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Friction

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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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License model

  • FreeOpen Source

Platforms

  • Windows
  • Linux
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Features

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Properties

  1.  Privacy focused

Features

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

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Friction information

  • Developed by

    Friction contributors
  • Licensing

    Open Source (GPL-3.0) and Free product.
  • Written in

  • Alternatives

    5 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

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GitHub repository

  •  478 Stars
  •  20 Forks
  •  99 Open Issues
  •   Updated Mar 14, 2025 
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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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