What program can I use to make an animated avatar?
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The only problem with that - is if you want to use the avatar here on Yahoo Answers - you can't they only let you use the ones that are in your 360 account and that account only lets you use JPG images.  \n\nI tried to us GIF but it didn't let me.   Maybe they will in the future.\n\nIf they do let us in the future there ar a few good programs out there - Fireworks (micromedia) is good but expensive -  You can get ULead Gif animator - It have that and it is easy to work with and inexpensive.  Got it at Staples I think.
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I  use Picasa to make  this, quite easy.\n\nTry Google Picasa, 100% free and easy to use.\nWith Picasa, you can organize your pictures on your computer easily, Share your pics with friends by sending email and making Picture CD , Edit your pics, making many special effects only by one click.\n\nHere to download for free:\nhttp://picasa2.blog.com \n\nHope it helps.
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If you want a free program, try The Gimp or GimpShop.  They work pretty much the same as Photoshop but aren't quite as big resource hogs (though there are fewer tutorials on using gimp than photoshop)
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For this purpose you can use various softwares such as Ulead GIF Animator etc. You can find a trial version at Download.Com
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i prefer jasc animation shop, but it cost's money. you can download a free trial off the jasc website but it only last's for a month. \n\ni have a friend that uses phuzeon animator and likes it so if jasc's not for you you can try that.
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Either draw it and scan it or if you are making it on the computer i would say adobe photoshop. If you want to try and animate it then some flash program - maybe fireworks??
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use actionscripts\n\nCheers !!!!
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You could use a program like Adobe Flash MX to create a Flash animation. (http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/flashpro/)\n\nThat's simpler than if you wanted more complex animations enabled by 3D modelers and such (see http://www.blender.org for a free 3d animation program).\n\nOr if your target is the web then along with flash you might consider javascript: http://www.google.com/search?q=javascript+animation&num=200&btnG=Go
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You can buy the software photoshop cs2 or download it at download.com. You can also use iconator animator. You can also download many programs on www.download.com when you type animation and try them for free but there are time limits. hope this helps
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First make one  http://avatars.yahoo.com/\nSecond  go here -->  http://answers.yahoo.com/my/my_edit;_ylt=AlRGuR.L4LPT8cjYRY_Xh3bsy6IX\nchoose use my yahoo avartar
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http://www.gimp.org puts out a free, open-source image manipulation program that has great community support and add-ons, all free.\n\nP.S.  my favorite tip:  right-click on stuff when using The Gimp.
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go to the yahoo avatars site and make one
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Tales Animator\nTales Animator is a rather unique tool to create custom cartoon animations in AVI format. It does not require any graphical talent to get started.\nhttp://www.snapfiles.com/reviews/Tales_Animator/talesanimator.html\n\nIt's free.\n\nMichael\nhttp://www.webmasterautomation.com/blog/
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I'm not sure about doing that with the yahoo avy's, but you could always upload your own photo to use for an avy. Most photo editing programs have ways to make the photo look like a sketch or cartoon, I've done many photos that way.
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http://www.online-image-editor.com\n\nClick on Effects and use the Animation Wizard
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for what program ? Also for skins you normally have to go through a process of making them using something like photoshop. do a google search on how to make skins and im sure there are plenty of tutorials out there :)
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make a scripting animation program similar to flash. this is what i created for my finals project.\n\nit goes something like this: you have two separate programs, one creates, edits and compiles the script file into an object file - or animation file, as i called it. the second program then reads the animation file, and does the object/picture manipulation as defined by your script.\n\nso basically, the first program is the compiler, while the second is the animator or animation virtual machine. i dubbed it virtual machine since the object file merely contains virtual instructions that are predefined and understood by the virtual machine, and all this "machine" does is manage the multiple executing virtual threads and emulate the instructions.\n\nhope this helps... =)\n\nedit :: i used ms visual basic 6 for both the compiler program and the animator program.