animation software

[dude_se]

i need to make a 10 second animation (or maybe a little less).
whats a good piece of software to use?

 

[Kage]

What do you want the result as? A video file? gif?
What sort of animation? Drawing?

 

[JogaBonito1502]

If you want to play around and make something badass use 3D Studio Max. It's the bomb.

 

[drumthrasher]

You can use Photoshop to make simple animated GIFs.

 

[Neodude1123201]

Yeah 3D? Gifs? Movie? Still Frames?

Explain Dude

 

[dude_se]

umm gifs
could use photoshop, but wanted to use something more designed for animation. more to impress my teacher than anything

 

[Neodude1123201]

http://picasion.com/

 

[dude_se]

btw, its for a university course, so want to impress them. cant really use an online service
can flash cs4 do gifs, or is it purely swf's?