TISFAT

TISFAT (stands for This Is Stick Figure Animation Theatre) is a free stick figure animation tool made in Delphi by 'NoshBar' (Dirk de la Hunt).
Features
TISFAT's main focus is ease of use, and compatibility across all versions of Windows, some versions of Linux, and a player for WinCE devices. It features the following animatable primitives:
* Lines
* Rectangles
* Ovals
* Bitmaps
* Particle blood system
* Text
* Stick figures
* CAS Engine (CAS stands for Create A Scene. It is a physics engine in Tisfat.)
Other features include:
* Custom stick figures, with the ability to attach bitmaps to limbs, enabling South Park styled animations
* Create-A-Scene, the ability to create a short animation segment using the Chipmunk physics engine
Stick figures feature inverse kinematics, so limbs react realistically when dragged (however, holding ctrl and clicking on a joint will 'lock' it), and as TISFAT uses tweening for animation, only the initial and final poses need to be set, and TISFAT calculates the rest (though frame by frame animation is possible).
TISFAT is used by many young animators, numerous animations and tutorials are available on YouTube. When using TISFAT it is suggested to have Windows Movie Maker or some similar program to add sounds and to edit movies. TISFAT is currently unable to import sounds, although this feature may be added in some future release.
Future
The Development on the original TISFAT, as well as TisfatTOO, has been discontinued.
TISFAT Zero
The TISFAT Deciphering Project, also known as "TISFAT Zero" is a project started from scratch and based on code from the original TISFAT. The project belongs to The Sektorz Portal members NIRS (also known as Evar678) and Ipquarx, building upon the concept of TISFAT and improving on it with a more stable and robust codebase. With new and updated versions being released often, this proves to be the long-awaited "new TISFAT" the community has been waiting for, and currently the only project in the works. TISFAT Zero has been released and is available on sourceforge

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