Is there any good, FREE software I can use to edit Flics?

FLICster (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=10208) or Civ3FlcEdit (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=91253&highlight=Civ3FlcEdit) are both good (And free!)

If you want to actually manipulate the .pcx's, I'd recommend GIMP (http://www.gimp.org/downloads/), it's free. There should be a tutorial on-line somewhere...

Cheers! :)

I would additionaly name "AnimationShop" (limited usage) and when thinking of manipulate the storyboard pcx you could also try "IrfanView".

AnimationShop
http://ftp.jasc.com/pub/en/ani311en.exe

IrfanView
http://www.irfanview.net/

And don't forget SBB if you want to make munits, resize units, or create new unit animations.

Yes, SBB remains a necessity that has allowed more unit creations than would have otherwise been possible. A Must to Have... Great "Tool" :)

I wonder what is the % of units made using SBB, using Flicster, using Civ3FLC edit, etc.

Imagine if I got 0.01 € for every unit downloaded here and made with SBB?

Let say 500 units made by Sandris with SBB. Let say 5 animation each. That's 2500 animations.

If 100 persons have donwloaded it... That's :eek:

Why did I make it free :cry:?

Why did I make it free Generousity? :lol: Seriously, it is just as generous as all of the Work that everyone who has uploaded their work for others to have for Free here. It no doubt has also helped you to gain more Free Units for your Games as well. Guess it all comes around in payment of some sort :)

Generousity? :lol:
In fact it's selfishness and greediness. I wanted more units for my mod, so I made a tool to lure artists into making free animations, that I could use without paying for them.
Am I not evil :devil:?

And don't forget SBB if you want to make munits, resize units, or create new unit animations.

Whoops! Completely forgot that one! 1/3 of the unit making process is done with that... but I haven't been regularly making 'new' units in a while.

For the record, I want to make Leaderheads, and it seems that all the programs I seem to find cost money.

Well, depends what you want to do.

You can make a leaderhead with a free software by assembling the different images.

For a static leaderhead it's easy.

I've also heard of people drawing and animating leaderheads the old fashion way... I don't think they've uploaded them to this forum, but I know it has happened.

There is Nothing "Sacred or Magic" about using any particular Program or procedure. Learn what is necessary and make what you want YOUR way. There are Free Programs that will allow you to do most things concerning units and Graphics work. I will add that this can be more time consuming because most ( if not all) free programs do not allow you to do as much as what you buy... Still, it can all be done if you have an understanding of all that is involved and a desire to do it.
Remember Walt Disney made animations manually.

For the record, I want to make Leaderheads, and it seems that all the programs I seem to find cost money.

ONCE I HAVE SEND AN OTHER MEMBER HERE SOME LINKS TO START UNIT-MAKING FOR FREE.
MAYBE IT CAN HELP YOU TOO !
HERE THE C&P OF MY PM !

Here are the links for the programs :


While searching for the link I`ve found "Animation Shop 3.11" FOR FREE. Please look here:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=308901

Here is a link for Bryce 5.5
http://www.download.com/Bryce/3000-6...html?tag=mncol

Here is the link for OpenFX 2.0:
http://www.openfx.org/

And the link for Blender 2.48a:
http://www.blender.org/



.... and here are the links for the tutorial - threads :


You can find the tutorial-library here:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/forumdisplay.php?f=57

... NOW THE MOST IMPORTANT THREADS YOU CAN FIND THERE :

Freeware, 3d program, Blender, set-up, for Civ 3:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=115911

Wyrmshadow's Bryce Tutorials:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=226059

How to Make Units With Bryce 5:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=104183

OpenFX step by step tutorial:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=121258

Create units with OpenFX:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=84833

OpenFX Skeleton Tutorial:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=94071

Unit Making Tutorial by utahjazz7:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=118502

Truespace Tutorial - Modeling 101:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=185098

Unit animation setup for 3DMax5-7:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=117138

PP Modeler Tutorial:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=177731

Make A Unit With Rhinoceros Eval 2.0!:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=35077

3D Unit tutorial:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=25254

Unit Palette Tutorial:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=238817

How to create palette for units:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=158020

How to Combine Multiple Palettes into One:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=124744


EDIT: Sorry guys ,I have forgot to `spoiler` my PM

Bye
General 666

Hmm... everything but leaderheads. Huh...

Hmm... everything but leaderheads. Huh...

Whatdya mean? Bryce and Animation shop are good for leaderheads...

Whatdya mean? Bryce and Animation shop are good for leaderheads...

Personally I would give AnimationShop a try ,if I would like to make some LHs. I think...

Are there at least some models and props around that I can use?