Animation

Software

The following links take you to places where you can download software that will do various forms of animation. Some are free, some are not.

CrazyTalk (good for avatars, lip-syncing, and animating your own photos; multiple versions and add-ons): http://www.reallusion.com/crazytalk/default.html (but buy through the App Store if you have a Mac as you will then be able to install on ultiple machines)

Muvizu (Cheap, but extraordinarily powerful, animation software that will allow you to create your own Toy Story. Sadly for PC only at the moment): https://www.muvizu.com/

Websites

Moovly (good for simple clipart type animations with some bullet points): www.moovly.com

Powtoon (good for PowerPoint-like animated presentations): www.powtoon.com

ToonDo: (good for basic cartoon strips): www.toondoo.com

Chogger: (more advanced cartoon strips, but unstable on a Mac): www.chogger.com

Videoscribe: (tremendous for animated drawing; thisis the one with 'the hand that draws': www.videoscribe.co 

DoppelMe (for simple cartoon images of people): www.doppelme.com

Wideo (not cheap, but very good for sequences of animated slides within funky style sheets): www.wideo.com

GoAnimate (expensive, but the corporate standard for animated cartoons): www.goanimate.com