Hi. I've attempted to compile a list of links to tutorials that are located within this forum. This may make it easier for users to find the tutorials they are looking for. Below are the ones I thought worthy to be linked to. Tutorials are in alphabetical order by author name, then by title of tutorial.

General Tutorials: (include many topics and are often very comprehensive)

Darren's "Baha's Pivot Tutorial [56k Warning!]" - few links are broken - tutorial constitutes first 2 posts
Darren's "Bahamut's 3rd General Tutorial" - a collection of advanced tips
Bert's "Omegabert's Ultimate Fighting Tute [1]." - tutorial constitutes first 3 posts
Opti's "Opti's Mega Effect Tutorial." - covers a large amount of interesting tricks
p2k's "Big Tutorial - BTC" - few links are broken
Crono's "Crono and Werez present: A Big Ass Tutorial" - tutorial constitutes first 2 posts

Special Tutorials: (include advice on specific sequences in animations)

Phoenix's "" - advice to help your skateboarding animation
Darren's "" - a way to animate fire
Chanie's "" - the proper way to animate the firing of several different guns
Brad's "" - different ways to enhance your shooting animation
Phoenix's "Phoenix's Physics Tutorial!" - A physics tutorial
Crono's "" - an example and advice for your running animation
Darren's "" - guidelines to help your running animation
Phoenix's "" - many different types of running and walking
flaming-penguin's "" - many ways to animate kicking
flaming-penguin's "" - many ways to animate punching
Xmpt's "" - link fighting movements together to great effect
LeoTHELion's "" - a way to animate a transforming effect
Jon's "" - link to interactive flash application with step-by-step instruction
Justin's "" - things to consider and improve when animating blood
TLFlameboy's "" - a way to animate a dissipating blood effect
Phoenix's "" - a way to animate a motion blur effect
SSChiba's "" - requires external program; allows animation of high-quality blur effect
FrozenFire's "" - the proper way to animate a basic fade
Jon's "" - requires special .stk; allows fading of any combination of any colored .stks
Sneakers07's "" - tips to help you animate a slow-motion effect

Theoretical Tutorials: (include general ideas and theories useful for animating)

Bolt's "Bolt's Stick Tutorials! - Base Stk and Sketchy Tuts"
Bert's "" - tips and solutions for creating any .stk
SoloW's "" - how to create a unique signature .stk
FIamebrain's "" - general .stk-building and character-building ideas
jakek9's "" - some interface functions and advice on .stk building
Jester's "" - requires special .stk; allows onion skin on filled backgrounds
FrozenFire's "" - many tips and ideas to aid in idea-generation
Highly's "" - flexibility can be considered while animating
Highly's "" - proper way to pose and balance your fighting stickman
Highly's "" - the relative proportions of a human to a desirable stickman
Bolt's "" - explanation of how to properly skew sticks
LeoTHELion's "" - a way to keep placement when animating with no onion skin
Lf2Master's "" - an animation technique to make movement look better
PhayOn's "" - animate with filled backgrounds
Submitted Tips 1 - helpful tips posted by many members
Submitted Tips 2 - more helpful tips posted by many members
Submitted Tips 3 - more helpful tips posted by many members
sticcthug's "" - a way to cut out sprites which can be used with Pivot 3 Beta

Other: (include tutorials that are related to Pivot, but may require extra software, research, or websites)

Jeremy's "" - some ways to write a critique and offer solutions
Horriblepain's "" - the functions of the Pivot interface
Plan B's "" - post an animation online
Gawdzilla's "" - requires external program; allows better color quality in your .gif animation. GIMP is used
PivotHops's "" - requires external program; allows better color quality in your .gif animation. Beneton Movie GIF is used
Martial Arts Pose References - a site with many illustrations of realistic fighting poses
Flare Knight's "" - a way to add sounds, music, and more to your animation
LeoTHELion's "" - a way to add sounds, music, and more to your animation
Fyrren's "" - how to compile Pivot animations into an interactive Flash animation
Jon's"" - how to use the Pivot interface using an interactive Flash application
Rotten's "" - the functions of Stykz and its interface

Below is the code I use for reference when adding a tutorial to the list. If there is information that should be updated in the coding, please notify me.

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[url=*insert link*][color=#3f3f7f]*insert current username of author*'s "[u]insert title given by author[/u]"[/color][/url] - *important notes regarding tutorial*

I hope that helps everyone. It took me hours to search and compile these, so give me a "Thanks!". It's much appreciated. PM me if you have any suggestions, and maybe I will add a tutorial, fix a problem, or change anything. Please don't fuck with my list without consulting me.
Revised by Darky. All redundant, broken, or useless tutorials have been removed. The thread (save for General Tutorials) has been re-organized so similar topics are grouped together. General Tutorials is now ordered from best - to - least best.

Thanks! :P

This is really, really helpful. Kudos to you fyreal. I should make you a pivot sig, lol.

omg so cool! now we can check the tutorials without searching the whole board! niice ))(*

yay my tutorial is there! )

Nice idea fyreal, now new people can see these good tutorials. I know when I first started, I never found some of Bert's topics beucase they were on the second page. Now they wont be forgotten.

wow, very nice idea with this, it keeps things very organized, and people wont be reqeusting tuts that have already been posted as much ^_^

thanks, now I won't have to be looking as much for a specific tutorial. Very organized there.

Can you put my on the list
http://forums.darkdemon.org/viewtopic.php?t=7407
Transparency stick making

Nice tutorial's. I'm new here, today I signed in.
These are realy good tutorial's, but if I can ask, if I want to ask a question about Pivot I need to ask here?

Destroyed wrote:Nice tutorial's. I'm new here, today I signed in.
These are realy good tutorial's, but if I can ask, if I want to ask a question about Pivot I need to ask here?

Nope. Pivot Chat or the Help Forums is the right place for that, not tutorial, depending on what, exactly, the problem is. Probably go to Help.

VERY nice idea, thanks for the time it took to organize everything!

Pivo†man wrote:VERY nice idea, thanks for the time it took to organize everything!

Well, this is a stickied topic so technically it isnt a bump...I think. But you still need to watch out for bumping, check the date of the last post. If it is about 1 to 1 and 1/2 weeks old, dont post. If you dont know the current date, go find out and then see if it is 1 to 1 and 1/2 weeks old.

Hey other staff feel free to add tutorials to the list. As I am too lazy right now.

Maybe PM me a note.

SX-can I move mr. B's Sprite tut here?

I'd just like to point out that there are alot of tuts that have been made and haven't been added including mine :/

wow, very helpful. thanks mate! :D

thanks so much. this collection of tuts helped me amazingly ^_^