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Animaker: Features

The document reviews and compares 14 different 2D animation software tools. It provides a brief description of each tool, highlighting their key features. The tools covered include Animaker, Animate CC, Synfig, Krita, Pencil2D, Opentoonz, Stop Motion Studio, Celaction, Harmony, Blender, CrazyTalk Animator, FlipBook, Moho Pro, and Tvpaint. The document concludes with a frequently asked question about what 2D animation is.

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Animaker: Features

The document reviews and compares 14 different 2D animation software tools. It provides a brief description of each tool, highlighting their key features. The tools covered include Animaker, Animate CC, Synfig, Krita, Pencil2D, Opentoonz, Stop Motion Studio, Celaction, Harmony, Blender, CrazyTalk Animator, FlipBook, Moho Pro, and Tvpaint. The document concludes with a frequently asked question about what 2D animation is.

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1) 

Animaker

Animaker is an online 2D animation tool that provides numerous animated


characters, icons, properties, BGs, maps, and charts. It is one of the best 2D
animation software that helps you to create an ideal video for your
organization, presentation, freelancing projects, as well as personal projects.

Features:

 You can create animated videos in 6 unique video styles like 2D,
handcraft, whiteboard, infographics, 2.5 D, and typography.
 Beginners can make videos and use them as both animation and
animated presentations.
 It is one of the best free 2D animation software that has 200 sound
effects to choose.
 This tool provides 100 background music tracks.
 It enables you to record direct voice recordings.
 Animaker allows the team to collaborate.
 You can export video in full HD quality.
2) Animate CC

Animate CC is a tool that helps you to design interactive bitmap and vector
animations for games, apps, and the web. You can add action to infographics
and tutorials.

Features:

 You can create new poses for vector images or figure.


 It enables you to arrange your layers in a parent-child hierarchy.
 It automatically matches mouth poses to voice inflections.
 You can export 360 VR animations.
 This tool allows you to create ads directly with Animate.
 Export images with the right resolution by bypassing the image
optimization and using image settings.
3) Synfig

Synfig is an open-source 2D vector graphics and animation program. This


software works on three OS platforms Windows, OSX, and Linux.

Features:

 It allows you to transform any image containing a vector shape into


another.
 You can link parameters of layers through mathematical expressions.
 This free 2D animation software provides more than 50 layers to create
animation.
 You can create a cutout animation effect using bitmap images.
4) Krita

Krita is a simple 2D animation tool that allows you to customize your workflow.
This free animation software offers more than 100 professionally made
brushes.

Features:

 It enables you to add a stabilizer to brush to smooth it.


 Customize brush with 9 unique brush engines.
 You can create comic panels using built-in vector drawing tools.
 Create seamless textures and patterns by making image reference on
the x and y-axis.
 It allows you to import texture and brush packs from other artists.
 You can combine, flatten, or order layers to organize your artwork.
 You can highlight the drawing portion.
 Krita helps you to incorporate it into your current color management
pipeline.
5) Pencil2d

Pencil2d is a 2D hand-drawn animation software. It is easy to use and


lightweight. It is a 2D animation software for free which allows you to sketch
ink and paint on the go.

Features:

 Pencil2D is a cross-platform tool that runs on Windows, macOS, and


Linux operating systems.
 It can be used freely for commercial business.
 You can quickly review work using flipping or rolling techniques.
 This free 2D animation software provides support for TIFF format
(Tagged Image File Format).
 You can import image as new layers on particular frames.
6) Opentoonz

Opentoonz is an open-source animation production application. It is


compatible with 4 types of scanning. It allows you to save settings of
scanning.

Features:

 It is compatible with TWAIN (Technology Without an Interesting Name)


standards.
 It allows you to use anti-aliased lines.
 This tool provides an easy way to paint with provisional colors.
 You can synthesize effects with the Graphic User Interface (GUI) via the
node tree.
 Images can be managed with the actual scale resolution.
 This 2D animation software for free is compatible with both raster and
vector images.
 You can use more effects using plug-ins.
7) Stop Motion Studio

Stop Motion Studio is a powerful 2D animation editor that is available for


iPhone, iPad, and macOS. It supports cameras from the most famous camera
makers, including Canon, Nikon, and Sony.

Features:

 It has a frame-by-frame view that shows you all the images in


chronological order.
 Stop Motion Studio allows you to set in and out points to mark a specific
portion of your movie for playback and looping.
 It comes with dozens of music clips and sound effects.
 It has various painting tools to paint as you would on a traditional
canvas.
 This tool has a magic eraser to remove unwanted objects in the movie.
 It helps you to design title and credit screens.
 It provides a wide varieties of effects to change the look of your movie.
8) Celaction

Celaction is a professional 2D animation application for films, ad-commercials,


and TV series. This tool helps you to handle complex projects with numerous
layers with ease.

Features:

 You can use bitmaps or vectors or both simultaneously.


 It offers floating and dockable panels and user-definable workspace.
 This tool provides the user to define shortcut keys.
 You can create palate from more than 16 million colors.
 It works on Windows 7, Vista, Windows XP, Windows 8 and Windows
10.
 You can convert vector shapes into deformable, morphable objects.

Download Link: https://www.celaction.com

9) harmony
Harmony is an all-in-one tool for efficient animation, from drawing to final
production. It allows you to create artwork, animate, and add sounds and
special effects into animation.

Features:

 Stabilizer for smooth lines.


 It provides 3, 4, and 5-point curved perspective guides.
 This application allows you to create cut-out animation.
 You can integrate it with software available in the production pipeline.
 It offers 2D or 3D integration.
 Harmony helps you to create 2D animation for the game.
 You can import multilayer PSB and PSD files, Illustrator, PDF, bitmaps,
and media files.

Download Link: https://www.toonboom.com/products/harmony

10) Blender

Blender is a 2D computer graphics software application for developing visual


effects, animated movies, games, and more. This tool allows you to import or
export videos in MPEG, QuickTime, and AVI file formats.

Features:

 This tool Provides Python API for scripting and customization.


 You can customize shortcuts.
 It provides a path tracer for realistic rendering.
 You can create, transform, sculpt, and edit your models.
 It provides a real time preview of the 3D scene and tracked footage.
 You can turn still characters into impressive animations.

Download Link: https://www.blender.org
11) CrazyTalk Animator

CrazyTalk Animator is a 2D animation product that enables you to turn images


to control characters and animated characters. With this software, you can
easily to generate lip-sync animation from audio.

Features:

 It allows you to capture facial motion.


 You can convert photoshop layers into 2D characters.
 It provides motion path and timeline editing.
 You can create interactive compound animations.
 It supports up to 4K high definition monitors.
 CrazyTalk Animator helps you to transform existing content into 360
heads with motion.

Download Link: https://www.reallusion.com/cartoon-animator/default.html

12) FlipBook

FlipBook is a 2D animation tool that is used in converting pdf files to HTML


flipping books. It can run on Microsoft Windows or Mac OS X.

Features:

 It allows you to customize the toolbar.


 You can insert and delete frames to remove time.
 FlipBook helps you to shoot your pencil test drawing by just clicking on
the capture icon.
 Import 4 types of images into this software like backgrounds, overlays,
movies, and cels.
 You can add up to three soundtracks.
 It enables you to paint the scene in less time.
 You can use the number keys to determine the total number of frames
you like to paint.

Download Link: https://digicel.net

13) Moho Pro

Moho Pro tool is a 2D animation system that combines animation technology


with professional tools. It allows you to create unique textures and effects for
the characters.

Features:

 It has a custom bitmap brush that allows you to create custom bitmap
brush.
 This tool has improved 3D object support.
 You can see better object previews during camera manipulations and
make changes in 3D object's material properties.
 You can search using sub words, keywords, and Boolean operation.
 It enables you to create traditional style animations in Moho by
combining the Bitmap Tools with frame by frame layers.

Download Link: https://www.mohoanimation.com/moho-pro.shtml
14) Tvpaint

TVPaint is a 2D application based on bitmap technology. You can mix


animation on paper and digital animation and make your project with this
software.

Features:

 This tool enables you to manage the layers and images.


 You can make storyboards and view them instantaneously as animatics.
 It allows you to combine many FX (effects) within the FX stack.
 You can use a graphics tablet to handle the opacity, size, jitter, and
angle of brushes in real-time.
 Tvpaint enables you to modify live camera parameters like tint,
luminosity, hue, etc.
 You can touch up images with a drawing tool.

Download Link: https://www.tvpaint.com

FAQ

❓ What is 2D Animation?
2D Animation, also called two-dimensional animation is a technique to create
a movement or image in a two-dimensional space. Two individual images are
rapidly sequenced on two-dimensional space for creating a lifelike motion
illusion in traditional animation or computer vector graphics. 2D animation
includes creating characters, creatures, backgrounds, FX, etc.

✔️Which is the best 2D animation software for


beginners?
Following are one of the best 2D Animation software for beginners:
 Animaker
 Pencil2D
 Synfig
 CrazyTalk Animator
 Blender

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