Friction AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Animation Makers

The best Animation Maker alternative to Friction is Adobe After Effects. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try enve or Cavalry. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked five alternatives to Friction and four of them are Animation Makers so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement.

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Friction alternatives page was last updated Oct 6, 2024
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  1. Adobe After Effects icon
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    Adobe After Effects

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    Adobe After Effects offers top-tier motion graphics and visual effects capabilities, ideal for film, TV productions, and creative projects. Featuring advanced compositing with keyframe animation and layer techniques, it's geared for professionals seeking powerful solutions via Creative Cloud.

    43 Adobe After Effects alternatives
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    • Mac
    • Windows
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    Top Adobe After Effects Features

    1.  Keyframe Animation
    2.  Motion Capture
    3.  Particle Engine
    4.  Support for 4K
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  Dark Mode
    7.  Works Offline
    8.  Colour Grading
    9.  Chroma Key / Green Screen
    10.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    11.  Node Based
    12.  Support for Layers
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    Adobe After Effects VS Friction

    Is Adobe After Effects a good alternative to Friction?
     

    • Adobe After Effects is the most popular Windows & Mac alternative to Friction.

    • Adobe After Effects is the most popular commercial alternative to Friction.

    • Adobe After Effects is Paid and ProprietaryFriction is Free and Open Source
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    enve

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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.

    54 enve alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    Top enve Features

    1.  Support for Layers
    2.  Keyframe Animation
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  Cloud Sync
    5.  Pressure Sensitivity
    6.  Custom Brushes
    7.  Automated Tweening
    8.  Ad-free
    9.  Dark Mode
    10.  No Coding Required
    11.  No registration required
    12.  Hardware Accelerated
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    The GitHub repo hasn't had updates since September 2022. There's already been 2 threads discussing the discontinued state of the program without any comment from the original dev:https://github.com/MaurycyLiebner/enve/issues/315https://github.com/MaurycyLiebner/enve/issues/336

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    enve VS Friction

    Is enve a good alternative to Friction?
     

    • enve is the most popular Linux alternative to Friction.

    • enve is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Friction.

    • enve is Free and Open SourceFriction is also Free and Open Source
  4. Expressive Animator icon
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    Expressive Animator

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    The premier editor for SVG animations. Create interactive SVG animations that run anywhere without plugins, players, or JavaScript code embedded.

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    Expressive Animator - Walking character animation

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    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  No Coding Required
    3.  Keyframe Animation
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  Support for Layers
    6.  Live Preview
    7.  Automated Tweening
    8.  Dark Mode
    9.  WYSIWYG Support
    10.  Support for 4K
    11.  Hardware Accelerated
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    Adobe After Effects offers top-tier motion graphics and visual effects capabilities, ideal for film, TV productions, and creative projects. Featuring advanced compositing with keyframe animation and layer techniques, it's gea...

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    Cavalry

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    Cavalry makes 2d animation smarter, easier and faster to produce. Design in real-time for advertising, mobile, data visualisation, web, broadcast, UI, generative art, experiential, games and more.

    15 Cavalry alternatives
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    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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    Cavalry Features

    1.  Keyframe Animation
    2.  Support for Layers
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  Support for scripting
    5.  Dark Mode
    6.  Attribute Editor
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