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SpriteSheep is a browser-based pixel art and sprite animation editor. It provides layers, frames, palettes and dithering tools, plus a tileset workflow, for building sprites and frame-by-frame animations without installation. The site labels it an alpha build in active development and free to use.
Synfig Studio is a free and open-source 2D animation program for Windows, Linux and macOS, licensed under GNU GPL v3. It is designed for creating film-quality animation using vector and bitmap artwork, and it eliminates the need to create animation frame by frame. It provides vector tweening, 50+ layers and filters, and a bone system for cutout animation.
Tixl is a video tool for editing, effects, stock footage, animation, 3D, or creator workflows.
Trangram is a video tool for editing, effects, stock footage, animation, 3D, or creator workflows.
TupiTube is a video tool for editing, effects, stock footage, animation, 3D, or creator workflows.
Viggle is a Spatial GenAI platform built on a physics-native world model. Its tools cover motion capture, character animation and video remix, and its API lets products add character swapping and motion capture. The JST-2 model generates characters, motion and 3D scenes from one architecture.
WigglyPaint is a free browser-based animated drawing tool that turns hand-drawn lines into wiggly animations. It is used for doodles, pixel art, comics, memes and GIF-style artwork, with GIF and video export. The core web drawing tool is free and does not require signup, and it also runs on iPhone and iPad with Apple Pencil support.
Wigglypaint is a free online drawing tool for creating animated sketches and doodles. It offers eight unique brushes, an eraser, a clear button and undo options, and drawings can be exported as animated GIFs. From the end of 2025, an advanced toolbar adds fullscreen mode, additional palettes and markers.
Animated Drawings is a video tool for editing, effects, stock footage, animation, 3D, or creator workflows.
fizzy is an open-source framework in Zig for editors and polished apps, built around a near-empty host, a stable SDK and plugins. It runs natively on macOS, Linux and Windows and in the browser. Its plugins include a file tree, text editing, markdown preview, image viewing, zip archives and Google Drive; the project is pre-1.0.
Model Extractor is a video tool for editing, effects, stock footage, animation, 3D, or creator workflows.
Physically Based is an open source database of physically based rendering values for CG artists, covering materials, light sources and cameras. It compiles values from publications, manufacturer documentation and user measurements, with each entry linked to at least one reference. The database is separate from the website and is built as an open API that can be integrated into applications as plug-ins, presets or web apps.
Sketch Machine is a video tool for editing, effects, stock footage, animation, 3D, or creator workflows.
Spritesheet Generator is a free browser-based tool for building sprite sheets for game development. Users upload sprite images or a JSON atlas, arrange frames in a grid, preview animations at adjustable frame rates, and export as PNG, JSON, ZIP or GIF. It includes a pixel editor, recolor controls and an atlas packer. The site states images stay on the user's machine and the tool works offline.
Touch Designer is a video tool for editing, effects, stock footage, animation, 3D, or creator workflows.
3DThis is a social site for sharing animations, with free web apps for image morphing, 3D transform, 3D modeling and stereoscopy. It also offers AI generators, including photo to video and photo to 3D model. The 3D volume app gives volume to pictures by extruding and embossing selected areas and exports OBJ or STL for 3D printing.
Adobe service for rigging characters and downloading motion capture animations.
3D modeling software for architecture, design, planning, and visual concept work.
BestSnip is a video tool for editing, effects, stock footage, animation, 3D, or creator workflows.
GraphicsGale is an animation graphic editor developed by HUMANBALANCE Ltd. It supports spriting and pixel art, with real-time animation preview, multiple layers and onion skinning. It can export frames to a sprite sheet, separate image files or a single GIF, and includes TWAIN imaging support for scanners and cameras. Tools include palette control, selective color erasing and quick color replacement.
MoonRay is a production MCRT renderer and open source project originally developed at DreamWorks Animation, now under the Academy Software Foundation. It has been used on feature films and includes physically based materials, a USD Hydra render delegate, and multi-machine and cloud rendering via the Arras distributed computation framework.
r/endorphin is a Reddit thread or community post with discussion, updates, or shared references.
Real-time 3D engine for games, animation, virtual production, visualization, and interactive media.
Clipnote Studio is a basic animation tool for Windows, described as a spiritual successor to Nintendo's defunct Flipnote Studio. It offers square and circle brushes, line and shape tools, a text tool, six colors, three drawing layers, automatic note importing and user profiles. Mac and Linux ports are in the works; Wine is suggested for now. A $5 license provides custom themes and a supporter badge.
