Easy 2D Animation
for All Video Makers

Transparent Footage for Video Compositing

Make animated videos with animated characters and real video footage.

Cartoon Animator (CTA) is a 2D animation software that users can use to freely group animated elements and export them into transparent footage (.MOV). Along with its extensive library of full-rigged characters and motions, CTA enables video editors to easily create their own animations, without prior experience in animation or graphic design. See what's new in CTA v4.5 and start compositing 2D animations with your videos.

If you already have CTA pipeline/Pro, then click here for the free update.

COLLABORATE WITH ALL VIDEO CREATION PIPELINES
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2D CHARACTERS IN LIVE ACTION FOOTAGE

Mixing animated characters with real video footage results in creative virtual reality compositing. Create 2D animations with vivid facial expressions, smooth body motions and 360 head in Cartoon Animator. Then add lighting, shadows, motion tracking, camera effects, and color correction in video editors.

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REAL-ACTIONS IN 2D ANIMATED SCENES

See how easy we can place a real character into a imaginative 2D world. In CTA, you can export 2D environments in separate images, and output animated elements into transparent video objects (.mov), then arrange the media in the right display order inside your video editor. Get access to hundreds of characters and scenes from our Content Store.

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HIGHLY MANAGEABLE TRANSPARENT FOOTAGE FOR VIDEO COMPOSITING

Cartoon Animator supports both transparent video (MOV) and image sequence (PNG) export, while providing useful features such as exporting selected items for fast video compositing, Fit-to-Object-Size output for optimized video editing, and much more.
Start to manipulate 2D elements for video creation in a flexible, easy drag-and-drop performance way!
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MIXING 2D & 3D ANIMATIONS

Merging 2D Animations in iClone

Bring 2D actors into a 3D world by easily drag and dropping into iClone. You can intuitively immerse 2D elements into a 3D scene with free camera movements, add lights, shadows, and particles for stunning visuals in real-time.

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