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Ask HN: How do you create nice, clean 2D animations?
For explainer videos, simple animated gifs etc. that you put on your website for example. The most recent example is the GitHub LFS animation: https://github.com/blog/1986-announcing-git-large-file-storage-lfs
I've found a few options but none seem to make quite as polished animations as I've seen around the web.
- beckler 12y agoThis might be a good resource. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_2D_animation_software http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_2D_animation_software
- pbnjay 12y agoYeah I found that but that doesn't tell me what anyone actually uses. I've tried each of the open-source and freeware apps, I'm asking this because the rest seem pretty pricey for a bootstrapper.
- benologist 12y agoAdobe Flash, gives you a layered timeline, transitions you can apply/create on elements you put on the stage etc, and you can do it all programmatically too. There are multiple export formats including gif. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU6BwCPv3Ak https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU6BwCPv3Ak http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/how-to-create-your-first-animation-in-flash.html http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/how-to-create-your-fir... If you're comfortable doing it in code there's also JavaScript/HTML like this library which came from / uses Flash methods but I'm not sure how you go from this to gif: https://greensock.com/get-started-js https://greensock.com/get-started-js
- pbnjay 12y agoInteresting I didn't know Flash could export to GIF, thanks! I have some experience with Flash from many moons ago so that might be a viable option. I wish I could just pay and download though, I really don't want a subscription...
- benologist 12y agoYou can also use it as a basis for searching - "flash alternatives" might turn up something good enough with better licensing.
- dinkumator 12y agoI've used google web designer for a few simple animations: https://www.google.com/webdesigner/ https://www.google.com/webdesigner/