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Compyx
Registered: Jan 2005
Posts: 631 |
Looking for old bitmap animation tool
I'm looking for a tool that allowed creating animations with multi-color bitmap: iirc you'd load a koala or Amica Paint picture and then select frames and the program would run the animation.
Must have been around 1989, I remember doing a 'Shadow of the Beast' character running before I'd seen the C64 SotB version. I remember my animations having more than three colors, probably done in Amica Paint, so tools that converted bitmap into sprites for animation are probably out. Then again it's been 30 years, so I could be wrong.
I searched CSDb for 'animator' etc, but came up with nothing that fits my, admittedly vague, memory. |
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ptoing
Registered: Sep 2005
Posts: 271 |
Looking through stuff I found this.
Movie Maker
It is only a bunch of animations though from what I can see, and not the actual tool they were made with, which is a bit confusing, seeing it is listed as a tool. |
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Compyx
Registered: Jan 2005
Posts: 631 |
That's definitely not it. But thanks for helping out. |
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Smasher
Registered: Feb 2003
Posts: 512 |
oh Ptoing, I completely forgot about Movie Maker. thx for your post. loved that prg! |
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Compyx
Registered: Jan 2005
Posts: 631 |
Excuse me, can be please get back to looking for a tool that may or may not have existed in a vague time frame with very vague specs. Thanks. |
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Smasher
Registered: Feb 2003
Posts: 512 |
sorry Compyx, I was so glad that Ptoing found out that old prg so I openly expressed my happiness.
sure I could try to help you... this maybe? Mr. Pixel's Cartoon Kit
if not: do you remember if it was a commercial or a scene tool? |
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Compyx
Registered: Jan 2005
Posts: 631 |
Probably a scene tool. And I was joking, should have added a smiley :) |
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Bamse
Registered: Apr 2013
Posts: 7 |
Giga-Paint [german] was a powerful program i used quite a lot back then. It came with many handy tools & features, possibly including an animator, but i don´t remember... :/ |
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WHW
Registered: Apr 2004
Posts: 6 |
Only one I recall is RATT's Animate for the Juggler demo: Annimate |
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Compyx
Registered: Jan 2005
Posts: 631 |
Thanks for the suggestions, Ratt's tool doesn't look like the one I used. Gigapaint is going to take a while to figure out: 4 floppy sides, bloody hell :) |
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bugjam
Registered: Apr 2003
Posts: 2491 |
MeSpAn |
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Hein
Registered: Apr 2004
Posts: 933 |
Maybe this one: Mega Koala Painter ? |
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Burglar
Registered: Dec 2004
Posts: 1031 |
why do you want an old tool when you can simply use a new easy tool? png2prg 1.2 is the answer :) |
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Hein
Registered: Apr 2004
Posts: 933 |
Quote: why do you want an old tool when you can simply use a new easy tool? png2prg 1.2 is the answer :)
Great tool, love the examples, but I personally wasn't looking for an animation packer/replayer, rather something to create/pixel animations with.
Not gonna use mega koala paint myself, though. Just found this thread and tried to help an old nostalgic man. ;) |
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Compyx
Registered: Jan 2005
Posts: 631 |
Thanks Hein, that indeed is the tool I used, I remember the pink text now! Might give it a go for old times' sake.
Meanwhile I'm working on a tool of my own, gotta do stuff the hard way =)
At least mine will run natively on Linux (and Windows, Mac and BSD). |
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Burglar
Registered: Dec 2004
Posts: 1031 |
Quoting CompyxAt least mine will run natively on Linux (and Windows, Mac and BSD). as does mine :) |
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Compyx
Registered: Jan 2005
Posts: 631 |
Yep. But I don't think I can actually pixel something in png2prg, can I? |
