http://animation12.cs.manchester.ac.uk/competition-main/allcomps/animation12/software 2015-05-29T11:43:39+00:00 Joomla! 1.7 - Open Source Content Management 2011-08-25T13:46:40+00:00 2011-08-25T13:46:40+00:00 http://animation12.cs.manchester.ac.uk/competition-main/allcomps/animation12/software/alice Super User rina@cs.man.ac.uk

<div class="body"> <p><img src="images/competition/alice.png" border="0" alt="" title="Alice Software" align="right" style="float: right;" />Alice is an innovative 3D programming environment that makes it easy to create an animation for telling a story, playing an interactive game, or a video to share on the web. Alice is a freely available teaching tool designed to be a student's first exposure to object-oriented programming. It allows students to learn fundamental programming concepts in the context of creating animated movies and simple video games.</p> <p>In Alice, 3-D objects (e.g. people, animals, and vehicles) populate a virtual world and students create a program to animate the objects.</p> <ul> <li>view Alice <a href="images/competition/alice-screen-1276-992.jpg" target="_blank">screenshot</a>.</li> </ul> <p>You can find some lesson plan ideas for working with Alice <a href="http://voyager.egglescliffe.org.uk/mwc/mukoku/course/view.php?id=8">here</a>.</p> <p> </p> <h2><a href="http://www.alice.org/"><img src="images/competition/download.png" border="0" alt="" title="Download" /></a>Download</h2> <p>Alice is available as a free download from <a href="http://www.alice.org/">www.alice.org</a>, where you can also find teaching materials and tutorials.</p> <a href="http://www.alice.org/" title="Alice Software">Download</a> Alice.<br /><a href="http://www.alice.org/kelleher/storytelling/" title="Story Telling Alice">Download</a> Story telling Alice.<br />Note: There is not much difference between the two software options except......</div>

<div class="body"> <p><img src="images/competition/alice.png" border="0" alt="" title="Alice Software" align="right" style="float: right;" />Alice is an innovative 3D programming environment that makes it easy to create an animation for telling a story, playing an interactive game, or a video to share on the web. Alice is a freely available teaching tool designed to be a student's first exposure to object-oriented programming. It allows students to learn fundamental programming concepts in the context of creating animated movies and simple video games.</p> <p>In Alice, 3-D objects (e.g. people, animals, and vehicles) populate a virtual world and students create a program to animate the objects.</p> <ul> <li>view Alice <a href="images/competition/alice-screen-1276-992.jpg" target="_blank">screenshot</a>.</li> </ul> <p>You can find some lesson plan ideas for working with Alice <a href="http://voyager.egglescliffe.org.uk/mwc/mukoku/course/view.php?id=8">here</a>.</p> <p> </p> <h2><a href="http://www.alice.org/"><img src="images/competition/download.png" border="0" alt="" title="Download" /></a>Download</h2> <p>Alice is available as a free download from <a href="http://www.alice.org/">www.alice.org</a>, where you can also find teaching materials and tutorials.</p> <a href="http://www.alice.org/" title="Alice Software">Download</a> Alice.<br /><a href="http://www.alice.org/kelleher/storytelling/" title="Story Telling Alice">Download</a> Story telling Alice.<br />Note: There is not much difference between the two software options except......</div> 2011-08-25T13:46:40+00:00 2011-08-25T13:46:40+00:00 http://animation12.cs.manchester.ac.uk/competition-main/allcomps/animation12/software/scrach Super User rina@cs.man.ac.uk

<div class="body"> <p><img src="images/competition/cat.png" border="0" alt="" title="Scratch Software" align="right" style="float: right;" /></p> <p>Scratch is freely-available interactive multimedia educational software from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It is intended to teach basic computer programming  concepts using simple manipulations of graphics, images and shapes.</p> <p>Here's a very good <a href="http://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2009/11/48421-scratch-programming-for-all/fulltext">introductory article</a> about Scratch (from Communications of the ACM, Vol 52, pages 60-67).</p> <p>If you're running into problems installing Scratch on your school's computers, <a href="files/pdf/SCRATCH+Drive+C+issue.pdf">this article</a> by Roger Davies (Queen Elizabeth School, Cumbria) may help you along.</p> <ul> <li>view Scratch <a href="images/competition/scratch.gif" target="_blank" title="Scratch Screen shot">screenshot</a>.</li> </ul>   <h2><a href="http://scratch.mit.edu/" target="_blank" title="Scratch Software"><img src="images/competition/download.png" border="0" alt="" title="Download" /></a>Download</h2> <p>Scratch is available as a free download from <a href="http://scratch.mit.edu/">scratch.mit.edu</a>, where you can also find teaching materials and tutorials.</p> <a href="http://scratch.mit.edu/" title="Scratch Software">Download</a> Scratch.<br /><a href="http://www.alice.org/kelleher/storytelling/" title="Story Telling Alice"></a><br title="Story Telling Alice" /><br /></div>

<div class="body"> <p><img src="images/competition/cat.png" border="0" alt="" title="Scratch Software" align="right" style="float: right;" /></p> <p>Scratch is freely-available interactive multimedia educational software from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It is intended to teach basic computer programming  concepts using simple manipulations of graphics, images and shapes.</p> <p>Here's a very good <a href="http://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2009/11/48421-scratch-programming-for-all/fulltext">introductory article</a> about Scratch (from Communications of the ACM, Vol 52, pages 60-67).</p> <p>If you're running into problems installing Scratch on your school's computers, <a href="files/pdf/SCRATCH+Drive+C+issue.pdf">this article</a> by Roger Davies (Queen Elizabeth School, Cumbria) may help you along.</p> <ul> <li>view Scratch <a href="images/competition/scratch.gif" target="_blank" title="Scratch Screen shot">screenshot</a>.</li> </ul>   <h2><a href="http://scratch.mit.edu/" target="_blank" title="Scratch Software"><img src="images/competition/download.png" border="0" alt="" title="Download" /></a>Download</h2> <p>Scratch is available as a free download from <a href="http://scratch.mit.edu/">scratch.mit.edu</a>, where you can also find teaching materials and tutorials.</p> <a href="http://scratch.mit.edu/" title="Scratch Software">Download</a> Scratch.<br /><a href="http://www.alice.org/kelleher/storytelling/" title="Story Telling Alice"></a><br title="Story Telling Alice" /><br /></div> 2011-08-25T13:46:40+00:00 2011-08-25T13:46:40+00:00 http://animation12.cs.manchester.ac.uk/competition-main/allcomps/animation12/software/flash Super User rina@cs.man.ac.uk

<div class="body"> <p><img src="images/competition/flash.png" border="0" alt="" title="Alice Software" align="right" style="float: right;" /></p> <div class="body"> <p>Flash is a popular professional multimedia software from Adobe Systems. Software to view Flash animations is freely available for all web browsers (<a href="http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/">Adobe Flash Player</a>), but software to author Flash animations must be purchased from <a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/?promoid=BPDEE">Adobe Systems</a> (there are several free Flash authoring systems from 3rd parties, but these are not robust).</p> <ul> <li>view Flash <a href="images/competition/flash.gif" target="_blank" title="Adobe Flash Screen">screenshot</a>.</li> </ul> </div> <p> </p> <h2><a href="http://www.alice.org/"><img src="images/competition/download.png" border="0" alt="" title="Download" /></a>Download</h2> <p>Flash is available for download as a free 1 month trial from <a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/?promoid=BPDEE">Adobe</a>, where you can also find teaching materials and tutorials.</p> <a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/?promoid=BPDEE">Download</a> Adobe Flash Trial<a href="http://www.alice.org/kelleher/storytelling/" title="Story Telling Alice"></a>.</div>

<div class="body"> <p><img src="images/competition/flash.png" border="0" alt="" title="Alice Software" align="right" style="float: right;" /></p> <div class="body"> <p>Flash is a popular professional multimedia software from Adobe Systems. Software to view Flash animations is freely available for all web browsers (<a href="http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/">Adobe Flash Player</a>), but software to author Flash animations must be purchased from <a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/?promoid=BPDEE">Adobe Systems</a> (there are several free Flash authoring systems from 3rd parties, but these are not robust).</p> <ul> <li>view Flash <a href="images/competition/flash.gif" target="_blank" title="Adobe Flash Screen">screenshot</a>.</li> </ul> </div> <p> </p> <h2><a href="http://www.alice.org/"><img src="images/competition/download.png" border="0" alt="" title="Download" /></a>Download</h2> <p>Flash is available for download as a free 1 month trial from <a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/?promoid=BPDEE">Adobe</a>, where you can also find teaching materials and tutorials.</p> <a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/?promoid=BPDEE">Download</a> Adobe Flash Trial<a href="http://www.alice.org/kelleher/storytelling/" title="Story Telling Alice"></a>.</div> 2011-08-25T13:46:40+00:00 2011-08-25T13:46:40+00:00 http://animation12.cs.manchester.ac.uk/competition-main/allcomps/animation12/software/serif Super User rina@cs.man.ac.uk

<div class="body"> <p><img src="images/competition/serif.png" border="0" title="Alice Software" width="185" height="136" align="right" style="float: right; border: 0;" /></p> <p>Serif DrawPlus is a drawing and animation program from Serif Ltd.</p> <p>In partnership with the Specialist Schools And Acadamies Trust, Serif DrawPlus is available for schools at a special price.</p> <ul> <li>view Serif <a href="images/competition/serif.jpg" target="_blank" title="Serif Screen Shot">screenshot</a>.</li> </ul> <p>You can find some lesson plan ideas for working with Alice <a href="http://voyager.egglescliffe.org.uk/mwc/mukoku/course/view.php?id=8">here</a>.</p> <p> </p> <h2><a href="http://www.alice.org/"><img src="images/competition/download.png" border="0" alt="" title="Download" /></a>Download</h2> Details of the arrangemt with the Specialist Schools and Acadamies Trust are <a href="http://www.serif.com/education/ssat/">here</a>.</div>

<div class="body"> <p><img src="images/competition/serif.png" border="0" title="Alice Software" width="185" height="136" align="right" style="float: right; border: 0;" /></p> <p>Serif DrawPlus is a drawing and animation program from Serif Ltd.</p> <p>In partnership with the Specialist Schools And Acadamies Trust, Serif DrawPlus is available for schools at a special price.</p> <ul> <li>view Serif <a href="images/competition/serif.jpg" target="_blank" title="Serif Screen Shot">screenshot</a>.</li> </ul> <p>You can find some lesson plan ideas for working with Alice <a href="http://voyager.egglescliffe.org.uk/mwc/mukoku/course/view.php?id=8">here</a>.</p> <p> </p> <h2><a href="http://www.alice.org/"><img src="images/competition/download.png" border="0" alt="" title="Download" /></a>Download</h2> Details of the arrangemt with the Specialist Schools and Acadamies Trust are <a href="http://www.serif.com/education/ssat/">here</a>.</div> 2011-08-25T13:46:40+00:00 2011-08-25T13:46:40+00:00 http://animation12.cs.manchester.ac.uk/competition-main/allcomps/animation12/software/koolmoves Super User rina@cs.man.ac.uk

<div class="body"> <p><a href="http://www.koolmoves.com/index.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.koolmoves.com/images/kmboxes-hm.gif" border="0" title="Alice Software" width="326" height="304" align="right" style="float: right; border: 0;" /></a></p> <div class="body"> <p>Used by both professionals and novices to create rich interactive content for web sites, KoolMoves is a popular Flash authoring tool with rave industry reviews!</p> <p>Combining ease-of-use with a wealth of powerful animation effects, KoolMoves makes it easy and inexpensive to create professional quality animations for web sites.</p> <p>As Adobe Flash® has developed into the standard for animation on the web, KoolMoves has emerged as an advanced but low cost alternative to Flash. In addition, KoolMoves now supports Html5 export for mobile devices.</p> <p></p> <ul> <li title="Adobe Flash Screen">View KoolMoves <a href="http://www.koolmoves.com/gallery.html" target="_blank" title="Gallery"><strong>Gallery</strong>.</a> </li> </ul> <h4>Flash animation software that's so easy and powerful, they're all you need to...</h4> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.koolmoves.com/rwbanner/Demo_KM6.html" target="_blank">Play video &amp; music with stylish media players<span class="dagger">**</span></a></li> <li><a href="http://www.koolmoves.com/gallery.html" target="_blank">Create high impact web sites &amp; animations</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.koolmoves.com/daz/_daz_demo.html" target="_blank">Customize text effects, buttons, &amp; clip art</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.koolmoves.com/3d/asteroids.html" target="_blank">Add impressive 3D text and shape effects<span class="dagger">**</span></a></li> <li><a href="http://www.koolmoves.com/webtemplates/bluewave.html" target="_blank">Use templates** or create your own designs</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.koolmoves.com/actionscript.html" target="_blank">Take control with Flash 9/10 action scripts<span class="dagger">**</span></a></li> <li><a href="http://www.koolmoves.com/html5_animation.html">Save as Html5 for mobile devices<span class="dagger">**</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <p> </p> <h2><a href="http://www.alice.org/"><img src="images/competition/download.png" border="0" alt="" title="Download" /></a><a href="Fhttp://www.koolmoves.com/download.html" target="_blank" title="Download">Download Free trial</a></h2> <p> </p> </div>

<div class="body"> <p><a href="http://www.koolmoves.com/index.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.koolmoves.com/images/kmboxes-hm.gif" border="0" title="Alice Software" width="326" height="304" align="right" style="float: right; border: 0;" /></a></p> <div class="body"> <p>Used by both professionals and novices to create rich interactive content for web sites, KoolMoves is a popular Flash authoring tool with rave industry reviews!</p> <p>Combining ease-of-use with a wealth of powerful animation effects, KoolMoves makes it easy and inexpensive to create professional quality animations for web sites.</p> <p>As Adobe Flash® has developed into the standard for animation on the web, KoolMoves has emerged as an advanced but low cost alternative to Flash. In addition, KoolMoves now supports Html5 export for mobile devices.</p> <p></p> <ul> <li title="Adobe Flash Screen">View KoolMoves <a href="http://www.koolmoves.com/gallery.html" target="_blank" title="Gallery"><strong>Gallery</strong>.</a> </li> </ul> <h4>Flash animation software that's so easy and powerful, they're all you need to...</h4> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.koolmoves.com/rwbanner/Demo_KM6.html" target="_blank">Play video &amp; music with stylish media players<span class="dagger">**</span></a></li> <li><a href="http://www.koolmoves.com/gallery.html" target="_blank">Create high impact web sites &amp; animations</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.koolmoves.com/daz/_daz_demo.html" target="_blank">Customize text effects, buttons, &amp; clip art</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.koolmoves.com/3d/asteroids.html" target="_blank">Add impressive 3D text and shape effects<span class="dagger">**</span></a></li> <li><a href="http://www.koolmoves.com/webtemplates/bluewave.html" target="_blank">Use templates** or create your own designs</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.koolmoves.com/actionscript.html" target="_blank">Take control with Flash 9/10 action scripts<span class="dagger">**</span></a></li> <li><a href="http://www.koolmoves.com/html5_animation.html">Save as Html5 for mobile devices<span class="dagger">**</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <p> </p> <h2><a href="http://www.alice.org/"><img src="images/competition/download.png" border="0" alt="" title="Download" /></a><a href="Fhttp://www.koolmoves.com/download.html" target="_blank" title="Download">Download Free trial</a></h2> <p> </p> </div> 2011-08-25T13:46:40+00:00 2011-08-25T13:46:40+00:00 http://animation12.cs.manchester.ac.uk/competition-main/allcomps/animation12/software/swishmax Super User rina@cs.man.ac.uk

<div class="body"> <p><a href="http://www.swishzone.com/index.php?area=home" target="_blank" title="Swish Max 4"><img src="images/competition/swish.png" border="0" title="Alice Software" width="280" height="364" align="right" style="float: right; border: 0;" /></a></p> <div class="body"> <p>Advanced Flash creation tool for the graphic artist or web professional. Advanced drawing tools, scripting, Flash video - everything you need for a dynamic Flash animation. <strong>New in SWiSH Max4</strong>: Morphing, Filters, Blendings and much more!</p> <ul> <li>Advanced Flash Creation Tool For The Graphic Artist Or Web Professional</li> <li>Creates Stunning Flash Animations and Websites with Ease</li> <li>Includes over 380 Preset Multimedia Effects</li> <li>Includes over 300 Ready-to-use Components and Vector Shapes</li> <li>Import Images, Graphics, Sound and Video from all popular formats</li> <li>Export Presentations to Flash, Video, EXE, GIF Animation or Image Sequence</li> <li>Powerful Scripting Language for Advanced Users</li> <li>Tools to Control Motion and Shape, Draw Shapes, Edit Text and more</li> <li>Project templates - Instant Results Using the Wizard Panel</li> <li>NEW! Morphing - Transform your shapes</li> <li>NEW! Filter and Blend Effects - Blur and glow while you blend shapes and more</li> <li>NEW! Improved Workflow - Advanced Find/Replace, New Script features, Paste options</li> </ul> view Swish Max 4 <a href="http://www.swishzone.com/index.php?area=products&amp;product=max&amp;tab=overview" target="_blank">screenshots and examples</a>.</div> <p> </p> <h2><a href="http://www.alice.org/"><img src="images/competition/download.png" border="0" alt="" title="Download" /></a>Download</h2> <p>Flash is available for download as a free 1 month trial from <a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/?promoid=BPDEE">Adobe</a>, where you can also find teaching materials and tutorials.</p> <a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/?promoid=BPDEE">Download</a> Adobe Flash Trial<a href="http://www.alice.org/kelleher/storytelling/" title="Story Telling Alice"></a>.</div>

<div class="body"> <p><a href="http://www.swishzone.com/index.php?area=home" target="_blank" title="Swish Max 4"><img src="images/competition/swish.png" border="0" title="Alice Software" width="280" height="364" align="right" style="float: right; border: 0;" /></a></p> <div class="body"> <p>Advanced Flash creation tool for the graphic artist or web professional. Advanced drawing tools, scripting, Flash video - everything you need for a dynamic Flash animation. <strong>New in SWiSH Max4</strong>: Morphing, Filters, Blendings and much more!</p> <ul> <li>Advanced Flash Creation Tool For The Graphic Artist Or Web Professional</li> <li>Creates Stunning Flash Animations and Websites with Ease</li> <li>Includes over 380 Preset Multimedia Effects</li> <li>Includes over 300 Ready-to-use Components and Vector Shapes</li> <li>Import Images, Graphics, Sound and Video from all popular formats</li> <li>Export Presentations to Flash, Video, EXE, GIF Animation or Image Sequence</li> <li>Powerful Scripting Language for Advanced Users</li> <li>Tools to Control Motion and Shape, Draw Shapes, Edit Text and more</li> <li>Project templates - Instant Results Using the Wizard Panel</li> <li>NEW! Morphing - Transform your shapes</li> <li>NEW! Filter and Blend Effects - Blur and glow while you blend shapes and more</li> <li>NEW! Improved Workflow - Advanced Find/Replace, New Script features, Paste options</li> </ul> view Swish Max 4 <a href="http://www.swishzone.com/index.php?area=products&amp;product=max&amp;tab=overview" target="_blank">screenshots and examples</a>.</div> <p> </p> <h2><a href="http://www.alice.org/"><img src="images/competition/download.png" border="0" alt="" title="Download" /></a>Download</h2> <p>Flash is available for download as a free 1 month trial from <a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/?promoid=BPDEE">Adobe</a>, where you can also find teaching materials and tutorials.</p> <a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/?promoid=BPDEE">Download</a> Adobe Flash Trial<a href="http://www.alice.org/kelleher/storytelling/" title="Story Telling Alice"></a>.</div> 2011-08-25T13:46:40+00:00 2011-08-25T13:46:40+00:00 http://animation12.cs.manchester.ac.uk/competition-main/allcomps/animation12/software/blender Super User rina@cs.man.ac.uk

<div class="body"> <p><img src="images/competition/blender.png" border="0" title="Alice Software" align="right" style="float: right; border: 0;" /></p> <div class="body"> <p> </p> <p><a class="internal-link" href="http://www.blender.org/features-gallery/features/" title="Opens internal link in current window"><strong>model </strong>-<strong> shade </strong>-<strong> animate </strong>-<strong> render </strong>-<strong> composite </strong>-<strong> interactive 3d</strong></a></p> <p>Blender is the free open source 3D content creation suite, available for all major operating systems under the <a class="internal-link" href="http://www.blender.org/education-help/faq/gpl-for-artists/">GNU General Public License</a>.</p> <p> </p> <ul> <li>view the <a href="http://www.blender.org/features-gallery/" target="_blank">Blender Gallery</a>.<a href="images/competition/flash.gif" target="_blank" title="Adobe Flash Screen"></a></li> </ul> </div> <p> </p> <h2><a href="http://www.alice.org/"><img src="images/competition/download.png" border="0" alt="" title="Download" /></a>Download</h2> <p>Flash is available for download as a free 1 month trial from <a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/?promoid=BPDEE">Adobe</a>, where you can also find teaching materials and tutorials.</p> <a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/?promoid=BPDEE">Download</a> Adobe Flash Trial<a href="http://www.alice.org/kelleher/storytelling/" title="Story Telling Alice"></a>.</div>

<div class="body"> <p><img src="images/competition/blender.png" border="0" title="Alice Software" align="right" style="float: right; border: 0;" /></p> <div class="body"> <p> </p> <p><a class="internal-link" href="http://www.blender.org/features-gallery/features/" title="Opens internal link in current window"><strong>model </strong>-<strong> shade </strong>-<strong> animate </strong>-<strong> render </strong>-<strong> composite </strong>-<strong> interactive 3d</strong></a></p> <p>Blender is the free open source 3D content creation suite, available for all major operating systems under the <a class="internal-link" href="http://www.blender.org/education-help/faq/gpl-for-artists/">GNU General Public License</a>.</p> <p> </p> <ul> <li>view the <a href="http://www.blender.org/features-gallery/" target="_blank">Blender Gallery</a>.<a href="images/competition/flash.gif" target="_blank" title="Adobe Flash Screen"></a></li> </ul> </div> <p> </p> <h2><a href="http://www.alice.org/"><img src="images/competition/download.png" border="0" alt="" title="Download" /></a>Download</h2> <p>Flash is available for download as a free 1 month trial from <a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/?promoid=BPDEE">Adobe</a>, where you can also find teaching materials and tutorials.</p> <a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/?promoid=BPDEE">Download</a> Adobe Flash Trial<a href="http://www.alice.org/kelleher/storytelling/" title="Story Telling Alice"></a>.</div>