I do pivot! Yay. Im a huge beginner. :/
im not sure if i will finish it :/
I animate at a full 33 but when i turned it into a gif and put it on here it became real choppy. How can i fix that?
You have a terrible version of pivot. All the cool kids use 2.2.1. Although even then you won't be able to upload with the higher frame rate - it tends to revert to 16.6 when you upload. If you want more you usually have to import to flash. It'll look less choppy if you do a bit more easing and be extra careful about any shakiness. In theory the lower frame rate should just make it look slo-mo rather than making the animation itself look worse.
Try not to double-post. There's an edit button for if you have more to add.
And yes, you can use different sticks. The only difference is that you can't use sticks which were designed on pivot 3, although pivot 3 supports sticks made on 2.2.1.