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[namre]

So I've just created this animation for a character in an upcoming game using Photoshop and I'm wondering what other people are using to make theirs. I bet there are programs specially made for such a task, especially with the sprite animations.

Maybe a program that let's you edit and see instantly how the sprite moves from frame to frame.

Thanks a lot guys!

edited: I was unclear in my first post. What i was looking was a program that can create and animate sprites.

[kiwi]

I use synfig studio and xara xtreme
Synfig is probably better suited for animation purposes though

[___]

Graphics Gale is pretty decent. http://www.humanbalance.net/gale/us/

[namre]

Oh wow, now this is what I'm looking for. Thanks, man.

[Derakon]

Just for an alternative approach, I model my characters in Blender and use its skeleton rigging system for animations.

I don't think you could easily adopt such an approach to hand-drawn sprites, though.

[Trevor Dunbar]

What do you use to create and animate sprites?

Jasc paint shop pro 7 + Jasc animation shop

They both start-up instantly are are very stream-lined.

I have to draw a sprite in a frame in psp7 and copy and paste it into a frame in anim. shop, it's annoying, but works

Using photoshop would be completely out-of-the-question. It just loads too slow and is too damn clunky. Screw Adobe, they must have some of the worst programmers ever.

[N. Crayon]

I use Allegro Sprite Editor, personally. I like its feature set.

[Tycho Brahe]

Whenever I do sprite, which is rarely, I use gimp. It allows you to have a layer per frame, then export all the frames as one animated gif.

[Μarkham]

I animate in Flash, then export the frames to png files, and use Sprite Strip Composer to assemble it all into a sprite sheet.

To create animated gifs, I use an old copy Jasc Animation Shop I have to assemble the PNG's to a gif.  Flash's gif export sucks.

[J. R. Hill]

Graphics Gale is so much awesomer than the alternatives.

[Mipe]

I'm waiting for someone to post "Clay." 

[shaneneville]

I use the animation window in Photoshop to animate.  It's nice to export GIF's, but it's a bit of a pain to set it up on a sprite strip once the animation is done.

[iggie]

I use Curvy 3D to make game sprites [example sprites]

Animation is made by making copies of the objects and posing them side by side. Then I can take a single screengrab and cut it into frames for each sprite. Not very high tech, but works for me.

[Matt Thorson]

I use Paint.NET with an animator plug-in to preview it in motion.

[Balrog]

I use Paint.NET with an animator plug-in to preview it in motion.

Huh? Wha? What plug-in is that?

[Matt Thorson]

I use Paint.NET with an animator plug-in to preview it in motion.

Huh? Wha? What plug-in is that?

Here y'are sir

[Balrog]

I use Paint.NET with an animator plug-in to preview it in motion.

Huh? Wha? What plug-in is that?

Here y'are sir

That's pretty cool. Thanks.

[supershigi]

I actually use rpg maker XP to test my sprites (even on non-rmxp games) because you can import the sprite and test it immediately. 

[namre]

I actually use rpg maker XP to test my sprites (even on non-rmxp games) because you can import the sprite and test it immediately. 

Great idea!

[Player 3]

I'm stuck using MS Paint for sprites. Don't worry, it's not a bad tool. In fact, if you know what you're doing, it can be the best spriting program. That was just re-stating the obvious, but hey, what else can I say? It's mainly because of school not having advanced software like Photoshop on regular PCs.