Adobe Director Alternatives

Adobe Director is described as 'Allows the creation of short animations playable on Adobe Shockwave and standalone executables on both Windows and Mac OS X making it an option for creating small 2D games and autorun programs' and is an app. There are eight alternatives to Adobe Director for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and Adobe After Effects. The best Adobe Director alternative is Synfig Studio, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Adobe Director are Adobe Animate, TVPaint Animation, Xara 3D Maker and Rubber Hose 2.

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Adobe Director alternatives are mainly Animation Makers but may also be Digital Painting Tools or Vector Graphic Apps.  Filter by these or use the filter bar below if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Adobe Director.
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Adobe Director allows the creation of short animations playable on Adobe Shockwave and standalone executables on both Windows and Mac OS X making it an option for creating small 2D games and autorun programs.

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Adobe Director alternatives page was last updated May 12, 2021
  1. Synfig Studio icon
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    Synfig is a free and open-source, industrial-strength, vector-based 2D animation app designed for producing feature-film animations.

    58 Synfig Studio alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Synfig Studio Features

    1.  Automated Tweening
    2.  Timeline-based
    3.  Bones and Layers
    4.  Live Preview
    5.  Keyframe Animation
    6.  Dark Mode
    7.  HDR Support
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    • Synfig Studio is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Adobe Director.

    • Synfig Studio is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Adobe Director.

    • Synfig Studio is Free and Open SourceAdobe Director is Paid and Proprietary
  2. Adobe Animate icon
     109 likes

    Versatile multimedia tool, Adobe Animate offers 4K video export, HTML5 support, creative illustration tools, colored onion skinning, and seamless Creative Cloud integration. Formerly Flash Professional, it includes a rotatable canvas and vector brushes.

    57 Adobe Animate alternatives
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    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows

    Top Adobe Animate Features

    1.  Keyframe Animation
    2.  Pressure Sensitivity
    3.  Animation Rigging
    4.  Export to SVG
    5.  Support for Layers
    6.  Onion skinning
    7.  Works Offline
    8.  Support for scripting
    9.  Automated Tweening
    10.  Video Maker
    11.  Drawing 2D
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    • Adobe Animate is the most popular commercial alternative to Adobe Director.

    • Adobe Animate is Paid and ProprietaryAdobe Director is also Paid and Proprietary
  3. TVPaint Animation icon
     18 likes

    TVP Animation is the leading paperless drawing and animation tool, able to imitate traditional techniques such as Pen Brush, Gouache, Watercolour, Pencil, Felt-tip and Airbrush, and animate them over frames.

    36 TVPaint Animation alternatives
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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android

    TVPaint Animation Features

    1.  Keyframe Animation
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    • TVPaint Animation is the most popular Android alternative to Adobe Director.

    • TVPaint Animation is Paid and ProprietaryAdobe Director is also Paid and Proprietary
  4. Xara 3D Maker icon
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    Xara 3D Maker is solely designed to create the highest quality 3D text and graphics, such as headings, logos, titles and buttons. It's the perfect way to add impact to your web pages, mailshots, movies and presentations (all images are fully anti-aliased for that smooth...

    3 Xara 3D Maker alternatives
    Xara 3D Maker screenshot 1

    License model

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Xara 3D Maker Features

    1.  Keyframe Animation
    2.  3D Sculpting
    Discontinued

    The program is no longer updated. Last version, 3D Maker 7, released in 2011, can be still bought from the official website

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  5. Rubber Hose 2 icon
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    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.

    40 Rubber Hose 2 alternatives
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    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Adobe After Effects
    Rubber Hose 2 iconAdobe Director Icon

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  6. Aphalina Animator icon
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    Visual tool for creating interactive SVG animations: HTML5 banners, svg icons, interactive web infographics etc.

    38 Aphalina Animator alternatives
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    Platforms

    • Windows

    Aphalina Animator Features

    1.  Support for Layers
    2.  Keyframe Animation
    3.  Automated Tweening
    4.  Export to SVG
    Aphalina Animator iconAdobe Director Icon

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  7. Artist Code icon
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    Artist Code is an intuitive software for creating animation ( Movie, Animated Gif, Images) only by coding, it allows you to add image, text and pixels and place them with simple script offering you a fun and unlimited way to create whatever you want.

    42 Artist Code alternatives
    Artist Code screenshot 1

    License model

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Artist Code Features

    1.  Drawing 2D
    2.  Coding
    3.  Text animation
    4.  Video Maker
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  8. libavg icon
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    libavg is a high-level development platform for media-centric applications.

    libavg allows programmers, media artists and designers to quickly develop media applications. It uses python as scripting language, is written in high-speed C++ and uses modern OpenGL for display output.

    8 libavg alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    libavg Features

    1.  Hardware Accelerated
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    3.  Drawing 2D
    libavg iconAdobe Director Icon

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