What is Animation Desk?
Animation Desk is a robust platform that empowers users, from amateur to professional, to create engaging animations, storyboards, and sketches. Boasting an intuitive and visually appealing interface, this app provides a seamless environment for crafting frame-by-frame animations, either from scratch or by incorporating existing videos, images, and Photoshop layers
Highlights
- Versatile drawing tools: 46+ brushes, pressure-sensitive brushes, bucket fill, and more, allowing users to bring their artistic visions to life
- Layering capabilities: Support for foreground, middle ground, and dynamic or static background layers
- Onion skinning: Overlays of adjacent frames to aid in the animation process
- Extensive import/export options: Integrate videos, images, and PSD files, and export animations as MOV, GIF, PSD, PDF, and more
- Collaborative features: Share animations on social media or as email attachments, and combine sequences into animatic storyboards
- Customization: Adjust brush size, opacity, and other settings to achieve the desired aesthetic
- Community engagement: Animations can be shared on the AniZone platform, a hub for creative artists
Platforms
- Android
- On-Premise Windows
- Desktop Windows
- Desktop Chromebook
- Android Tablet
- iPhone
- Mobile iPad
- Mobile Android
- Cloud, SaaS, Web-based
- Desktop Linux
- On-Premise Linux
- Desktop Mac
- Mobile iPhone
- iPad
- Windows
Languages
- English
- French
- German
- Italian
- Japanese
- Korean
- Portuguese
- Russian
- Chinese
- Spanish
- Chinese (Simplified)
Features
- Built-in PDF converter 
- Apple Pencil support 
- Symmetry brush 
- Onion skinning 
- Live Screen Recording 
- Support for Layers 
- Digital Painting 
- Keyframe Animation 
- Convert Videos to Animated GIFs 
- Video Import 
- Sketch to PSD 
- Stamps 
- Rotoscoping 
- Animated Videos 
 


