5 Free Animation Apps That Are Really Good

I was curious to see what animation apps where out there that might replace Adobe Animate in my animation workflow. To make things more interesting I decided to only look at free apps and to my surprise there is some pretty good stuff out there. Here is my list of free animation apps that have a lot to offer like frame by frame animation, tweening, easing in and out even custom drawing brushes.
- OpenToonz
- Animation paper
- Synfig Studio
- Krita
- Pencil 2d

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[Marandal]

1. 2:29 Pencil 2D
2. 4:04 Krita
3. 7:39 Synfig Studio
4. 9:35 Animation Paper
5. 11:56 Opentoonz

[itsalexclark]

I’m forwarding this video to so many people. 🤗

[LagNull]

Me: *draws a circle*
My entire class: OMG YOU ARE SO GOOD AT DRAWING. CAN YOU DRAW ME PLSSSS

[deadcatjordan]

“I’m not a fool, I don’t pay for cats” . Underrated moment. very funny.

[mixitup]

I wish IBS paint x had an animator... imagine how many amazing things people would be able to create

Update: wow hello and hELL YEAHH!

[wander]

I highly respect him just for ACTUALLY going for the free softwares and not being one of those:
*Oh YeAH it'S fReE oN tHE tITlE, bUt GuYS thAT's aCTUallY a tRIAL!*

[joser.galindo]

"I'm not a fool, I don't pay for cats"
That phrase made me hit the like button.
Thanks for your list.

[raniariaz]

If your watching and you want to save time:

1. Adobe Animate
2. Blender
3. Synfig Studio
4. Animation Paper
5. Opentooz

[myfuelisramen]

"Im not a fool, I don't pay for cats"
Pet shops: *Well that's not very cash money of you*

[Hollyjcat]

I use Krita. The large variety of brushes makes it really simple to create textures for you backgrounds, like if you want to add grass, clouds, water lines, a frickin mountain, etc, there's a brush for that. It works good for short animations, too.

[KKtrinaSaidSo]

as a regular Krita user, I haven't tried the animation feature but I'm going to try it because if I'm going to be able to animate with the same program I use for drawing regularly, I will be very happy

[tufie]

Thanks man as someone who wants to start animating and still attending school this has been a big help

[annadafae]

I’m surprised Flipaclip wasn’t listed here.

[whoiissofi]

"AND IT'S DEVELOPED BY ONE GUY WHO'S NAME I AM ABOUT TO MISPRONOUNCE"
You said that way too confident, LMAO

[mygisable]

Thanks Brad, my daughter will be delighted as I was watching this video.
I was looking for some software to do 2D simple animation for my tiny business.

[yumitamara]

"I'm not a fool i dont pay for cats" same I rescue them from the streets now I have 11 cats

[cosmicpeachez]

This video is so helpful! I just got my first drawing tablet so I can finally move on from Flipaclip and I was a little daunted by trying to find the right programs. Most of the big animators and artists I tend to see use Paint Tool Sai or Photoshop and Toonboom or Adobe Animate, but I'm only animating as a hobby, I'm not getting money from it so I can't really afford those. This video just lays everything out for you and shows how each of these apps compare to Adobe. Honestly I was a little shocked by how much they can do. Thanks for making this so much easier for us beginning animators 😊

[nikeanton]

I noticed that the link that Brad mentioned at 6:35 isn't in the description, so for anyone who are curious, I think this is the animation tutorial that Brad was referring to (done by kdsketch):

[MissObanaiIgurossister]

I looked for krita but sadly it wasn't free

[Moya]

I just ordered a drawing tablet yesterday and it already arrived, so thanks, this video a great help to animate on my laptop.