This made the use of Registry Keys(.reg) easier to install, and that the appropriate file associations for animation and stick figure files would be set. In this version, Pivot was introduced as a MSI Installer Package, ensuring that the program would be installed properly. It also fixed a few minor bugs, added the buttons to the main interface to bring a stick figure in front or behind other figures, and could automatically check to make sure the user does not lose unsaved projects. This allowed a much wider scope of animation choice for Pivot users. This version implemented the 'Stick Figure Builder', which allowed users to create their own stick figure designs saved in the STK format. Second major release of the Pivot Stickfigure Animator. Users were given few options of image optimization, compression or resizing when saving their animation.
PIV (Pivot Project File) or exported as Animated. Stick figures were limited to one type of stick figure, the default stickman. This version of Pivot Animator had several software bugs, as with most first-generation programs. They include, but are not limited to, music videos, combat, and humor. Pivot is widely known for its animations created within Pivot being uploaded frequently to YouTube. It uses fixed length 'sticks' to ensure size consistency during animation, something which is not as simple to recreate in professional animation software such as Autodesk Maya or Macromedia Flash. Pivot provides a simple, easy to use interface with a few features.
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Pivot Stickfigure Animator (usually shortened to Pivot) is a freeware application, for Windows, that allows users to create stick-figure animations, and save them in the animated GIF (Graphics Interchangeable Format) format used on web pages and, which can also be converted into videos using other software, such as Windows Movie Maker.
Graphics software, Design tools, Animating, Stick figure animation