Resources

Fundamentals of Animation: A Companion Guide for Caribbean Students

By Sameque Nelson

Fundamentals of Animation: A Companion Guide for Caribbean Students is a guidebook to animation for students and teachers alike.  It offers easy-to-understand topics, quizzes to test your knowledge and activities to help understand all things animation!

Website: https://shorturl.at/KXU9H 

Email: nelson.sameque@gmail.com 

Let’s Get Animated in 2D

By Chevonnese Chevers Whyte

Let's Get Animated in 2D is an interactive textbook that takes you through the development of a 2D animated production from conceptualisation to post-production.

Website: http://chevonnesewhyte.com 

Email: chevonnese.whyte@nightvisionmedia.com

Digital Media: Unit 1

by Andrew Samuels

A Study Guide & Distant Learning Education Manual for CXC

Send an email to itsijamaica@gmail.com to get a copy.

Digital Media: Unit 2

by Andrew Samuels

A Study Guide & Distant Learning Education Manual for CXC

Send an email to itsijamaica@gmail.com to get a copy.

Animation & Game Design: Unit 1

by Andrew Samuels

A Study Guide & Distant Learning Education Manual for CXC

Send an email to itsijamaica@gmail.com to get a copy.

Visit the Learning Animation page of the JANN website. 

Visit the Resources page of the JANN website. 

Your school does not need to get all of the software listed below, only a select few based on your needs.  These software are free, but the specifications will be dependent on your computer lab.  If software won't work for you, consider developing stop motion animations, where you only need a good cellphone.

2D Animation Software

• Friction Graphics

• Glaxnimate

• OpenToonz

• SynFig

• Tahoma 2D

3D Animation Software

• bforartists

• Blender 3D

• Material Maker

Digital Asset Management Software

• digiKam

Game Development Software

• Wick Editor (in browser)

Graphic Design Software

• Affinity

Motion Graphics Software

• AstroFox

• Friction Graphics

• Glaxnimate

• Maxon Autograph

• Pikimov (in browser)

Photo Editing Software

• Gimp

• Graphite

• Photopea (in browser)

• Pinta

• PixaFlux

• RapidRAW

Photography Software

• Dark Table

Stop Motion Animation Software

• Stop Motion Studio

Vector Graphics Editor Software

• Inkscape

• Krita

Video Editing Software

• CapCut

• DaVinci Resolve

• Filmora

• Kdenlive

• Pikimov (in browser)

Visual Effects Software

• Gaffer

• Maxon Autograph

• Natron

• Drawing items

• Items for stop motion animation

• Notebooks

• Sketchbooks