What free software can take a series of jpgs or pngs and make a .mov file?

Question

So far I've been assembling them to swf and using a video capture program to get them to asf, but that absolutely destroys all fidelity. Some sort of animation software should do it but I can't find anything good and free (as in not shareware). I'm on windows right now but I'm thinking of going to linux soon, so a suggestion that runs on either of those (or both!) would be great. Thanks~ Elliott

Answer 1

Here are some good programs.

http://www.freesoftwareworkshop.com/free...

Answer 2

The majority of 2D animation programs can do that, since traditional animation is all about turning individual images into movement.

Some of the better commercial 2D animation programs such as Digicel Flipbook, Toon Boom, TVPaint, TAB, and PAP, have Student or Express versions that are fairly inexpensive. However, you might be disappointed by how crippled these stripped down programs are compared to their more expensive Pro versions. But if you look hard enough you should be able to find them cracked online (rapidshare, bittorrent). There are some free alternatives.

If you're doing old school drawn on paper frame by frame stuff or stop-motion or 2D, I'd suggest MonkeyJam. It's free, and I know for certain you can import jpgs and pngs.

http://www.giantscreamingrobotmonkeys.co...

If you're on a Mac, use Pencil(there's PC and Linux versions as well).

http://www.les-stooges.org/pascal/pencil...

It only accepts bmp's though.

Here are some online resources about the basic principles of animation.

http://www.idleworm.com/how/index.shtml

http://www.awn.com/tooninstitute/lessonp...

http://www.animationarchive.org/2006/05/...

http://www.animationarchive.org/2006/05/...

http://www.karmatoons.com/drawing/1a.htm

http://www.animationarena.com/principles...

http://w ww.animationmeat.com/notes/notes.html