What is a good website animation software?

Question

Hi everyone.
I have a web site up and running and I'm sure everyones seen those awesome animations of photos changing and featuring a certain department or service... well, I want to know which program out there will do that. Here is a site that has what I am talking about... this one is kind of out there and I dont want to go that far into animation but you'll get my idea:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/default.mspx

So can you help me out? Also, is there any free versions or trials out there.

Thanks for all your help!

Answer 1

Macromedia Flash 8 Professional is the best on the market. I have it and I wouldn't trade it for anything!

It is fairly easy to learn the basic functions of Flash, but the coding language it uses, called ActionScript, takes a little more time to learn. There are plenty of great flash tutorials that will show you step-by-step to make the type of animation you are talking about. Just Google search "Flash tutorials" and see what you find (keep in mind that a bunch of the tutorials are either outdated or just poor quality, you definitely dont want to waste your time on poorly made tutorials. There are plenty of good ones, but they are scarcer and harder to find.)

You can download a Free trial of Flash 8 at the Adobe website. A direct link to the download page is below..
https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/tdrc/index.cfm?product=flashpro

** If you decide that you want to purchase it, contact me FIRST!! I can get you a dirt cheap price for it! email me at [e-mail]***

More information about Flash can also be found on Adobe.com:
http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/flashpro/

Great Tutorial Sites:
www.toxiclab.org
www.flashfridge.com
http://www.cgtutorials.com/c23/Flash

If you want to learn Flash ActionScript, Buy a good book from Barnes & Noble on the subject. It is very similar to the coding language "Java" if you know what that is. It will take some dedicated time to get it down, but it will be very worthwhile.

Answer 2

Create Animations Like Pixar : http://3dAnimationCartoons.com/?hipU

Answer 3

go to www.thepiratebay.org and download Studio MX 2004 in this suite from Macromedia has Flash MX. it's top of the line flash animation for websites.