

Several features had been vastly improved and several new features had been added. There was an improved interface, with new icons, a better default stickman with bolder arms and legs and a reorganization of the features. New features included the ability to import any image as a sprite to be moved around in the animation like a stick figure. piv file, the frame rate is saved with it.Īnother added feature was the ability to have multiple backgrounds in an animation.

This Beta release has glitches that mess up parts of an animation. One known error is the "Invalid floating point" this could cause some frames in the animation to be corrupted when saving it. Another error is when saving the pivot animation as an. avi file, an error message appears and the text says "not ready yet." Pivot 4.1Īs of September 30th 2012, a Facebook page called "Pivot Animator" was created by Peter Bone. The new version promises several new features, all of which mentioned on the Facebook page: The intention of the page is to keep users updated on the progress and development of Pivot. Everything in Pivot 2 and Pivot 3 beta plus bug fixes.

Improved figure selector and background selector (shows images in a list).Pan and zoom and rotate all (by selecting all figures).Change scale and rotate whole figure by holding Alt while dragging.Change the length of segments in the animation by holding Ctrl while dragging.Edit area surrounding the animation area to make it easier to move objects off screen.All handles drawn on top of figures so you can move them easier.
