmanship and understanding	The artwork is outstanding and finished with a great deal of patience
Storyline	No storyline is attempted	Storyline can be implied.	Storyline is evident but missing one portion of beginning, middle or end	Clear storyline with a beginning, middle and end

* Thanks to Mrs. DelleMonache for this rubric.

Assignment 2

For this assignment, have your stickman jumping safely from icon to icon to make it down to the bottom.

Save as Full Name - Pivot Animation Two, and copy to the relevant handin folder on the I: drive.

Animation 3

Create an animation where a vehicle (that you create) drives from one side of the screen to the other. Have the vehicle drive over obstacles, with the wheels moving relative to the vehicle (rotating, and up/down as it moves over the obstacles).

Save as Full Name - Pivot Vehicle Animation, and copy to the relevant handin folder on the I: drive.

Assignment 4

Using any of the segments of this video as inspiration, create a video at least 10 seconds in length that is similar to, but extends the story of, one of those segments.

Save as Full Name - Animation 4, and copy to the relevant handin folder on the I: drive.
Example Animations

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1,087,575 downloadsUpdated: February 25, 2020Freeware / Ad-supported

Design 2D stick-figure and sprite animations, export them to AVI or GIF file format, define your own stick figure using the built-in editor, and play animations in a loop mode

What's new in Pivot Animator 4.2.8:

DONE Change in how .PIV files are loaded and saved to use less memory. Better for large animations.
DONE User asked if they'd like to remove figures outside animation area if the file is large and many figures are outside.
DONE Default animation and stick figure folders moved to Documents due to permission issues.
FIXED Next frame button fixed to prevent double frames being added when using space bar.

Read the full changelog

Pivot Animator is a Windows application specialized in creating 2D stick-figure and sprite animations using a set of straightforward actions.

Clean feature lineup

The stick figure is placed in the center of the working environment, and you can also preview the frames included in an animation via the timeline. An online help manual is available in case you want to find out more about the tool's features.

Figure controls

You can drag and drop a figure to the desired position in the working environment and control it via the red buttons. The tool lets you view onion skins, flip or mirror the figure, raise the selected figure in front of all other ones or lower it, change the color of the figure, as well as duplicate it.

Furthermore, you are allowed to join the selected figure to another one, scale it, and adjust the opacity. You can define multiple frames and delete, copy, or paste them, play or stop the animation, activate the loop mode, as well as add a custom picture as background (BMP, JPG, PNG or GIF file format).

Stick figure builder

The built-in editor offers you the freedom to design your own personal stick figures with the aid of lines and circles. You may duplicate segments, adjust their thickness, generate static or dynamic segments, as well as split or delete them.

Exporting options

Pivot Animator gives you the possibility to save the animation to PIV file format so you can easily import figures for future editing options. Plus, you can export the animation to AVI or GIF file format in order to be used on your web pages, or save it as individual images (PNG, JPEG) with adjustable photo quality and size.

An efficient animation creator

Although not as powerful and rich-featured as Autodesk Maya or Adobe Flash, Pivot Animator impresses with its ease of use and precise animation controls. The intuitive function pack makes it an ideal candidate for rookies and professionals alike. It provides very good output results and remains light on system resources.

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