Adobe Animate AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Graphic Design Tools

The best Graphic Design alternative to Adobe Animate is Pencil2D, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Adobe Animate and six of them are Graphic Design Tools so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Graphic Design Tool alternatives to Adobe Animate are enve, Toon Boom Harmony, TVPaint Animation and Haiku Animator.

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  1. Pencil2D icon
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    Pencil2D is an opensource animation/drawing software for Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux, based on old Pencil software. It lets you create traditional hand-drawn animation (cartoon) using both bitmap and vector graphics.

    46 Pencil2D alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
     
  2. enve icon
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    Enve is a free and open-source 2D animation app. It can create both vector and raster animations and even use sound and video files. It has been created with flexibility and expandability in mind.

    55 enve alternatives

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    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. 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.

    37 TVPaint Animation alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
     
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    it is like old flash by macromedia that was bought by adobe and then bastardized to eliminate their competition. adobe is evil

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    • TVPaint Animation is Paid and ProprietaryAdobe Animate is also Paid and Proprietary
  4. 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
     
  5. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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