Stick Nodes is a powerful stickman animator app created with mobile devices in mind! Inspired from the popular Pivot stickfigure animator, Stick Nodes allows users to create their own stickfigure-based movies and even export them as animated GIFs and MP4 videos! It is one of the most popular animation apps among young animators!
■ Features ■
◆ Import and animate images as well!
◆ Automatic customizeable frame-tweening, make your animations smoother!
◆ A simple camera to pan/zoom/rotate around the scene, similar to the "v-cam" in Flash.
◆ Movieclips allow you to create and reuse/loop animation objects within your projects.
◆ A variety of shapes, color/scale on a per-segment basis, gradients - create any "stickfigure" you can imagine!
◆ Textfields allow for easy text and speech in your animations.
◆ Add all kinds of sounds effects to make your animations epic.
◆ Apply different filters to your stickfigures - transparency, blur, glow, and more.
◆ Join stickfigures together to easily simulate holding/wearing objects.
◆ A large community full of all kinds of interesting people and other animators.
◆ Over 30,000+ stickfigures (and counting) to download from the website.
◆ Export to GIF (or MP4 for Pro) to share your animation online.
◆ Compatibility with pre-3.0 Pivot stickfigure files.
◆ Save/open/share your projects, stickfigures, and movieclips.
◆ And all the other typical animation stuff - undo/redo, onion-skin, background images, and more!
* Please note, sounds, filters, and MP4-export are Pro-only features
■ Lanuages ■
◆ English
◆ Español
◆ Français
◆ Japanese
◆ Filipino
◆ Português
◆ Russian
◆ Türkçe
Stick Nodes has a thriving community where animators have a good time, help each other out, show off their work, and even create stickfigures for others to use! There are thousands of stickfigures (and more added daily!) over at the main website https://sticknodes.com/stickfigures/
As of one of the latest updates, Stick Nodes is also a Minecraft™ animator as it allows you to easily import Minecraft™ skins and animate them instantly!
Search for "stick nodes" on YouTube to see just a few of the thousands of animations users have made with this stickfigure animation app! If you're looking for an animation creator or an animation maker app, this is it!
■ Stay Updated ■
New updates have been never-ending for Stick Nodes since it's original 2014 release. Keep up-to-date with the latest news and updates about your favorite stick figure animation app and join in with the community!
◆ Website: https://sticknodes.com
◆ Facebook: http://facebook.com/sticknodes
◆ Reddit: http://reddit.com/r/sticknodes
◆ Twitter: http://twitter.com/FTLRalph
◆ Youtube: http://youtube.com/FTLRalph
Stick Nodes is *the best* simple animation app available on the iOS market! It's a great tool for learning animation, even in a school setting for students or newbies. At the same time, Stick Nodes is robust enough and powerful enough for even the most skilled animator to really showcase their skills!
Thank you for trying out Stick Nodes! Leave any questions/comments below or on the main Stick Nodes website! Common questions are already answered on the FAQ page here https://sticknodes.com/faqs/
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Summary of user reviews
Positive highlights
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This app hasIntuitive and easy-to-use interface for creating animations
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This app hasAbility to import and use pre-made stick figures and backgrounds
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This app hasSupports MP4 export for full-fledged animations
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This app hasPowerful animation tools like onion skinning and adjustable frame rate
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This app hasWide variety of customizable stick figures and the ability to import your own
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This app hasSupports sound effects for more immersive animations
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This app hasSimple yet robust enough for advanced animators to create detailed animations
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This app hasIncredibly user-friendly, making it easy for beginners to dive right in
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This app hasSimplicity combined with powerful features for creating smooth, fluid animations
Negative highlights
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This app hasSome features like filters and sound effects are locked behind the pro version
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This app hasLack of built-in tutorials or instructions, making it challenging for complete beginners
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This app hasOccasional bugs and glitches reported by users, like crashes and issues with saving/loading projects
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This app hasLimited customization options for creating your own stick figures in the free version
What's New in Stick Nodes
4.2.3
October 12, 2024
◆ (4.2.3) Many small fixes, see StickNodes.com for full details!
◆ New segment: Connectors! These segments stay attached between two nodes
◆ Trapezoids can now be curved, rounded-ends, and easier thickness control
◆ Smart-Stretch improvements, combined with Connectors this allows for new possibilities for figure creation
◆ New node options for "Angle Lock" and "Drag Lock", which keep a node on a specific axis
◆ New node option for "Floaty" - changes the way stretchy nodes tween
◆ Added new toggles in "App Settings", check the enable/disable list
◆ The UI generally has been cleaned up, new icons, and easier to use
◆ Added a "screen padding" value in "App Settings", to adjust the UI so it is not hidden behind your phone notch
◆ But wait there's more! Check the website for a full changelog and see the video linked below for more information!
Please fix the background transparency for creating sprites. I KNOW that some of my pictures are definitely transparent but the background is still white. I deleted the app and got it again to see if it worked but it did not. Please fix this entirely. Also sometimes my sprites appear blurry without anti whatever so please make sprites HIGHER quality. ALSO PLEASE have an option to get photos from the photos app OR THE FILES APP when creating sprites. And please add a coloring sprites option and make an option with the coloring pixel or normal. And a size option for the color paintbrush. Finally, please add an option where you can select images while creating a sprite so you can get stuff done quicker. This will help me and others a ton. Please PLEASE add it.