It has been witnessed that the use of the 2D animated videos has been lessened with the growth of other types of video animations, like 3D animated videos. The fact cannot be completely ignored that no matter how far the technology will go, 2D video animations cannot be entirely removed from the industry of graphics designing or video animations. It was there since the beginning of the video animation, and it will always be there as no matter how advanced the work of animation gets, there is always a requirement of 2D animation.

Tools to Create 2D Video Animations

Since 2D video animation is the base of all the video animations, it is a very strong reason that leads to the fact that there is still a demand of the 2D video animation in the market. To create the 2D video animations, there are some amazing tools or software available everywhere to create the stunning 2D animated videos in good quality.

Here are seven of the video animation tools that are used to create perfect 2D video animations.

1. 1. 1. Adobe Animate
      2. Pencil 2D
      3. Synfig Studio
      4. Toonz Premium
      5. DrawPlus
      6. TupiTube
      7. Moho (Anime Studio)

• Adobe Animate

When it comes to whatever thing that is related to the graphics designing, whether it is logo designing or the video animation, Adobe offers the best tools to create anything you want.

Adobe Animate is one of the best animation tool used to create the best 2D video animations. It offers very rich features for the 2D animators to create the vector graphics and animations in good quality. It is the best platform for the animators that support the ActionScript scripting, audio and video embedding, rich text, and also the raster graphics.

OS: Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X

• Pencil 2D

The best platform for the beginner animators to create the most striking two animated videos is Pencil 2D. It is also free of cost so that the beginner animators won’t have to spend big bucks on buying the professional software to get into practicing the 2D video animations. It is a user-friendly software that provides a suitable environment for the video animators to create the 2d custom animation video, 2D drawings, and graphics.

OS: Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux

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• Synfig Studio

Another tool to create a perfect 2D custom animation video is Synfig Studio, which is an open source 2D vector graphics computer animation program. This tool allows the animator to create the 2D video animations in the front-end and also provide the features to render it in the back-end, without even connected to the graphical display.

OS: Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux

• Toonz Premium

Toonz Premium is one of the outstanding 2D animation software that has been used in the creation of many different films and popular games like Anastasia and Asterix in America.

OS: Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, Linux

• DrawPlus

DrawPlus is one of the amazing software that allows the animators to create the stop frame and keyframe animations. It also enables the animators to perform the 2D vector graphics editing like a pro with the help of the features and set of realistic brushes that it offers to create drawings in oils, watercolors and other options for the vector editing.

OS: Microsoft Windows

• TupiTube

TupiTube is also one of the most likable software to create the 2D video animation contents that are intended on focusing the children and teenagers. It is an open source platform that allows the beginner video animators to create the 2D video animation with ease, as the process of creating the animated video is extremely simple and animators can create the video in five easy steps.

OS: Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Unix-like

• Moho (Anime Studio)

Moho is one of the most used video animation software when it comes to designing the anime cartoons. It is a vector-based 2D video animation software that has two diverse versions. The first version is Anime Studio Debut, which does not have all the functions and also restricted in provisions of image size and length. Another version of Moho is the Anime Studio Pro, which is no longer supported on the Linux platform.

OS: Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X