Create your own animations fast and easy. animbar generates output for an animation technique known under names such as picket fence animation, barrier grid animation or other trademarked names.

From a set of input images two output images are computed, that are printed one on paper and one on transparency. By moving the transparency over the paper you create a fascinating animation effect. This kind of animation technique is hundreds of years old and known under several names: picket fence animation, barrier grid animation, to name a few.

animbar lets you easily create your own animation on paper and transparancy. From a set of input images two output images are computed, that are printed one on paper and one on transparency. By moving the transparency over the paper you create a fascinating animation effect. This kind of animation technique is hundreds of years old and known under several names: picket fence animation, barrier grid animation, to name a few. Recently, it found some attention through books such as Magic Moving Images: Animated optical illusions by Colin Ord or the Gallop!: A Scanimation Picture Book, Swing!: A Scanimation Picture Book, Waddle!: A Scanimation Picture Book series by Rufus Butler Seder. The following video gives you a good impression on what is possible.

The license of this software is Free, you can free download and free use this graphing software.