Synfig Studio Alternatives

Synfig Studio is described as 'Synfig is a free and open-source, industrial-strength, vector-based 2D animation app designed for producing feature-film animations' and is a very popular Animation Maker in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Synfig Studio for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and Android apps. The best Synfig Studio alternative is Krita, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Synfig Studio are Animation Desk, OpenToonz, Glaxnimate and Pencil2D.

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Synfig Studio alternatives are mainly Animation Makers, but if you're looking for Vector Graphic Apps or Digital Painting Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Free, Android, iPad and Open Source. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Synfig Studio.
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  1. Cacani icon
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    Now, artists will be able to draw and paint their animations in a shorter time with CACANi’s unique auto inbetweening and auto painting workflow.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once or Subscription
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
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    Animates 2D characters in real time by tracking facial expressions and movements, integrates with Creative Cloud, supports layered artwork import, enables live streaming, lip-sync, drag-and-drop actions, timeline editing, and export to video.

    7 Adobe Character Animator alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Adobe Creative Cloud
     
  3. Spriter icon
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    Spriter : an intuitive 2D animation tool for video game makers.

    Spriter enables the “modular” method of animating where, instead of each frame being a single complete image, it is constructed from many small, re- useable images (such as body parts). Each of these images that ar.

    18 Spriter alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Whether you do 2D, 3D or stop motion Animation, DigiCel FlipBook makes animation easier!

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  5. Rubber Hose 2 icon
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    Rubber Hose is an After Effects tool for animation rigging. Connect layers from Illustrator and Photoshop into two new stretchy rigs – RubberPin and RubberRig. Style hoses unlike ever before. Major speed updates and key-frame baking let you work faster.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Adobe After Effects
     
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    Limber is an IK system for After Effects that uses shape layers to make customizable limbs for character animation. Limber has controls for styling the shape and colors, dynamically preventing animation ‘pops’, smoothly blending between IK and FK, foreshortening one half of a...

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Adobe After Effects
     
  7. Live2D Cubism icon
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    Live2D is the world's first drawing technology to enable 3D rendering of 2D images. This technology supports a variety of portable consoles and smartphones, and Live2D is already being utilized for games that take advantage of the unique characteristics of hand drawn artwork.

    12 Live2D Cubism alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Unity
     
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    Pro Motion is a drawing and animation software for Windows designed similar to the famous Amiga Deluxe Paint (DPaint).

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Express Animate is free animation software that gives you the ability to animate shapes, text and imported images. You are also able to enhance your movie projects in post-production using key-frame motion animation, masking, dummy objects and more.

    40 Express Animate alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    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

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    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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