Adobe Animate Alternatives

Adobe Animate is described as 'A versatile tool for creating multimedia and animations, previously known as Flash Professional. Supports 4K export, HTML5, 360° canvas, and more' and is a very popular Animation Maker in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Adobe Animate for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and iPad apps. The best Adobe Animate alternative is Wick Editor, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Adobe Animate are OpenToonz, Glaxnimate, enve and Rive.

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Adobe Animate alternatives are mainly Animation Makers, but if you're looking for Vector Graphic Apps or Digital Painting Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Online, Android, Linux, Open Source, Free, Windows + Free and Animation Maker. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Adobe Animate.
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  1. KoolMoves icon
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    KoolMoves is a web animation authoring tool that creates Flash animations with multimedia slide shows, media players, and action scripting and frames for animated gifs. Create text effects, import vector clipart, attach wav audio, fill shapes with color gradients or bitmaps, add...

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
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    CreaToon is a free easy to use animation program. It is different from other programs however, because you don't draw the objects in the program, it is a cutout based animation program. What that means is you make the parts in something like Gimp or Inkscape, and then you...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Wine
     
  3. ArtStudio icon
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    Corner-A ArtStudio is powerful animation software that can bring to life boring static images. ArtStudio has a lot of build-in filters, it has hardware acceleration support, various export possibilities and simple interface - you don’t need to be an artist or designer to use...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. gokigif icon
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    gokigif is a lightweight program used to create hand drawn frame-by-frame animations and manipulate animated gifs. Import and export animated GIFs with control of disposal, frame length, and transparency support.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. Animuok icon
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    Animuok is a professional 2D frame-by-frame animation studio that runs directly in your web browser. Built with React and HTML5 Canvas, it is designed to be a lightweight, accessible alternative to complex desktop software, requiring no installation, downloads, or user accounts.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    Spectrum Shift Paint employs color cycling to enable you to create colorful animations very easily. Animations can be exported as WebGL. This is unlike any other animation program available.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. Ella icon
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    Ella (an acronym for Elegant Light Linux Animator) is a light animation software intended to achieve a aim of the Linux world : a functionnal and WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) 2D animation sofware.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    Easygenerator helps organizations create and scale company-tailored training by enabling internal experts and L&D teams to build courses together using AI. No instructional design or technical skills needed.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    FlaExporter converts FLA files to HTML5 and Native, allowing you to expand the reach of Adobe Flash or Animate content beyond the Flash player. 60 FPS on mobile and desktop. No FLA restructuring needed. Reduce file sizes 2-10X.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
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    ABM is perfect for creating professional animated web banners to display on-line. Its use is similar to old Macromedia Flash, current Adobe Animate.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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