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Friction

Friction is a powerful and versatile motion graphics application that allows you to create vector and raster animations for web and video platforms with ease.

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Features

  1.  Support for Layers
  2.  Support for scripting
  3.  Keyframe Animation
  4.  Works Offline
  5.  Dark Mode
  6.  WYSIWYG Support
  7.  No registration required
  8.  Ad-free
  9.  Live Preview
  10.  No Tracking
  11.  Non Destructive Editing
  12.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
  13.  Automated Tweening
  14.  Hardware Accelerated
  15.  Logo animation
  16.  Color Picker
  17.  Raster graphics
  18.  Timeline
  19.  Live Path Effects
  20.  Timeline-based
  21.  QT Based
  22.  Scene Management
  23.  Visual timeline
  24.  FFMPEG support

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    Excited to test this out do you have any tutorials or examples of projects created with this?

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Comments and Reviews

   
Top Positive Comment
lukalabudovic123
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It only exports SMIL SVG animations (2008 standard), so no JavaScript. Not a big deal for simple animations with wide support. The UI itself is not bug-free, but it's usable and pretty.

NicholasKalisz
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Excited to test this out do you have any tutorials or examples of projects created with this?

choomaque
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Absolutely broken SVG import. This app is a joke.

TBayAreaPat
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Windows Requirements: CMake and Visual Studio Build Tools

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Install from the command line

  • winget install -e --id Friction.Friction

Be careful what you paste into a terminal. Check what a command installs before running it.

What is Friction?

Friction is a powerful and versatile motion graphics application that allows you to create vector and raster animations for web and video platforms with ease.

Features:

  • High Performance: Friction provides a scalable, high-performance GPU/CPU vector and raster pipeline developed in C++, using Skia and the Qt framework.
  • Animations for the Web: Create smooth and responsive animations for the web with Friction! Using Friction, you can create animated scalable vector graphics (SVG) using the synchronized multimedia integration language (SMIL), as recommended by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
  • Multiple Scenes and Timelines: Friction gives you the flexibility to work on multiple scenes at once, with multiple viewers, timelines, and graphs. Adjust it to fit your needs and screen real estate.
  • Powerful Expression Editor: Power users are welcome! Friction provides support for expressions with ECMAScript in parameters and effects. Additionally, it includes a complete code editor with autocompletion, syntax highlighting, custom functions, and more.
  • Text and Path Effects: Friction includes a diverse range of effects for enhancing your vector graphics and text. Stay tuned for upcoming releases, as we continue to expand our collection of effects.
  • Raster/Shader Effects: Friction offers experimental support for user-customizable shader effects. A limited set of effects are included.

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