2D Animation Software for Cartoon Makers

INSTANT RIGGING & ANIMATION

All-in-one storytelling tool for character creation, 360-head design, motion editing, talking facial animations, scene setup, and giving life to props.

CHARACTER CREATION

360 HEAD CREATION

ANIMATION EDITING

2D MOTION CAPTURE

CREATE 2D TALKING HEAD

3D MOTIONS FOR 2D ANIMATIONS

PUPPET ANIMATION

FREE FORM DEFORMATION

TURN STATIC VISUALS INTO ANIMATED GRAPHICS

Creativity is no longer limited: Whether vector or bitmap, any image can be imported, rigged and animated in Cartoon Animator.

VECTOR GRAPHICS

Support for widely available SVG vector assets, whether downloaded from stock image providers, or custom created with mainstream vector tools.

PSD LAYERS

Fully functional in-and-out PSD support helps designers effectively manage character creation, photo animation, and animated content development.

ANIMATED DRAWINGS

With round-trip, draw-to-animate pipeline, Artists can use their favorite graphic tools to create characters, props, and scenes then animate them in Cartoon Animator.

2D ANIMATION SOFTWARE FOR CREATIVES & ANIMATORS

Collaborated Cartoon

How to Level Up your 2D Animations like a Professional

By Garry Pye

TV Series

Creating a 2D Animated Series Pilot with Cartoon Animator

By Chris Meyer-White

Educational Video

Walter Precipitous: Global Science Education

By José Vaz

Animated Cartoon

How Studios Create 90s-Style Cartoons with Cartoon Animator 5

By Studio Ghibletz

Explainer Video

The Making of "The Secret of Figs"

By Lucky Planet

Children’s Animation

The Making of "Pekoten"

By Takeyoshi Sugihara

Live Action Compositing

Composite 2D Animation And Live-Action

By Christopher Meyer-White

Promotion Video

Make a Compelling Promo Video with Animated 2D Characters

By Nandor Toth

Music Video

YouTube Channel with 8M+ Subscribers Creates Children Songs

By LunaCreciente

Surrealist Art

Watch Surrealist Artist Cleverly Bring Life to Images

By Tom Jantol

Creative 2D animation in 3D

How to Bring 3D Skills to 2D Animation

By Tom Jantol

Business Video

Tampara Studio creates 2D animation for a sample business presentation for clients. It's a pitch for an animated edu-tainment series for children.

By A. Bell

Contest Animation

The 2023 Animation at Work Contest Winners

By Reallusion

3D ANIMATION WORKFLOW & POST-PROCESSING

Cartoon Animator implements the most innovative workflow by synergizing industry-leading applications, 3D animation resources, and motion capture devices — giving designers the ultimate freedom for high-quality production.

3D MOTION TO
2D ANIMATION

Import and repurpose 3D animations for 2D characters.

LIVE PERFORMANCE

Apply facial tracking and 3D motion capture to 2D animation.

MOTION LINK

Link iClone and CTA into a 3D-to-2D character motion pipeline.

AE SCRIPT

Reconstruct exported CTA projects as AE layers and add professional VFX with After Effects.

VIDEO COMPOSITING

Export 2D animated sequences as transparent videos and composite on to live-action footage.

LIVE STREAM REDEFINED 5.3 NEW

Puppet Stage and Live Camera System brings cinematic tools to storytelling with lifelike results. Integrate animation blending, voice sync, and motion capture for quick 2D production and live streaming.

Trigger Animation

Create realtime shows with premade motions, facial tracking, VFX, and animated props.

Camerawork

Elevate storytelling with live camera controls, hotkeyed camera cuts, and smooth camera transitions.

Game-Changing 2D Animation 5.2 NEW

Motion Pilot caters to a new wave of 2D animators, blending simplicity and efficiency of operation with automation. Meanwhile, motion path animation enables precise control for various practical applications.

Puppet Animation

Motion Pilot empowers you to effortlessly animate characters and props using puppet animation techniques.

Motion Path

Easily generate a path by either plotting Bézier points or converting it from cursor movements and puppet animations.