Express Animate Easy 2D Animation Software

Motion Graphics and Animation Software

Character AnimationAdd life to your characters

Add Digital EffectsBrightness, contrast and more

Use KeyframesCreate smooth motion transitions

Audio TracksAdd audio tracks or record audio

Add TextAdd and animate text in your project

Save and ExportVideo, animated GIF, HTML5 or flash

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Create motion graphic animations and add special effects to your videos

Animate text and graphics in your video
Apply digital effects to your animations and videos
Use keyframes to create smooth motion transitions
Export finished projects as video, flash or animated gifs

Express Animate is animation software that gives you the ability to animate shapes, text and imported images. You are also able to enhance your movie projects in post-production using key-frame stop motion animation, masking, dummy objects and more.

Download Express Animate Software for Windows

Get it Free. A free version of Express Animate is available for non-commercial use. If you will be using Express Animate at home you can download the free version here.

Stunning 2D Animation Has Never Been This Easy

Express Animate helps you create stunning animations using objects, images, illustrations and videos.
Choose from a wide array of effects and animation tools to add your creative flare to your project.

Animation Software Features

Friendly and intuitive drag-and-drop editor
Objects can be moved, resized, rotated and more
Apply digital effects, such as brightness, contrast, negative and more
Key frames can be applied to each object and parameter
Onion skin makes it easy to see several frames of an animation at once
Add text to your video project
Create animated text and text bubbles
Add artwork from the included clipart library
Add audio tracks or record audio
Apply effects to audio tracks
Group objects for easy editing
Add masks to an object
Export as video, flash, HTML5, image sequence or an animated GIF
Upload animated videos directly to YouTube, Vimeo or Flickr
Free to download and easy to use
Works seamlessly with VideoPad Video Editor
Save projects directly to cloud
Create your own characters and objects using the drawing tools
Nest objects to create an organized composition of your character puppet

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Express Animate - Transformations and Effects

Transformations and Effects

Get creative with applying transformations and effects to image objects.

Quickly convert a color object to black and white or sepia. Enhance an object by adjusting color temperature or saturation. Use key frames with the object properties to motion tween, zoom, rotate and more.

Character Animation

Add life to your characters. Animate separate body parts or group multiple objects together to optimize the animation process.

Use the timeline to move your character and create animations. Use multiple layers and keyframes to add special effects, audio and more.

Express Animate - Character Animation

Express Animate - Advanced Features

Advanced Features

Express Animate has advanced tools for experienced animators and graphic designers, including vector masks, onion skins, blending modes and a graph editor for precise animation.

Export as Video, GIF or HTML5

Save active composition to any video file format or as HTML5 web content. Use Express Animate as a GIF animator to export looping gif animation videos. Export animations in multiple video file formats including: MP4, FLV, GIF, 3GP, ASF, AVI, DV, APNG, MOV, MPG, OGV, RM, SWF, WEBM, WMV

Express Animate - Export as Video or HTML5

Express Animate - Easy-to-Use Drawing Tools

Easy-to-Use Drawing Tools

Customize colors, gradients and fills for your objects. Easily add lines or draw objects with the vector-based pencil tool.

Pure Digital Audio Tools

Add audio effects such as chorus, echo, distortion and more. Record your own narrations with the click of a button or use sound effects from the free Sound Library.

Express Animate - Pure Digital Audio Tools

Easy Animation Software

Create Object

Add Animation

Save and Export

Save and Export

System Requirements

Windows 7/8/8.1/10/11
See Win 98, Win 2000 and Win XP/Vista to download software compatible with earlier versions of Windows.
macOS 10.9 or above

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