Software for 'Monty Python' style animation?

[AndrewDV]

Hello,

I have a bit of an odd question to ask. My current video project involves some humor. It would be great if I could add animation in a "Monty Python" fashion. For those that have never seen the show, most of the animations are made from newspaper clipings (ex: a picture of a president with the jaw area snipped and moved in a silly talking fashion).

Does anyone know of a product that would allow me to take a scanned in picture and animate it in a similar fashion? I also wanted to be able to add picture clips to current video (make picture clip look like it is part of original video). I looked at Media Studio, but could not figure out if it can be done.

Thanks

[Dr Mordrid]

They did it by cutting out paper images and making montages. The filming was done with stop frame animation by shooting 10-15 frames of each montage setup. Simple works.

Dr. Mordrid

[AndrewDV]

Thank you

I found software that does the cut-out animation, but was hoping to be able to do it in MediaStudio. If interested, here is the link:
http://www.creatoon.com/links.php

I was also hoping that I could add a cut-out to current video (ex: cut-out of a face flying by on real footage of a car). Adobe After Effects Production has this ability, but I just can not spend that money ;-{>

I keep wonder if I can do this with MediaStudio...

[Dr Mordrid]

You could do in in filmstrip mode in Photoshop, but that's a lot of work ;-))

To use filmstrip you export the *.avi in question from Premiere using the filmstrip option. This can then be imported into Phososhop for frame-by-frame edits.

Dr. Mordrid