Blender

There are all manner of software programmes that can be used for animation, we use iStopMotion but Flash, After Effects, Final Cut and even Powerpoint can be used to create animations from the very simple to the extremely sophisticated.
Blender is a piece of free software that can be downloaded and used to create animations. It is quite complex, but as with everything there are numerous tutorials on YouTube.
One of the most successful animations using Blender is Big Buck Bunny.


For more information regarding this software and to download it follow:
http://www.blender.com