What it does

Stickfigure animator is small in size, and has an intuitive interface. Its menu is simple and straight to the point.

As the name suggests, this is a program that enables you to create stickfigure animations.
I admit, the characters that you can create are not the most artistic ones, but I'm not struggling to win the Beauty Contest here.

Let's get moving!

When running the program, you are presented with the main screen that's divided in three sections: on the right there's the work area which takes up most of the space. Then, on the left part of the screen, is an operational section, where you can control the figures that you create or insert. And, in the top portion of the window, there's a frame list that shows all the frames that you've created in a thumbnail view.

By default, when opening the application, a human stickfigure is placed in the work area.
If it's the first time you're using the program, you can use it as a test dummy and learn your way around the program.


Once you've passed this step, you can move on to some more serious animations. You can either load some figures that the producer has included with the software (the letters in the alphabet, a horse, a cowboy and a few others). If you have your own ideas, you are free to put them into practice. For this purpose, you have a figure builder that lets you create new figures, or edit the existing ones.

In order to select a figure that you want to move around, or edit it, you can either click on it, or select it from a drop-down list that includes all the figures in the animation, placed in the operational area.

A figure can be formed by several objects (lines, circles and so on).