Where can i download the best animation software for a free trial or free altogether?

Question

i want to make animated videos for youtube and other projects for school in the future... so i was just wondering if anyone had any suggestions on what programs i can download for free.

Any help appreciated :)

Answer 1

I'm not sure they have free downloads right now but Autodesk which handles both 3D Studio Max and Maya 3D occasionally offers free trial downloads. Blender I am concerned about recommending. In fact you can say I have mixed feelings about free software generally -- I despise the Gimp about as much as I do Adobe Illustrator and recommend Photoshop over the Gimp period. Blender is an excellent program. It is even more flexible than the two I mentioned, which require bearish amounts of video memory while Blender just requires bearish amounts of memory period -- and you can get it by networking your computers under Linux. Simply put, when you download ANY FOSS program, including Blender, you are agreeing to take responsibility to support it yourself -- that is configure it to your computer and do those other routine maintenance tasks. With Inkscape it is one of the most satisfying of FOSS Graphics programs -- Scribus is also decent, Gimp is decent if you don't do commercial printing and Synfig, which I can't get to work with my current version of ffmpeg is abomination. Blender is not easy to learn. It is also not easy to run without networking. It was once the in-house software of an Amsterdam-based animation house which closed in the nineties, It was apparently written for Silicon Graphics machines which ran Unix, and its roots show, though it has been ported to Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X. So if you are not deadly serious about Animation Software, I recommend haunting Autodesk's web sites and hope they will put up a free trial of something soon.

Answer 2

Advanced 3D Animation Software : http://3dAnimationCartoons.com/?MPsH

Answer 3

Incredible 3D Animation Software : http://3dAnimationCartoons.com/Recommend

Answer 4

Try torrents for downloading software like MAYA animation or anything else. Use kickasstorrents

Answer 5

There are some free options:



2D animation:



Creatoon (used for cut and paste animations for Children's BBC):

http://www.creatoon.com/



Synfig (2d animation app): http://www.synfig.org/Main_Page



Pencil (more traditional animation): http://www.pencil-animation.org/



Stick figure animation: http://www.geocities.com/peter_bone_uk/pivot.html



Pixel animator: http://www.animpixels.com/



A great relatively inexpensive animation package would be Anime Studio Debut: http://my.smithmicro.com/win/anime/index.html



As for 3d animation software, your best (free) bet is Blender:

http://www.blender.org/



Watch Big Buck Bunny, which was entirely animated and rendered using Blender: www.bigbuckbunny.org/



3d animation takes quite some time to learn properly - some resources for learning are:



Complete online video course: http://www.gryllus.net/Blender/3D.html



Classroom tutorial work book: http://www.cdschools.org/54223045235521/blank/browse.asp?A=383&BMDRN=2000&BCOB=0&C=55205



Blender can also be used as a video editor, btw.



For effects software Wax may be helpful (though quite simple):

www.debugmode.com/wax/



Awesome effects animation : TouchDesigner.

http://www.touch077.com/Products/

You will need a quality video card to use this one. Nvidia preferred.

Answer 6

Have you tried IllusionMage - 3D Animation Software system? Proceed on this website : http://tinyurl.com/k835hxt . This will absolutely benefit anyone!

Answer 7

http://www.icewalkers.com/Linux/Software/533220/GIMP-Animation-Package.html