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Author: sfkarate.sourceforge.net
Date: 05 August, 2012
Downloads: 30
Size: 157.2 KB
License: Freeware
Date: 05 August, 2012
Downloads: 30
Size: 157.2 KB
License: Freeware
- Pivot 2.2.7 for Mac is available as a free download on our application library. The actual developer of this software for Mac is Jelle Vandebeeck. The program is categorized as Design & Photo Tools. This Mac download was checked by our built-in antivirus and was rated as safe. This application's bundle is identified as tk.ramports.Pivot.
- Other interesting Mac alternatives to Pivot Animator are Stick Figure Master (Free), StickyPy (Free, Open Source) and Rubber Hose 2 (Paid). Pivot Stickfigure Animator is a unique software, that allows you to create stick figure animations easily and without any artistic skills.
StickFigure Karate (SFKarate) is a 2D Karate fighting game written in Java. The inspiration for the game comes from the famous animated stickfigure fights.
Platform: Windows, Mac, Linux
Category: Games & Entertainment / Arcade
Category: Games & Entertainment / Arcade
Author: Drakfyre
Date: 22 April, 2013
Downloads: 1
Size: 10.6 MB
License: Shareware
Date: 22 April, 2013
Downloads: 1
Size: 10.6 MB
License: Shareware
ICELAND is a free platform game where youplay the role of a lone risk-taking stick-figure going for the thrill ride of a lifetime, jumping from tiny island to tiny island near Iceland in a valiant and death-defying effort to score points and get the
Platform: Mac, Mac OS X
Category: Games & Entertainment / Board
Category: Games & Entertainment / Board
Author: Sons of Thunder Software
Date: 26 July, 2013
Downloads: 16
Size: 15.5 MB
License: Freeware
Date: 26 July, 2013
Downloads: 16
Size: 15.5 MB
License: Freeware
Stykz is freeware, meaning it's completely free to download and use to create animations that you can show off to others or import into other applications. No hidden costs, license or permission are required to use Stykz to its fullest.
Platform: Mac, Mac OS X 10.4, Mac OS X 10.5
Category: Audio & Multimedia / Multimedia Creation Tools
Category: Audio & Multimedia / Multimedia Creation Tools
Author: kim minsik
Date: 04 January, 2014
Downloads: 1
Size: 12.6 MB
License: Freeware
Date: 04 January, 2014
Downloads: 1
Size: 12.6 MB
License: Freeware
There are more than ten different, small, animated monsters in the game who shuffle their feet and look around trying to avoid being noticed.
Platform: Mac, Mac OS X
Category: Games & Entertainment / Puzzle & Word Games
Category: Games & Entertainment / Puzzle & Word Games
Author: Morpheus Software
Date: 09 September, 2008
Downloads: 484
Size: 18.3 MB
License: Shareware
Date: 09 September, 2008
Downloads: 484
Size: 18.3 MB
License: Shareware
The all-in-one animation suite includes Morpheus Photo Morpher Mac v3.00, Morpheus Photo Warper Mac v3.00, Morpheus Photo Mixer Mac v3.00, as well as all 15 sample morphs, warps, and mixes.
Platform: Mac, Mac OS X 10.3, Mac OS X 10.4, Mac OS X 10.5
Category: Graphic Apps / Animation Tools
Category: Graphic Apps / Animation Tools
Author: Mac HDD Recovery
Date: 17 July, 2013
Downloads: 17
Size: 14.1 MB
License: Demo
Date: 17 July, 2013
Downloads: 17
Size: 14.1 MB
License: Demo
Memory Stick Data Recovery Software Mac tool is used to retrieve lost or deleted files from Mac OS X 10.5.8 versions that include Leopard, Snow Leopard, Lion and Mountain Lion etc. This Mac recovery tool retrieves data files from emptied trash bins.
Platform: Mac, Mac OS X, Mac Other
Category: Utilities / File & Disk Management
Category: Utilities / File & Disk Management
Author: EIAS3D
Date: 16 September, 2013
Downloads: 11
Size: 65.9 MB
License: Shareware
Date: 16 September, 2013
Downloads: 11
Size: 65.9 MB
License: Shareware
The Electric Image Animation System (EIAS) is an eminent 3D animation and rendering package available for the Mac and PC. You can texture and animate with ease and render your 3D scenes with amazing speed and quality.
Author: xilisoft.com
Date: 09 September, 2008
Downloads: 32
Size: 9.1 MB
License: Shareware
Date: 09 September, 2008
Downloads: 32
Size: 9.1 MB
License: Shareware
Xilisoft Video Snapshot for Mac is excellent video to picture software to batch extract pictures from videos, such as MPEG, DivX, Xvid, AVI, RM, MP4, M4V, MOV, WMV etc, and output them as static pictures, GIF animation, Flash, and even HTML.
Platform: Mac, Mac OS X
Category: Graphic Apps / Screen Capture
Category: Graphic Apps / Screen Capture
Author: xilisoft.com
Date: 09 September, 2008
Downloads: 49
Size: 10.8 MB
License: Shareware
Date: 09 September, 2008
Downloads: 49
Size: 10.8 MB
License: Shareware
Xilisoft DVD Snapshot for Mac is multifunctional DVD image capture software to capture DVD images from DVD-Video and DVD folder, and output them as static pictures, GIF and Flash animation, and even HTML page.
Platform: Mac, Mac OS X
Category: Graphic Apps / Screen Capture
Category: Graphic Apps / Screen Capture
Author: imtoo.com
Date: 09 September, 2008
Downloads: 0
Size: 9.0 KB
License: Shareware
Date: 09 September, 2008
Downloads: 0
Size: 9.0 KB
License: Shareware
ImTOO Video to Picture for Mac is multifunctional picture capture software to batch extract pictures from various video formats, and save as static pictures, GIF animation, Flash, or HTML.
Platform: Mac, Mac OS X
Category: Audio & Multimedia / Video Tools
Category: Audio & Multimedia / Video Tools
Author: Andras Porffy and Attila Kis
Date: 19 July, 2012
Downloads: 24
Size: 614.4 KB
License: Shareware
Date: 19 July, 2012
Downloads: 24
Size: 614.4 KB
License: Shareware
The lightning fast RSS News Reader for Mac
Newsbar built with a fresh concept: news feeds with smooth animation, always on your desktop. All of your subscribed RSS feeds are continuously appearing on selected side of your display.
Newsbar built with a fresh concept: news feeds with smooth animation, always on your desktop. All of your subscribed RSS feeds are continuously appearing on selected side of your display.
Platform: Mac, Mac OS X
Category: Business / Other
Category: Business / Other
Author: Tyler Loch
Date: 16 July, 2012
Downloads: 7
Size: 409.6 KB
License: Freeware
Date: 16 July, 2012
Downloads: 7
Size: 409.6 KB
License: Freeware
FlashFrozen is a menu item that allows you to quit the Flash plug-in in a browser if a Flash animation is hogged your Mac's CPU cycles or freezing the loading of web pages.
Platform: Mac OS X 10.5 or later
Category: Audio & Multimedia / Other
Category: Audio & Multimedia / Other
Author: jimmcgowan
Date: 03 August, 2013
Downloads: 8
Size: 1.0 MB
License: Freeware
Date: 03 August, 2013
Downloads: 8
Size: 1.0 MB
License: Freeware
Stick Em Up is a desktop sticky notes application, similar to Apple's Stickies application which is included in Mac OS X. Stick 'Em Up lets you create notes in different colours and sizes that can contain rich text and graphics.
Platform: Mac, Mac OS X 10.4
Category: Desktop / Other
Category: Desktop / Other
Author: Empty Software
Date: 08 May, 2013
Downloads: 4
Size: 358.4 KB
License: Demo
Date: 08 May, 2013
Downloads: 4
Size: 358.4 KB
License: Demo
Plug Tools is a free and easy to use Mac OS X app that can help you figure out which of your Pro Tools plug-ins are out of date.Here are some key features of 'Plug Tools':?
Platform: Mac, Mac OS X 10.4
Category: Utilities / Other
Category: Utilities / Other
Author: ELTIMA Software GmbH
Date: 22 October, 2007
Downloads: 313
Size: 1.2 MB
License: Shareware
Date: 22 October, 2007
Downloads: 313
Size: 1.2 MB
License: Shareware
Flash Optimizer Lite for Mac is a powerful SWF compression application with many compression options, both predefined and customizable for profound SWF optimization. It significantly reduces Flash movie size which is ideal for Web delivery.
Platform: Mac, Mac OS X
Category: Web Development / Flash Tools
Category: Web Development / Flash Tools
Author: www.imtoo.com
Date: 14 May, 2008
Downloads: 58
Size: 9.1 MB
License: Shareware
Date: 14 May, 2008
Downloads: 58
Size: 9.1 MB
License: Shareware
ImTOO Video to Picture for Mac is multifunctional picture capture software to batch extract pictures from various video formats, and save as static pictures, GIF animation, Flash, or HTML. You can preview the extracted images in the picture list.
Platform: Mac, Mac OS X
Category: Graphic Apps / Screen Capture
Category: Graphic Apps / Screen Capture
Author: Apycom Software
Date: 27 February, 2013
Downloads: 154
Size: 41.1 MB
License: Freeware
Date: 27 February, 2013
Downloads: 154
Size: 41.1 MB
License: Freeware
CSS3 is changing how we build websites. No longer will we have to rely on so much JavaScript and images to create nice looking website elements such as buttons and menu navigations. You can build a cool rounded navigation menu, with no images on MAC.
Platform: Mac, Mac OS X
Category: Web Development / XML/CSS Tools
Category: Web Development / XML/CSS Tools
Author: SDCardRecover.com
Date: 04 August, 2010
Downloads: 516
Size: 6.3 MB
License: Shareware
Date: 04 August, 2010
Downloads: 516
Size: 6.3 MB
License: Shareware
SD Card Recovery is an easy-to-use, professional SD Card data recovery software for Mac users, It can effectively recover and rescue deleted, formatted, corrupted or lost data from all kinds of SD Cards.
Platform: Mac, Mac OS X
Category: Utilities / File & Disk Management
Category: Utilities / File & Disk Management
Author: Leawo Software
Date: 07 August, 2012
Downloads: 5
Size: 31.8 MB
License: Shareware
Date: 07 August, 2012
Downloads: 5
Size: 31.8 MB
License: Shareware
Professional DVD Ripper for Mac is an excellent tool to rip DVD to video file in all popular video formats, convert DVD soundtrack to audio in file formats and duplicate DVD video to hard disk without quality loss.
Platform: Mac, Mac OS X 10.5, Mac Other
Category: Audio & Multimedia / Rippers & Converters
Category: Audio & Multimedia / Rippers & Converters
Author: iOrgSoft Official
Date: 21 June, 2011
Downloads: 90
Size: 15.8 MB
License: Shareware
Date: 21 June, 2011
Downloads: 90
Size: 15.8 MB
License: Shareware
Mac Flash web video creator, the best video to flash converter and flash video converter for Mac, freely enables mac users to create flv swf html files embed video to web.
Platform: Mac, Mac OS X 10.4, Mac OS X 10.5, Mac Other
Category: Audio & Multimedia / Rippers & Converters
Category: Audio & Multimedia / Rippers & Converters
Author: Softtote
Date: 22 September, 2011
Downloads: 2
Size: 7.5 MB
License: Shareware
Date: 22 September, 2011
Downloads: 2
Size: 7.5 MB
License: Shareware
Softtote Video Converter for Mac is the easy to use Mac Video Converter to convert video on Mac OS X (Lion supported). With this Mac Video Converter, you can easily convert AVI WMV MPEG MOV FLV WMV MP4 MKV M2TS TS, etc on Mac OS X.
Platform: Mac, Mac OS X
Category: Audio & Multimedia / Rippers & Converters
Category: Audio & Multimedia / Rippers & Converters
Author: Higosoft
Date: 20 December, 2011
Downloads: 8
Size: 11.4 MB
License: Shareware
Date: 20 December, 2011
Downloads: 8
Size: 11.4 MB
License: Shareware
Higosoft SWF Converter for Mac is a handy SWF video converter to convert Flash Games, Flash Animation, SWF Animation and SWF video to high quality video and audio formats.
Platform: Mac, Mac OS X 10.5, Mac Other
Category: Audio & Multimedia / Video Tools
Category: Audio & Multimedia / Video Tools
Author: iSkysoft Studio
Date: 29 January, 2012
Downloads: 42
Size: 18.0 MB
License: Shareware
Date: 29 January, 2012
Downloads: 42
Size: 18.0 MB
License: Shareware
iSkysoft DVD Burner for Mac can burn ISO,VIDEO_TS,dvdmedia and and various video such as avi,wmv,mkv,mov,ts,etc on Mac.
Platform: Mac, Mac OS X
Category: Audio & Multimedia / CD Burners
Category: Audio & Multimedia / CD Burners
Author: Tenorshare
Date: 04 June, 2012
Downloads: 18
Size: 3.8 KB
License: Shareware
Date: 04 June, 2012
Downloads: 18
Size: 3.8 KB
License: Shareware
Tenorshare Data Recovery for Mac is the professional Mac data recovery software. It can help you repair damaged or corrupted partition table or master boot record as well as recover lost, deleted, formatted or inaccessible data.
Platform: Mac, Mac OS X
Category: Audio & Multimedia / Rippers & Converters
Category: Audio & Multimedia / Rippers & Converters
Author: Stellar Information Systems Ltd.
Date: 24 July, 2012
Downloads: 95
Size: 11.6 MB
License: Shareware
Date: 24 July, 2012
Downloads: 95
Size: 11.6 MB
License: Shareware
Stellar Phoenix Mac Data Recovery Software is a powerful as yet reliable utility to recover all your lost, deleted, or inaccessible data. It ensures 100% recovery of your lost data from Hard Drives, iPods, Memory Cards, USB Drives, and Optical Media.
Platform: Mac, Mac OS X 10.3.9, Mac OS X 10.4, Mac OS X 10.5, Mac OS X 10.6, Mac OS X 10.7
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Video is a powerful marketing tool.
85 percent of internet users watch video content at least once a month. And people want more.
In fact, 54 percent of folks think brands should be putting more video content out there.
Putting out video content isn’t always easy. Maybe you’re running low on ideas. Or maybe you’re camera shy. Or you don’t have the necessary equipment — not to mention the budget to acquire it.
Luckily, there are some handy free tools you can use.
Yep, you can make animated videos for free (minus your time investment, of course).
Check out some of the best free animation software for beginners and experts, and everyone in between.
Don’t wait for someone else to do it. Hire yourself and start calling the shots.
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Animaker
Platforms: web browser-based
Animaker is a free animation software for beginners, with easy drag-and-drop functionality and an intuitive interface to match. There are six core types of videos you can make with Animaker:
- 2D
- Infographics
- Handcraft
- Whiteboard
- 2.5D
- Typography
Including full HD support, both horizontal and vertical video layouts, and pre-made graphics to choose from, you can create fun, animated videos in no time.
Audio features include text-to-speech, the option to add background music and sound effects, and voiceover. You can choose from Animaker’s library of sounds or upload your own tunes.
If you want to pay for the pro version, you can also get advanced features: in-app camera, multimove, curves, transition effects, and enter/exit effects. It’s like all those PowerPoint animations except cool and not so cheesy.
Blender
Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
Use Blender if you’re looking for the best video animation software for pro editors and creators. The free open-source 3D animation tool supports the “modeling, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing and motion tracking, video editing, and 2D animation pipeline.” The platform is a public project, and creatives from all over the world contribute to its ongoing maintenance.
Let’s talk features.
- Rendering: Cycles is Blender’s ray-trace based production render engine, FreeStyle is an edge- and line-based non-photorealistic (NPR) rendering engine, and real-time feedback speeds up the editing process.
- Modeling: Blender’s modeling tools include sculpting, retopology, modeling, curves, and more to help with editing models.
- Sculpting: Digital sculpting tools flexible for each stage of the digital production pipeline.
- Animation and rigging: These tools include a character animation pose editor, Non Linear Animation (NLA) for independent movements, IK forward/inverse kinematics for fast poses, and sound synchronization.
- Grease pencil: Draw directly in 3D and combine 2D/3D art.
- VFX: From camera and object motion tracking to masking and compositing, there are lots of fixes you can make in post-prod.
- Simulation: Create simulations for fog, smoke, rain, fire, liquid, and more.
- Pipeline:Choose from a long list of import/export options.
- Video editing: A built-in video editor allows for basic actions like video cuts and splicing and more complex tasks like video masking or color grading.
Yeah, that’s a lot. Blender is a comprehensive tool. And it’s all free.
Editor’s note:We also review Blender, along with 21 other video-editing tools, in this review.
K-3D
Platforms: Windows, Linux
K-3D is a free 3D animation software specializing in polygonal modeling, an approach to digital graphics that represents and approximates object surfaces using polygons. Designed for artists, the software combines plugins with a visualization pipeline architecture — it adapts to the look and feel of the tools you integrate it with.
Get started with their Wiki tutorials, showing you how to master features like texturing, shadows, and symmetric modeling.
One of its best features? Easy undo/redo functionality, so you can quickly fix a mistake. Most programs only offer the option to undo an action.
With both procedural and parametric workflows, you can make adjustments and see the change immediately. A node-based visualization pipeline means editors can create connections and combinations for different elements within the video. You can work on one side of a model and mirror the other side to see what it looks like welded together.
K-3D is an advanced tool for true creatives.
OpenToonz
Platforms: Windows, Mac, and Linux
OpenToonz is one of the top free animation software for 2D videos. The open-source software is free for both commercial and non-commercial use, so you can use it to create marketing videos for your brand.
It’s also packed with features, such as:
- Digital drawing tools: vector and bitmap drawing tools
- Indexed color palettes: quick paint and color changing
- Effects and compositing: animated special effects and composite scenes — choose from blurs, lighting, keys, masks, warps, and more than 100 other effects
- Scripting: automations via ECMA-compatible scripting engine
- Motion tracking: combine your animation with video footage
- Scan and cleanup: create vectors from paper drawings
- Frame-by-frame animation: with configurable onionskin
- Motion tweening: link objects or use motion paths to execute complex movements
- Bones character animation: with IK support and mesh deformations
- Particle systems: for rain, dust, and similar effects
You can make some pretty advanced animations with this tool.
COULD MAYBE EMBED AN EXAMPLE HERE https://twitter.com/hashtag/opentoonz some ideas:
If you run into issues using the free animation software, you can always turn to the user community or developer forum.
Pencil2D Animation
Platforms: Windows, Mac, and Linux
Pencil2D is a simple animation software you can use to create hand-drawn 2D videos. The open-source software is free for both personal and commercial use, so you can use it just for fun or to create videos to promote your products.
The interface is simple and easy to use. That, along with tons of tutorials on the website and forums you can join, makes it a great option to start with.
Other features:
3d Animation Software For Mac
- Image and audio import
- Switch between raster and vector workflows so you can sketch, ink, and paint
- Adjust frame rate
- Add distortion and lighting effects
- Onion skinning
- Toolbar customizations
- Pressure sensitivity
- Multiple export formats
Plastic Animation Paper
Platforms: Windows, Mac, and Linux
Plastic Animation Paper (PAP) is a free animation software for PC, Mac, and Linux. Though its interface is outdated, the software is completely free to download and use. Beggars can’t be choosers, right?
With PAP, you can create hand-drawn 2D animations, while seeing your edits in real time. The editing experience itself can be clunky, but it’s easy for beginners to learn and become familiar with. It’s a sufficient tool for basic animated videos.
Feature highlights include basic drawing tools, zoom, rotation, cutouts, layers, and more.
Soon, PAP’s creator will release a new, more advanced program for $79, Animation Paper.
Best suited for skilled animators, Animation Paper will help animators create 2D graphics from hand-drawn illustrations, along with a long list of features:
- Small and large format frames
- Real-time, smooth rotation and zoom, along with multiple options for flipping
- Advanced and customizable onion skinning
- Layers and lasso
- High-quality lines and stabilization
- Coloring and paint
- Real-time full frame reference on a second monitor for quick editing
When you’re done creating your animated video, export options include .mp4, .mov, and .png or .svg frame stacks.
Powtoon
Platforms: web browser-based
The next video animation software that’s free is Powtoon, meant for dynamic video presentations. While there are paid options with advanced features, Powtoon also has a stripped-down free tool for videos up to three minutes long.
In addition to what’s listed above, Powtoon’s free software also has:
- Custom styles
- Change aspect ratios and sizes
- YouTube, Facebook, Wistia, Vimeo, PowerPoint, and PDF export
- Full video, animation, GIF, and image file implementation
It’s a great tool for beginners, with several professional-looking templates to choose from, including animated explainer and infographic-style videos, as well as templates built specifically for product promotion. You can also start from scratch or import a theme from PowerPoint.
Stykz
Platforms: Windows, Mac, and Linux
Stykz is one of the easiest animation software to use. With it, you can make basic 2D stick figure animated videos, like this one:
And this one:
Pretty basic, but totally free.
Stykz is frame-based, meaning you work on one individual frame at a time. It uses onionskins so you can see the previous frame and how to two flow together.
All edits are done within the “Stage” — in other words, you make your edits and view your changes within the same window. No toggling between views needed.
Edit one or multiple stick objects, fill shapes, and import your own stick figures. Everything will auto-save as you go, so you don’t need to worry about losing all your hard work.
Synfig Studio
Platforms: Windows, Mac, and Linux
The next free video animation online is Synfig Studio, an open-source platform for creating 2D animated videos. With it, you use vector graphics to create timeline-based animations.
Like OpenToonz, it offers a bone system for animation controls so you can create natural movements. Create cutout animation using bitmap images or control your vector artwork, and use the additional Skeleton Distortion layer for complex deformations to bitmap artwork.
Advanced features include linking parameters for layers, allowing you to build character puppets and other advanced dynamic structures. It’s certainly not made for beginners, so turn to an easier option to get started before upgrading to Synfig’s advanced feature set. There are plenty of video tutorials to help you get used to the program.
Here’s an example of a fun animated short created with Synfig Studio:
Toontastic 3D
Stick Figure Animation Software
Platforms: Android, iOS
Google’s own free animation software for Android, Toontastic 3D is meant for kids, but brands can also use it to make animated 3D videos. Ideal for storytelling, you get started with Toontastic by creating your own characters, either from scratch or based off an uploaded photo. Then it’s time to insert your characters into a story.
Toontastic is meant to encourage budding storytellers to get create with their narratives, and brands can do the same. Plan your storyline, animate, add narration and music, and then export it to share it with the world.
Your storyline is based on Toontastic templates, each with a different number of scenes. Toontastic also has premade scenes to choose from, so the only “drawing” you need to do is when it comes to the characters.
If it sounds like a lot of steps, Google says you can create a one-minute video with up to six scenes in just a minute — though that doesn’t include the time it takes to create your characters upfront. It also works offline so you can create videos on your daily commute or when the WiFi’s out.
If you’re looking for more control and creative flexibility, Toontastic isn’t the best option. It’s best-suited for those who are very new to the world of animated videos. Soon you’ll graduate to one of the others on this list!
Honorable Mentions
- DigiCel FlipBook (note that the free version includes watermark)
Summary
The best free animation software really depends on your skill level, your hardware, and the types of videos you want to make. In sum:
- Animaker: simple, browser-based animation software for beginners, with paid upgrades available
- Blender: advanced open-source 3D animation software for people with video experience
- K-3D: 3D animation software with polygonal modeling
- OpenToonz: 2D animation software with a long list of features for proficient or expert video folks
- Pencil2D: hand-drawn, 2D animated videos with a simple interface that’s beginner-friendly but loaded with features
- Plastic Animation Paper: helpful for incorporating hand-drawn characters into 2D animated videos
- Powtoon: great for creating simple, three-minute explainer or infographic videos in presentation-style format
- Stykz: beginner-friendly, stick-figured based 2D animation software
- Synfig Studio: robust software for creating vector-based animated videos with advanced character control
- Toontastic 3D: for people who are very new to creating animated videos; meant for kids but can create simple, storytelling- and character-based videos for brands as well