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Synfig Studio

Synfig is a powerful, industrial-strength vector-based 2D animation software package, designed from the ground-up for producing feature-film quality animation with fewer people and resources. Created by Synfig.org

Free Open Source
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Windows
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Synfig Studio is a free and open-source 2D animation software, designed as powerful industrial-strength solution for creating film-quality animation using a vector and bitmap artwork.

It eliminates the need to create animation frame-by frame, allowing you to produce 2D animation of a higher quality with fewer people and resources. Synfig Studio is available for Windows, Linux and MacOS X.

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$0.00 and/or Open source Creative Software, Open Source & Free Animation & VFX, Linux • Graphics, and Digital Media

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Features

Animation Bones and Layers Cutout animation tools Frame by frame animation Timeline-based Tweening Add a feature

Category

Photos & Graphics

Tags

2d-animation-software animation-production cartoon hdri high-dynamic-range-imaging illustration vector-art

Synfig Studio (sometimes referred to as Synfig) was added by gyorgyjano in Apr 2009 and the latest update was made in May 2020. The list of alternatives was updated May 2020. It's possible to update the information on Synfig Studio or report it as discontinued, duplicated or spam.

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Synfig Studio Comments

Comment by Aaron

about Synfig Studio · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful 6 Helpful Report as spam

Its a really good program, but it takes a lot of getting used to. You can do some amazing effects and make some spectacular videos with it, but it definitely has a learning curve. the interface is ok, but I think it could be better. Overall it is a good program for what it does.

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