Synfig Studio Alternatives

Synfig Studio is described as 'Synfig is a free and open-source, industrial-strength, vector-based 2D animation app designed for producing feature-film animations' and is a very popular Animation Maker in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Synfig Studio for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and Android apps. The best Synfig Studio alternative is Krita, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Synfig Studio are Animation Desk, OpenToonz, Glaxnimate and Pencil2D.

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  1. Cacani icon
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    Now, artists will be able to draw and paint their animations in a shorter time with CACANi’s unique auto inbetweening and auto painting workflow.

    19 Cacani alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  2. Trangram icon
     4 likes

    Trangram is a free one-stop platform to create, animate and share motion graphics.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  3. Animates 2D characters in real time by tracking facial expressions and movements, integrates with Creative Cloud, supports layered artwork import, enables live streaming, lip-sync, drag-and-drop actions, timeline editing, and export to video.

    7 Adobe Character Animator alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Adobe Creative Cloud
     
  4. Spriter icon
     9 likes

    Spriter : an intuitive 2D animation tool for video game makers.

    Spriter enables the “modular” method of animating where, instead of each frame being a single complete image, it is constructed from many small, re- useable images (such as body parts). Each of these images that ar.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. Rubber Hose 2 icon
     2 likes

    Rubber Hose is an After Effects tool for animation rigging. Connect layers from Illustrator and Photoshop into two new stretchy rigs – RubberPin and RubberRig. Style hoses unlike ever before. Major speed updates and key-frame baking let you work faster.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Adobe After Effects
     
  6. Limber is an IK system for After Effects that uses shape layers to make customizable limbs for character animation. Limber has controls for styling the shape and colors, dynamically preventing animation ‘pops’, smoothly blending between IK and FK, foreshortening one half of a...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Adobe After Effects
     
  7. Live2D Cubism icon
     7 likes

    Live2D is the world's first drawing technology to enable 3D rendering of 2D images. This technology supports a variety of portable consoles and smartphones, and Live2D is already being utilized for games that take advantage of the unique characteristics of hand drawn artwork.

    12 Live2D Cubism alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Unity
     
  8. Express Animate is free animation software that gives you the ability to animate shapes, text and imported images. You are also able to enhance your movie projects in post-production using key-frame motion animation, masking, dummy objects and more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. Pro Motion is a drawing and animation software for Windows designed similar to the famous Amiga Deluxe Paint (DPaint).

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. Animator by Haiku is a creative environment for crafting codebase-ready animations. Carefully built around modern workflows, Animator integrates with your favorite design and code tools, and it's all backed by git version

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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