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Is there animation software available?

Is there commercial-grade computer animation software available for Ubuntu, similar to the professional software sold for the Windows operating system? This question goes out to those of you who may ...
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How to disable all Unity animations?

If it's not possible then maybe just the Dash show/hide animations. I simply find myself waiting for animations which is pointless.
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Minimize window with Docky conflicts with Unity

I'm seeing this unwanted behaviour eversince Unity came to Ubuntu. The Unity's Launcher randomly "steals" the endpoint for the minimizing animations from Docky. In other words, when I click on an icon ...
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What's a good 2D animation program (an alternative for e.g. Flash CS)?

I don't mean the flash player here, I'm talking about the flash program that i can make animations with. Like Adoble Flash CS (formerly known as Macromedia flash). Is there a program on linux that i ...
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How to change the level of animation in Ubuntu 12.10?

In Ubuntu 10.04 there was a special option, which provided you an ability to change an animation level in one click. But it doesn't exist in Ubuntu 12.04 and 12.10. Which parameters I should change ...
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Turning off the transition animation when changing workspaces in GNOME2

By default, the transition from one virtual desktop to another one under GNOME2 in Ubuntu 11.04 is visualized with a sliding animation. How can I turn that animation off?
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How to Install Compiz Extra Animations Ubuntu 12.10 [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How do I install Compiz extra animations? I tried to install compiz-fusion-plugins-extra to get the burn effect and more animations for Compiz, but the terminal told me ...
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Which free software can you use to create rotating 3D Spacefill models of molecules in .gif format?

An example of what I'm talking about is this animation from Wikipedia. I am running 32 bit 12.10 if it is relevant. Please describe step-by-step, with pictures (screenshots with the appropriate areas ...
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How to put an animation sprite on the desktop?

I want a small running bicycle (maybe an animation GIF) on the desktop, to remind me focus on work and work hard, can I? It can be embedded in a small window, but it's better to remove the ...
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2answers
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How do I get the window jelly effect? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How do I make my windows “wavy”? I had Ubuntu before and there was an awesome option that allowed me to get a window "jelly" effect, however after ...
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Tools for 3D animations, models, skeletons and other animation techniques

I am looking for apps in Ubuntu that I can work to create 3D animations, models and other similar stuff. Similar for example to Maya and 3D Studio in Windows. With which apps can I count on.
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How can i get ubuntu to run smoother?

I am relatively new to ubuntu [I've used it before and loved it but one day i just randomly couldn't connect to the internet anymore so i switched back to windows... also netflix doesn't work in ...
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How to disable animations in Ubuntu 13.04

I updated to 13.04 few days ago. After that when I switch windows with Alt+TAB, press windows key call the dash window, or switch workspace, there's always a 5 secs delay I can't do anything. Maybe ...
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Where are Nautilus loading animation icons located?

When Nautilus is loading a folder or searching for a file, there's an animation like this: How can I change it to gnome-spinner (Humanity process-working)? I’ve searched all animation directories ...
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How can you animate a gif that goes back-and-forth instead of repeating?

I'm animating a gif with Imagemagick, I'm doing animate *.JPG, and that repeats the animation. But I would like it to go do "pic1, pic2, pic3, pic2, pic1" and repeat, so that it goes back and forth. ...
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How to use animations as window effects in Compiz?

I recently installed the compiz-plugins-extra in Ubuntu 12.04, And I have animations add-on enabled, But none of the extra features (such as airplane, dissolve, explode, etc.) work. Is there something ...
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2answers
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Slow and Laggy Animations

Why are my animations laggy and slow on my laptop? AMD Turion tl-56 and HD 3200 with 2 Gig Ram.
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1answer
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Nvidia driver causing flickering in menu?

Like many Ubuntu users I'm using Compiz Desktop Effects with Gnome. However since Ubuntu 10.10 I've noticed that the zoom effect on my drop down menus i.e. The gnome menu bar have a flicking thin ...
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1answer
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Gnome 3 and compiz, everything works except Explode and Leaf Spread animations

I am using 11.10 with Gnome 3, I have installed Compiz, and have got it functioning almost how I want it. I want my windows to Leaf Spread, which seems to work fine for a few minutes after I enable it ...
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How to create a Video from images not like a slideshow?

Im looking for a software which creates a movie from a set of images unlike a slideshow from ffmpeg, Imagination, Openshot etc. Looking more like a movie feature from Picasa, video from the webapp ...
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Safari style animations

Anybody know if it's possible to get mac book style animations on ubuntu? Specifically the back, forward, and exit tab animations.
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1answer
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How do I disable fading animation when changing wallpapers?

I'm using 12.04. When I change wallpapers, I don't want to wait for the old wallpaper to fade out and the new one fade in. Is this possible?
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12.04 UI problems

I just distro upgraded to 12.04. I hoped that this time I won't have to suffer a whole night to get everything working, but my hopes were shot down quite quickly. The UI in 12.04 is seriously broken, ...
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How to disable gnome fallback animations?

Opening an application from the panel starts with fade in and ends with a black square in compiz mode. In 2D-mode launcher on panel starts with border at the edges of the screen, which appears on the ...
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Can I take the expo animation from Cinnamon and use it in unity?

In cinnamon, when you put the cursor into the top-left corner, it invokes expo and there's a lovely little animated effect (sort of a blue ripple). Is there any way I can take this effect and apply it ...
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Customizing GNOME Shell animations

How do I change/edit the animations in GNOME Shell? For example, I want to use the "Glide" animation for opening applications but GNOME Shell uses "Fade". Any way I can do that?
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1answer
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How to change unity launch application to wiggle?

Is there any easy way to use the wiggle animation (which is used to indicate urgent program) as the animation for launching application instead of the pulsing way?
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How to prevent animation during Compiz viewport switching?

I want to turn off animation of windows appearing and disappearing when switching between Compiz viewports. I've tried to turn this animation off by the setting-changes listed in a bullet list below. ...
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Unable To Enable Compiz Animations

I`m Using Ubuntu 12.10 Unity And I INstalled compiz I`ve Enable Animations And Custmized How I Like BUt None Of The Animations Are Not Working My Laptop Model Is Hp-Dv7t-QuadEditon i7 ...
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Flash animations doesn't work [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How do I fix Flash issues? I have a following problem: I have Ubuntu 12.04 installed on my Athlon 1800+ + 1 GB RAM + Nvidia Geforce4 MMX 440 (pretty old configuration) ...
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How do I make my desktop look like Windows 7 or 8? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Is there an Ubuntu theme available to make it look like Windows 7? I'm wondering if there is a Windows 7 GTK theme to download out there? Or maybe a Windows 8 theme?
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Why has my Alt + Tab animation changed?

I'm new to Ubuntu and recently installed it a coupled days ago. When I Alt+Tab, the animation is in a white rectangle with simple icons. I also have this problem with workplace switching. How can I ...
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Core Animation Framework Update [closed]

EDIT: The answer to this can be found much further down, but suffice it to say that all the effects can be achieved with Compiz, it is simply a question of man power needed to implement such ...
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“Aero snap”-animation not working correctly on the right side of the screen [closed]

When using the "aero snap"-feature on the right side of screen the animation doesn't fill up the complete screen height, Only if the mouse pointer is at the very top of the right side of screen. ...
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How to composite videos and make animations in Ubuntu?

Well, I'm not talking about programs like NukeX, Cinelerra, Jahshaka because they aren't either free or feature rich. I have seen couple of cool videos done on Linux platform, most likely to be ...
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Change KDE kickoff slide effect speed

How can I change or increase the KDE kickoff slide effect speed? I don't mean when moving from one tab to another (Favourites to Applications, for instance) - I mean from menu to submenu (so clicking ...
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Can I have a light animation while switching virtual desktops on Openbox?

Am I able to use any transition other than the default to change between virtual desktops in OpenBox? I am able to use wmctrl to switch between desktops, but the change is immediate, I would ideally ...
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How can CCSM's “Show Desktop” animation be made quicker?

In CCSM, under General Options, Key Bindings, there is a "Show Desktop" action. I use it quite often but the animation is too slow for me. Is there a way to speed it up (or turn it off)?
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1answer
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compiz config effects having some problems on 12.10?

When I enable wobbly windows,the desktop doesn't work right like on 12.04. The workspace is glitchy when you grab a window and that is distorted when you don't close the window. The right click also ...
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1answer
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Ubuntu Screenshot Window Class

I would like to know the class for the "thing" that pops up when you take a screen shot using the default screen capture utility in Ubuntu 12.04. When I do a full screen capture it lags a lot because ...
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Disable window animations [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to disable all Unity animations? Unity operation is not smooth in my Dell XPS (Intel i5 processor + NVIDIA). I was thinking to disable the zooming animation when ...
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1answer
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Acer Aspire V5-431 drivers for 12.10

I installed Ubuntu 12.10 in my notebook ACER ASPIRE V5-431, but couldn't find drivers for this. Could anyone please tell me where could I find the drivers? Also, I couldn't find the Appearance ...
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1answer
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Pixel Shader to OpenGL converter

I am running ubuntu 11.10 on my computer and I would like to emulate a wii. I have a wii emulator running successfully on ubuntu, but it requires pixel shader. I am most sure that my graphics card has ...
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1answer
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No animation options showing in CompizConfig Settings Manager

This is what my "Animations" option looks like in CCSM: It was working fine before. Then I installed Macbuntu, didn't like it and then uninstalled it. After that it hasn't worked. How to get the ...
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No close animation in Gnome 3 [closed]

I'm running openSUSE 12.1 with Gnome3 and everything is working great except for some of the animations. Particularly the close animations never run. The windows just disappear. The applications that ...
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ANIMATIONS IN UBUNTU 12.10 LIKE UBUNTU 9 [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How can I configure Unity? i Recently installed Ubuntu 12.10 Previously i was using ubuntu 9. This release has nice UI Makeover, but i no longer could the the AWESOME ...