Pivot Lingo

Theres tons of abbreviatios for Pivot stuff so lets get to

PW:
Pivot War
When to animators make seperate animations with eachothers signature sticks and do something to then
Normally kill them. The viewers decide who wins.

PP:
Pivot Practice
This is when a mod or admin sends out a topic about pivot practice about different topics such as jumping,
water, kicking, punching, collapsing and all sorts.

FFA:
Free for all
This is when a group of animators battle eachothers sticks and whoever gets the least moves is thrown out of the rounds and it carries on until someone wins.

CC:
Constructive critiscism
It's basically commenting on someones thread but it has to be constructive & well thought as to be kind yet
informatative.

Ani:
Animation
It's what you make in Pivot

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Of The
AOTM:
Animation of the Month

AOTK:
Animation of the week

SOTM:
Stickfigure of the month

SOTK:
Stickfigure of the week

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Joint:
Two animators club together in the same animator to do whatever the heck they want!:


Signature stick figure:
This is the animators fave stickfigure of all and if he was to PW he would give this to his opponent.

Collab:
This is when a member of a forum creates a topic about a subject E.G fight collab where they would have a flasher & leader & entries and that.

Courtesy:
If someone says this it means they want you to go to their thread and post something back that sums up their work.
A few words is NOT worth courtesy.

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Stick Terms

Segment:
Parts between joints shown in animation

Base Point or Origin:
This is the orange it in the middle that moves the stick about

Joint:
The red dots that moves the stick(s)

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Animation Terms

FPS:
Frames per second
How many frames go by per second (Bar on top right of buttons pad)

Carrys on next Post

Stiff:
If someone says your animation is stiff it means that the joints arn't far enough spaced apart or moved to make it fluid.

Fluid:
Fluid is when your animation has a nice flow and is smooth.

Smooth:
When your animation is fluid and is not choppy or stiff.

Choppy:
When the joint of the stick go really spazzy are fly around unnaturally.

Rust:
When your not as good as you used to be due to problems.

OnionSkin:
The grey thing behind the stk every frame.
E.G

Created by Admin
Posted by DarkDucki
Thanks to DarkDemon for some info & onionskin pic