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TISFAT Zero (usually shortened to T0) is an open-source application for Windows created by Evar Smith that allows users to create animations using stick-figures using key frame animation.

TISFAT Zero is currently released as open source software under the GNU General Public License.

Concept
TISFAT Zero is based on Dirk de la Hunt's TISFAT, created in hopes of modernizing the old software and improving performance for the end-user. It was a project started by Evar Smith with assistance from his friend 'Ipquarx'. Official development started on August 5th, 2013.

Features
TISFAT Zero intends to keep the same feel of the program TISFAT for the end user, providing a familiar interface and similar features to the original. This allows users to control the following primitive objects in a scene:


 * Lines
 * Rectangles
 * Polygons

The user may also control more specific objects, such as:


 * Stick Figures
 * Light Sources
 * Images

Stick figures are controlled with handles among various joints to allow for skeletal animation, as well as simulating inverse kinematics to give the figures more natural movement when manipulating them. This allows for smoother transitions between keyframes when used by experienced users.

Users can create and save customized stick figures, with a varying amount of joints in different configurations, allowing for greater flexibility when creating animations.

Animations can be saved in TISFAT Zero's file format to be loaded for further editing, or exported into animated gif images, to be used on webpages or imported into a video editor to create video files.

Release
TISFAT Zero was released on September 14, 2014 to SourceForge under the GPLv3 license.