1. Stop motion set up by John Fletcher (group B)

2. Threaded puppet (John Fletcher)

3. Still Images to Animation in Photoshop NB: Earlier versions come with ImageReady which has an Import Folder to Layers option on the File menu. Open Photoshop File > Scripts > Load Files into Stack Select a directory or series of image files. These will then be imported into multiple layers in the same document. Window > Animation The animation timeline will appear. Click the small menu button in the top-right. Select Make Frames from Layers. Each layer will now appear on the timeline as a frame. File > Export Render Video. Useful for creating short animations or for compiling stop-motion frames.

4. http://emmatolmie.wordpress.com/2009/08/13/how-to-build-your-own-green-screen-part-1/

5. Wax – Freeware video compositing for Windows: http://www.debugmode.com/wax/http://www.debugmode.com/wax/

6. http://www.toonboom.com/products/toonBoomStudio/

7. These next links describe making a cutout figure in Flash pre-CS4 and some of the limitations that you might come up against: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwkIuFG6-2U&feature=related http://animation.about.com/od/flashanimationtutorials/ss/flashlesson5.htm http://animation.about.com/od/flashanimationtutorials/ss/flash_less7_10.htm If you have CS4, there’s an intro to bones here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kngaZQQ84Xo&feature=related http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to/video/how-to-use-the-bone-tool-in-flash- cs4-268998/ A good example of animation in Flash 8 that works around the limitations: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ddzYpSMMKw&feature=related

8. Character animation in Motion, really stretching what can be done with mixing 3d objects (which started life as Photoshop files, imported and positioned in 3d space like a house of cards) and 2d keyframed cutouts: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJoKoSxQbss Intro to 3d grouped objects in Motion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNGcDd6ySqk&NR=1&feature=fvwp