Happy Thanksgiving from the New Music Resource!  And in the Thanksgiving spirit let's be thankful for all of the incredible free and inexpensive animation, graphic design, and music tools online! After all, we all know that most of us would rather be creating the next epic film, writing a new album, creating some kill app, or jamming with our band this holiday season, right? In any case enjoy this great list of animation software programs this holiday season! Motion graphics visual effects for film and media. Animator-9 3.6 Animated GIFs from digital camera Animator-DV   Image morphing GifSplitter 2   Stop-motion animation Anime Studio Pro 5 Animation AniS 1.0 Slideshow builder FotoMorph   Image manipulation Beneton Movie GIF   GIF animation   Cylekx 2.9   Graphics animation DigiCel Flipbook 6   Flash Flash Media Show Enjoy your Animation Software Freebies, delicious Food, and Friends ...

I recently gave a lecture at Buffalo State about the production process involved with my animated film Libertaria: The Virtual Opera . As I chatted on about software tools, social media sites, and Kickstarter , I realized that it was time to compile a list for musicians, animators, and other media artist. So here it is, 20 must-have tools for media, music, and animation , in no particular order.  I used each of these tools and sites for the production of Libertaria , which took over two and a half years. Lots of work, but practically impossible without these tools. Most are affordable or free, which is always great for those on a budget! ANIMATION and MEDIA TOOLS Moviestorm Easy-to-Use animation software. Has several packages, plus free trial to test it out. Libertaria was created entirely using this software.  Libertaria was created entirely in Moviestorm Comic Life 2 Create a comic book or use comic book graphics in your media project. Affordable and ...