Sofware for simple ("South Park style") animation

[Janke]

A client with a very low budget wants me to make a 20 second ad with cut-out technique, á la South Park.

I'm prepared to do it like they did it originally, i.e. true cut-out & real photography, but is there any software (cheap or free, remember: low budget...) suitable for this?

Low learning curve preferred...

[kenkyusha]

Anime Studio debut isn't bad for the price (about $50 US), is available for both Windows and Mac and offers a free trial before buying.

[Khaver]

CreaToon is free.

[Janke]

CreaToon is free.

But for PC only...

Edit: looked at a demo - it's actually too complicated for this job, in fact, I think I'll just do it in Photoshop...

Example, all composited in PS. http://www.saunalahti.fi/nerinyff/an...c/bioluvil.mov

[STUDIO32MID]

Hmm how do you do that keep us posted so we can also have a shorter learning curve.

But for PC only...

Edit: looked at a demo - it's actually too complicated for this job, in fact, I think I'll just do it in Photoshop...

Example, all composited in PS. http://www.saunalahti.fi/nerinyff/an...c/bioluvil.mov

[Janke]

how do you do that . . . so we can also have a shorter learning curve.

Layers. (Short enough? )

[cgbier]

Motion?

[Janke]

Don't know yet - I'd like to have something that I can work with right away, without learning anything new (the schedule for this job is vry shrt.)