Animation Software Reviews and Downloads

CyD GIF Studio Pro

The program allows to animated GIF images. In addition, it offers optimization of a graphic pallet allowing to reduce a file size. The program can interface with a scanner and includes several animation effects, 3D text options, a GiF Wizard and a Creation wizard.

Sqirlz Lite

Make simple distortions or extreme bends and loops in any part of an image by drawing an outline around it and then a second outline to define the shape to be molded into.

Sqirlz Water Reflections

Sqirlz Water Reflections enables you to easily create image effects, that add an animated pool of water to any image. You can choose from a variety of ripples, and control details such as wave size and perspective, and customize the pool, using selection tool to define the area. The result can be saved as Flash (.swf) file, AVI video clip, or bitmap/jpeg file. The program is easy to use, and the effects look very realistic.

Sqirlz Morph

Sqirlz Morph allows you to morph two, three or more images together, and save your animation as a Flash movie, AVI video clip, or bitmap/jpeg files. As with other morphing tools, you place special control points over important features on each of the images, and the program then distorts each image so that the chosen features are matched (example included). The entire process can be displayed and saved as animation in GIF, AVI or Flash (.swf) format. For best results you need to use the right pictures and some patience.

Stop Motion Pro

Stop Motion Pro enables you to create stop motion and other animated films, using your webcam, digital video input device or digital camera (RAW and JPEG supported). Once you have connected the video source, you can simply take a capture for each frame in your animation, and the program will automatically stitch them into a video clip when you are ready. Other features include a frame editor, automatic time lapse capture, onionskinning, as well as Chromakey and rotoscope support. The resulting film can be exported to AVI or MPEG 1 format. A Junior Edition with less features (and without digital camera support) is available for $70 (same download).

Flex GIF Animator

Create GIF, Flash and Quicktime with real-time 3D effects. Optimize for target file size or compression ratio with before-and-after animated previews. It provides double animation edit mode and double image edit mode. It has a built-in windows trick banner maker, screen capturer, morpher and nature image matting tool.

Nature Illusion Studio

Nature Illusion Studio can transform your nature photos into realistic animations using visual and audible effects. You can add water effects (flow, ripple, waves) to select areas of the image, using a simple draw-on mask that will turn a static lake into a photo realistic animation while leaving the rest of the photo unchanged. Furthermore, you can add weather effects like snow and rain, as well as animated objects. The result can be previewed and then saved as screensaver, standalone executable, animated GIF or video file. The program works best with landscape images, especially waterfall and lake sceneries.

Beneton Movie GIF

Beneton Movie GIF is a complete GIF editing tool that supports all popular file formats, including BMP, GIF, JPG, and PNG. It allows you to create animations from scratch by importing the frames, dragging them into position, setting frame properties and more. You can also apply a variety of image effects (rotate, color blend, blur and more) as well as animation effects that enables you to generate animated moves, distortions, transition effects and more. The program can be used to create new animation or to load and edit existing GIF files. The results can be exported to animated GIF image or AVI movie. Other features include batch import of frames, a built-in image editor for frame editing, and more.

GraphicsGale

GraphicsGale is a easy to use animation graphic editor GraphicsGale is a software for editing raster format image. You can retouch a photo, paint a picture, and so on. GraphicsGale is a software that allows you edit graphic images. Unlike most bitmap editors, GraphicsGale can make an animated image with seeing its preview. This feature must be useful for making an animated GIF or a video game character. Supports Windows icon format (*.ico) * Supports Windows cursor format (*.cur, *.ani) * Supports animated GIF format * Supports AVI format (*no audio) Supports any bits-per-pixel Real-time preview in editing Multiple layers Onion Skin Batch conversion Outputs an animation as multiple files or a combined file Prints multiple frames Acquires an image from a TWAIN Image Browser

AnFX

AnFX empowers anyone to create interactive java based animations with moving, fading, sizing, images, text and shapes. Add in some sound and you have a full multimedia experience. AnFX is an easy to learn tool kit that consists of a point and click design studio and a compact yet powerful player that loads transparently on your visitor s browsers. The results have to be seen to be believed. AnFX has been used to create Flash like, high impact animations, menus, simulations, advertising banners, presentations, on line learning content, product demonstrations, on line user manuals and more.

Active GIF Creator

With Active GIF Creator you can create exciting, attention-getting animated buttons and banners for your Web site's design and promotion. You can even create movies in GIF Creator using pictures or graphics created or edited in any image editing program, including Windows Paint, Adobe Photoshop and dozens of others.

MorphBuster

Morphing is an animation technique in which one image is gradually turned into another. MorphBuster lets you make incredible morphs in minutes! You've seen them in the movies and on TV, and now you can create them yourself! Turn a friend into a tiger! Watch your child grow into an adult! Unleash your imagination with the power of MorphBuster!MorphBuster is designed to create morphing images and animation sequences in real time. The new rendering engine takes advantage of hardware acceleration, and the rendering speed easily goes up to several hundred FPS. The speed makes it possible to play final effects in real time without exporting to a fileUsing MorphBuster, you can do everything a professional animator does to create amazing morph animations. Flash, Animated GIF, AVI, JPEG, and other formats are supported.MorphBuster comes with all the tools you need toresize, crop, rotate, flip, adjust, edit and prepare source images for morphing.Create amusing morphs and have a laugh togetherwith your family and friends usingMorphBusters' built- in deformer.

Animation from Movie

Animation from Movie enables you to convert .AVI videos into cartoon-like animation clips. Just load the file and preview the animation, adjust the detail and contrast and then record it to .AVI or SWF file. The animation is black and white and looks rather simplistic, it will not work very well with videos that have a lot of detail.

MotionGIF

MotionGIF is an all-in-one tool to create animated GIF files. It offers a user-friendly interface, that requires only a minimum learning curve as well as a built in player and IE preview option. You can easily manage your animation frames and choose from 21 built-in visual effects for frame transition. MotionGIF also comes with a built-in image editor for editing, resizing, high-quality zooming, cropping and more. Additional features include resizable objects, Images, text, shapes and brush lines and several productivity tools as well as multi-level undo options. MotionGIF offers a wealth of features at a very competitive price.

Easy GIF Animator

Easy GIF Animator helps you to create animated GIF images with ease. You can set a variety of options to customize your GIF animation with several effects. The interface allows for frame by frame preview and configuration. You can import images from a file or the clipboard, add text effects to selected frames preview the animation and finally optimized it for publishing on the web.

KoolMoves

KoolMoves is a web animation software that creates Flash movies and frames for animated gifs. It offers fully-featured drawing tools as well as the ability to import SWF Flash Movie files, FLV Flash Video files, vector clipart, MP3 and wav audio. KoolMoves can be used to create navigation systems, splash pages, flying logos, text effects, character animation, transition effects, drop shadows and much more. Shape fills include color gradient and bitmap. You can select from libraries of 67 action script based text effects, 28 web interfaces, 259 clip art items, 13 animated clip art movies, 70 buttons specially designed for Flash movies and more than 100 text effects templates. KoolMoves makes it easy to create a Flash movie - all you need is an idea. The program was designed by a professional animator to deliver powerful functionality with an easy to use interface.

DigiCel FlipBook

DigiCel FlipBook allows you to draw 2D animations with your mouse or tablet pen, or capture rough animation drawings under a camera and scan your final drawings into a traditional timing sheet where you can add a soundtrack and cut, copy, paste and drag and drop thumbnail images to adjust the timing and repeat cycles. The program also includes painting tools as well as options to pan, zoom, rotate, blur and dissolve. Other features include a light table option to stack up to 10 animations, animation clean-up, custom color palettes, Multi-Level Painting and more. The finished animation can be exported as movie file that can be shared via the Internet or played on your TV.

Naevius GVI Converter

Add GVI files, click Start button and You will get AVI files. Useful, easy and conveniently.

EximiousSoft GIF Creator

EximiousSoft GIF Creator is a powerful tool for creating high quality and impact web animation.

IconCool GIF Animator

IconCool GIF Animator is a professional and easy-to-use GIF animation software tool. It can create animated GIF banners, buttons and any other pictures for your web sites easily. IconCool GIF Animator can export animation in animated GIF, AVI, MPEG, FLI, FLC as well as SWF formats.

Amara Flash Photo Animation

Amara Flash Photo Animation enables you to create virtual tours, using regular photos and a combination of panning and zooming effects that create a movie-like effect and allow the user to `walk through` each picture. You can combine multiple images into a slideshow, add URLs and more. The program offers an easy to use WYSIWYG interface that lets you design the zoom effects using simple mouse clicks and drag and drop to manipulate the effects. Additional features include optional background sound, customizable output size and background, 360 degree panning, transition time control and more.

Graphic Conveyer

A program for conveyer graphics processing (it supports more than 30 formats) extraction from resources, archives, easy work with the single video frames of any sizes and GIF animation. Creates AVI files. Convert and create graphics for desktop - wallpaper, icons, cursors - from all known graphic files. Creating beautiful collages and animations from any graphics as multi icons which is "clear" practically to any graphic program. Convenient tools of editing and optimization graphics for web. Flexible tools of manipulations, navigation, scaling, full Drag&Drop support, work in a packet mode and a working ICO format. Suppors a full palette of color effects (light, contrast, saturation, luminosity and etc.).

Banner Maker Pro

Banner Maker Pro allows you to create professional looking graphics such as banner ads and buttons. Simply follow the tabs at the top of the program to go step-by-step in the graphic making process. A wide variety of options are available for text manipulation such as angling text, wrapping text around a circle, gradients, and 3D effects. The program also comes with a collection of ready-to use banner backgrounds that you can use to get started and then customize them using the manipulation tools and effects. Shapes and text can be dragged around as you proceed to create your banner graphic and Banner Maker Pro also offers support for creation of animated banners. Once finished, the file can be saved as GIF or JPG.

Selteco Bannershop GIF Animator

Create and edit banners, buttons, backgrounds and other GIF animations Import pictures, photos, vector graphics and cliparts Define animation effects like zoom, fade or blur Add text, shapes, gradients Resize, crop, rotate and edit bitmaps Add 3D look with drop shadow, glow and other effects Optimize GIF animations Export animated GIFs and add them to your website

Abrosoft FantaMorph Pro

Create morphing movies and animation effects from still images. Abrosoft FantaMorph Pro supports image formats including BMP, JPEG, TIFF, PNG, GIF, TGA, PCX and 32-bit formats with alpha. FantaMorph allows you to export to formats including image sequence, AVI, animated GIF, Flash, screen saver and standalone EXE. You can crop, rotate, flip and adjust source images with the built-in tools. Using hardware acceleration, it allows you to play final effects in real time without exporting to a file.

Image Video Machine

Image Video Machine is an image-to-video and video-to-image converting software which is very easy to use. You can use it to create your own video files from separate image files, like making animated GIF. You can also extract all frames of a video file into separate image files with this tool. There are many advanced features in Image Video Machine such as image files list, drag-drop to add image or video files, splitting-extracting images from a video file and more. SUPPORTED IMAGE FORMATS (Create Video From) 1. JPEG; 2. GIF; 3. PNG; 4. BMP; 5. PCX; 6. WMF; 7. EMF; 8. TIFF; 9. TGA; 10. RAS; 11. J2K SUPPORTED VIDEO FORMATS (Extract Images From) AVI (DivX, XviD, MS MPEG4, Uncompressed, Cinepak and other) MPEG (MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 Video) WMV

Artoonix

Artoonix is software to create cartoons or animated movies on your PC. It is best suited for those who want to "liven up" static world of simple computer drawings, add sounds, try out your creativity, ideas and show it to friends and family. With Artoonix you can: - Create drawings in advanced Artoonix frame editor or simply add and modify objects from your picture files (e.g. JPEG's or animated GIF's). - Animate the drawings and photos using a host of traditional animation tools. - Record multi-track sound from your microphone or insert soundtracks from wav or MP3 audio files. -Export your animation into a high-quality Macromedia Flash SWF file or an animated GIF file for easy web publishing, e-mailing, using as your mobile phone wallpaper, etc. - Export the animation into a high-quality movie file.

Animated GIF producer

Create animations, buttons and banners with Animated GIF Producer. You can create a GIF animation from a blend of images, captured video snapshots and multi-page files. The program also offers you a range of customization options and effects to make your production look and behave the way you want. You can add, process and organize images into a sequence with point-and-click simplicity.

ATani

Easy to use creator of animated files (GIF and AVI). For making of frames is used both the files (BMP, GIF, JPG, ICO, PNG) and the images creating with the help of embedded graphic editor. Support of drag and drop technique for adding and inserting of new frames. Generating of frames with alpha blending, gradient fill, creeping line... There are built-in tools: frame editor, creating of AVI or GIF via capture, AVI viewer and Tween

Video Userpic

After you choose the right folder of the video and input it, you will be shown some video and audio parameters of the particular video file. The output file, which is Animated GIF userpic will be automatically saved in the same folder with remark and GIF extension, so you will not loose your userpic.

UnFREEz

UnFREEz is a high-speed Windows program that will take any number of images, saved as separate GIF files, and create a single animated GIF from those images. Just drag and drop some GIF files from Windows Explorer, set the frame delay time and have UnFREEz create the animated GIF. Additional features include automatic interlacing and transparency detection.

GIF Movie Gear

The interface of this animator uses a filmstrip metaphor to show all the frames at once, and all aspects of the animation are controlled using drag-and-drop functionality and the toolbar. It includes palette reduction, inter-frame optimization, animation resizing, cropping and undo/redo. It also has support for Photoshop PSD, JPEG, AVI, BMP, ICO, animated cursors, and GIF files; export to AVI, ICO, ANI, and GIF; and generation of HTML code for putting the animating GIFs on the Web.

Take5 Demo

Take5 Animation Record, the successor to the highly successful Take_2 pencil test software (formerly on the Amiga OS), in now available again. The new Take5 picks up right where Take_2 left off; with REAL-TIME playback, multiple levels, and using only minute resources. Rearrage grabbed frames on-the-fly, adjust timing, create cycles, and play your changes instantly! The current Demo grabs only 50 images per scene and doesn't export to movie files.

FaceMorpher Multi

FaceMorpher Multi is a morphing tool, specifically designed to creates facial morphing effects. It enables you to transform multiple faces using an animated morph process that can be saved as Flash movie. Unlike most other morphing tools, FaceMorpher Multi is limited to facial morphs and does not provide you with any further control or options. It can automatically assign pre-configured morph points for most standard facial points and allows for minor fine-tuning if needed. However, you cannot add or remove any morphing points. This makes it very easy to use, but also rather limited in functionality.

Zoner GIF Animator

An extraordinary tool for creating and editing images, especially Web banners, in the animated GIF format.

GIF Construction Set Pro Beta

This program lets you assemble, edit, and optimize animations and create transparent GIF files. It features an animation wizard, transitions, and a supercompressor. Documentation and tutorials are inclulded to help you use LED signs, spin, banners, buttons and more.

Bannershop GIF Animator

Bannershop GIF Animator provides the easiest way to create, design and compress animated GIFs for the Web. Easy to use, visual interface lets you design your animation directly in the program by using vector graphics, image retouching and anti-aliased text edit tools. Animations can be also quickly assembled from pre-created images. Powerful optimization engine significantly reduces GIF file size.

Advanced GIF Animator

This software is a utility for creating animated GIF images. You can create pictures, banners, buttons and movies. You can use the built-in image editor or any stand-alone graphics editor to create image files that will be assembled into a GIF animation. I provides duplication, mergers, cropping, re-sizing, rotation and frame flipping, capability to create animated GIF files using sets of BMP, JPEG, ICO, and Windows Metafiles, color palette support, and AVI and ANI file export and import.

Sprite Builder

Combine separate images (prepared in any other graphical editor) into one sprite. This program has been developed particularly for animators who create animation for games and other projects.

CoffeeCup GIF Animator

This program allows you to drag and drop images into animations, and view frames and animation simultaneously. It supports thumbnails with sizes and dimensions, and you can browse images by folder. The program automatically converts between JPG and BMP to GIF, and it will import from and export to AVI format.

FaceMorpher

Analyze images and automatically recognize parts of faces that should be morphed into each other. All you have to do is to load two images and point to the faces you want to morph. Save the resulting animation as an AVI file to integrate it into your home video, or create an animated GIF or a Flash movie to publish it on your site.

MakeGIF

This program creates GIF files from the command line in batch mode. This program is a visual command line processor. You can use pictures created by MS Paint, Adobe Photoshop and dozens of others programs.

Animation EffectBox

Create GIF and AVI animations on the base of predefined effects with Animation EffectBox. You define sequence and parameters of separate effects to get animations. The program features background pictures for created animation from BMP, JPEG, PSD, PCX, PNG and GIF files. It manages the list of animation effects and calls edit dialogs to set parameters of each effect. You can define animation parameters, build animation on the base of list of animation effects, export created animations as GIF and AVI files, optimize size of created GIF files, save animation scripts in AME files, create GIF and AVI files from command line in batch mode. The program supports internationalization.

FluxTime Studio

This software is an animation software for children. Kids can create their own animation clips in a couple of minutes, exchange them with other animators over the Internet, and publish them in their online gallery. Because FluxTime clips can be reused as components, kids can collaborate globally and create their own objects and characters.

Axelsoft Gif Animator

Gather several BMP,JPEG or GIF images into one single animated GIF file. Create your own animated GIF images like animated text banners from scratch, or improve an already existing GIF file. You can insert, remove and duplicate images. For each frame you can set position, transparent color, delay and disposal method. Edit images using the internal image editor. Add and remove text commentaries.

SWF Image Creator

Create highly compressed and optimized animation SWFs. The program takes all the GIFs, animated GIFs or JPG files you have selected and converts them to SWF files with the options you have chosen. You can select hundreds or thousand image files and then create a SWF library including the pictures you have selected to use with Flash. You can also design Web banners. SWF Image Creator can be run from the command prompt silently. This feature can be used for interacting with other applications or databases that need image processing with the help of XML. Also, SWF Image Creator can be set to be an automation process hidden on a server which converts the stated images to SWF. It can be used as a scheduled task to automate daily SWF needs.

Scrolling LED Bitmap Generator

This program allows you to generate animated GIFs automatically. It can use an existing image as a background on which the LED animation is projected.

AnimatedJPG

This slide show viewer provides real time, full screen pan and zoom. With AnimatedJPG you can have movie-like animation within a photo with alphablend transitions.

Longtion GIF Animator

This program allows you to create and edit animated GIF files for your Web pages. You can optimize and prepare GIF files for your Web pages. The program can also handle any type of GIF animation. There is a built-in GIF editor and the program supports JPEG, BMP, ICO and GIF files.

Pivot Stickfigure Animator

This program makes creates stick-figure animations in a unique way. You can build your own stick figures and load your own backgrounds. The animations can be saved as animated GIFs to be used on Web pages. An example animation is included.

Graffiti Desktop

This program transforms your picture files into movable objects on your desktop. It then renders visualizations on the objects based on music.

JPGVideo

JPGVideo creates an AVI file from a series of JPGs. Any JPG files can be converted into a video file. The only restriction is that the images all have to be the same size.

the TAB Lite

This image tool allows you to create your own cartoons. You can create your heroes by drawing and painting images, and animating them with TAB 2.2 Lite. It provides features such as constant thickness lines, flat colors and control points complex management. Drawings can be animated by modifying vectors.

LivingPictureWeb

This program automatically transforms any 2D digital photograph into a 3D talking character. You can use either a pre-created WAV file or the inbuilt recording feature to record your own message and the software automatically creates a lip-synced character. The saved file can be sent as a message via e-mail or published on your Web site as a personalized Web site host.

Reallusion It'sMe

This allows you to create animated 3D characters of yourself, your friends or anyone else from a single photograph.

FXdesigner

This program allows you to create online presentation clips in accordance with multiple customizable parameters. You can add and remove images and their effects, and combine a number of effects. The program stores parameters of a created clip in XML format and obtain HTML code for retrieval and playback through Flash. JPG, BMP, PNG, GIF, PCX and TIF formats are supported.

flipzMX Composer

This program lets you create fully lip-synched animated characters in Flash format in a matter of minutes. Record directly into the software or import an external audio file, choose your character and you're finished. The characters run on any system thats supports Macromedia Flash.

QuickBanner Banner Maker

Allows you to create professional flash animated banners and buttons. Choose from ready-made templates, place your texts and design the colors, backgrounds, fonts and animation.

ItsMe Motion Editor

This program allows you to blend key pose and motion data to create It'sMe motions. Simply drag and drop motion and key pose data into the timeline, where they will blend into realistic human movement. There is a pose-able 3D human model with 19 adjustable limbs.

ImageMatics StillMotion Creator

Create pan and zoom movies, slideshow animations and panoramic virtual tours from still images. This software mimics the functionality of an animation camera stand. The completed animation can be output in multiple media formats, including SWF and AVI.