Synfig Studio

Open-source 2D Animation Software

for Windows, Linux and MacOS

Synfig Studio is a free and open-source 2D animation software, designed as powerful industrial-strength solution for creating film-quality animation using a vector and bitmap artwork. It eliminates the need to create animation frame-by frame, allowing you to produce 2D animation of a higher quality with fewer people and resources.

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We providing two flavors of binary builds of Synfig for all supported operating systems.
Please choose which one is best fit for you.

A proven and well-tested set of features. For everyday use in your projects.

A good opportunity to try latest (experimental) features and bugfixes.

Synfig is a free and open-source software licensed under GNU GPL v3.
The sources are available on GitHub.

Features

Vector tweening

Transform any vector shape into another! Synfig gives you powerful tools for full control on your vector artwork. Just set the key positions and inbetween frames will be calculated automatically.

Layers and Filters

Synfig provides 50+ layers to create artwork and animation of any complexity. Choose from various layer types: geometric, gradients, filters, distortions, transformations, fractals and others.

Bones

Full-featured bone system allows to create cutout animation using bitmap images or control your vector artwork. Use additional Skeleton Distortion layer to apply complex deformations to bitmap artwork.

Advanced controls

You can link parameters of various layers – directly or through mathematical expressions. This allows you to create advanced character puppets and other dynamic structures.

The illustrations above use artwork and characters by Morevna Project and Nina Paley.