animbar

Animbar is a lightweight, easy to use application specially designed to enable you to easily create your own animation on paper and transparency. From a set of input images two output images are computed, that are printed one on paper and one on transparency.

By moving the transparency over the paper, you create a fascinating animation effect. This kind of animation technique is hundreds of years old and known under several names: picket fence animation, barrier grid animation, Moiré animation, to name a few.

The interface keeps it simple, as you can use the "File" tab to load in your image/images. After an image was uploaded, a small thumbnail will be created while the zoomed in files is displayed in the preview tab.

Go to "Edit > Compute Animation" in order to select the number of pixels for your image. Also, from "View" you can quickly manage the picture's zoom levels.

To sum it up, animbar is a straightforward app that can give you a helping hand with creating paper printed animations. It's compact, and the easy-to-use app allows for easy operation for any user, no matter the technical experience.