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Open Source/Free Alternative to Flash for Animation

futilityfutility Registered User, ClubPA regular
edited September 2009 in Help / Advice Forum
I'm trying to find some cheap/free/open source software to replace flash as an animation tool. Anyone know of anything?

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  • PeregrineFalconPeregrineFalcon Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    LiveSwif is freeware after the company's failure.

    There's also SMIL, but that's not really cross-compatible.

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  • futilityfutility Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited September 2009
    I just found liveswif too and it looks like my best bet at the moment... I was thinking of even using power point out of desperation

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  • PeregrineFalconPeregrineFalcon Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    futility wrote: »
    I just found liveswif too and it looks like my best bet at the moment... I was thinking of even using power point out of desperation

    Oh dear jesus no. Powerpoint is for boring business slides, not web animation.

    When OpenSWIF comes out, it should be a good alternative as well - but I don't think it's out quite yet.

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  • futilityfutility Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited September 2009
    i know powerpoint is the absolute wrong thing, but I'm trying to teach animation on the super cheap. Powerpoint should work for getting the principle across and making a simple animation. If I had macs I could use keynote which does tweening

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