Posted by nobody special on 09/12/06 15:46

If you are married to using the paper you are currently using, then all
drawings must have an unbroken edge all around, even if it's very thin.
This is the first lesson I got in kindergarten: "color inside the damn
lines!":-)

Back them with a piece of white opaque paper when scanning, you get
better results. Once scanned, then touch once with photoshop or
similar program's magic wand tool on outside>cut>save as .tga to create
alpha keys of each cel. Adjusting the sliders for the magic wand's
sensitivity should make it discriminate fairly well. Eraser tool then
cleans up leftovers. Drop the numbered targas onto a timeline, done.
(as long as they start "00001", "00002", etc)

Free or very cheap digital cel animation programs suitable for
classroom projects include

Broderbund kidpix
Dabbler (has onionskin mode)
istopmotion
lost marble moho
lemkesoft graphic converter

a really awesome one is Toonboom, but it's not free.
Best of luck, have fun.

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