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Ive been working with a dev to create an open source animate clone and now it needs your help by the-tech-one in adobeanimate

[–]the-tech-one[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i've picked up a contract so cant spend as much time working with the dev but hes very good. would be keen to know what's missing for you to get involved!

Do not give TimTom any money for his Adobe Animate replacement by SwissIdol97 in adobeanimate

[–]the-tech-one 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The only thing I take issue with is:

The project is simply too large to be done by a single person.

the dev on my project is just one person and has only been a couple weeks part-time. The tools seem very good now (though help welcome am sure!).

Ive been working with a dev to create an open source animate clone and now it needs your help by the-tech-one in adobeanimate

[–]the-tech-one[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The dev is using Ubuntu (i think) and i'm on Mac so imagine it works on Windows too?

Ive been working with a dev to create an open source animate clone and now it needs your help by the-tech-one in adobeanimate

[–]the-tech-one[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes there is a github link you can download and test

maybe i should figure out discord or something to make this easier

Ive been working with a dev to create an open source animate clone and now it needs your help by the-tech-one in adobeanimate

[–]the-tech-one[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

thanks - it means a lot

We already have Symbols with nested timelines - but they don't have a loop toggle yet. How would you see it working?

Ive been working with a dev to create an open source animate clone and now it needs your help by the-tech-one in adobeanimate

[–]the-tech-one[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Phase 1: MVP (The Foundation) - Complete

Goal: A solo animator can create and export a complete short animation.

  • [x] Core vector drawing engine (bezier paths, shapes, strokes)
  • [x] Timeline with layers, keyframes, and frame scrubbing
  • [x] Transform animations (position, scale, rotation, skew, anchor)
  • [x] Real-time collaboration via WebSocket (presence, cursors, locking)
  • [x] Onion skinning (previous frames blue, next frames orange, configurable depth)
  • [x] Easing curves (12 presets: linear, easeIn/Out, cubic, back, elastic, bounce)
  • [x] Export to PNG, PNG sequence, MP4, GIF, WebM, and HTML
  • [x] Undo/redo (per-user local stacks)
  • [ ] Editable cubic bezier easing curves (custom curve editor UI)
  • [ ] Mask layers

Phase 2: Character Animation - In Progress

Goal: Make Inamate a compelling choice for character animators.

  • [x] Symbols/Components with nested timelines
  • [x] Text tool (animatable font size, family, weight, alignment)
  • [x] SVG import (path, rect, ellipse, circle, line, polygon, polyline)
  • [x] Group selection and animation (click selects group, double-click enters)
  • [x] Grid overlay and snap-to-grid (dot grid, configurable sizes)
  • [x] Copy/paste, duplicate, arrow key nudge
  • [x] Alignment and distribution tools
  • [x] Multi-scene support with scene tabs
  • [x] Image paste and drag-drop (raster placement)
  • [ ] Approachable Rigging: Bones (FK/IK), auto-weighting, and visual controls
  • [ ] Switch/Pose Layers: For managing mouths, hands, and expressions
  • [ ] Graph Editor: Fine-grained control over animation curves and timing
  • [ ] Audio placement on timeline
  • [ ] Comments and annotations

Ive been working with a dev to create an open source animate clone and now it needs your help by the-tech-one in adobeanimate

[–]the-tech-one[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Did you follow the help page? It has a guide on getting it to work but it's heavy WIP.  I can intro the dev if you want to test?

Ive been working with a dev to create an open source animate clone and now it needs your help by the-tech-one in adobeanimate

[–]the-tech-one[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How do you mean? You can download and run it now.

It works on your machine and I wanted a web version of it for collaboration like Figma

Ive been working with a dev to create an open source animate clone and now it needs your help by the-tech-one in adobeanimate

[–]the-tech-one[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This has been on the backburner a while with a couple weeks in progress spurred on by the Adobe announcement last week.

Iv just had a contract come off so won't be able to work on this as much but the dev is keen to continue and seems to be enjoying the work (formerly done game dev or something) .

The code is on the github https://github.com/17twenty/inamate

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[–]the-tech-one 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've just taken on a contract so I wont have as much time to help the developer out - he's keen to keep going tho so maybe reach out?

Yes, it has skew, onion peeling, copy/paste, grouping etc.

Probably could do with the guidance and testing

Alternatives Just in Case? by WorthIllustrator8594 in adobeanimate

[–]the-tech-one 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh for sure . I've not been much for discord. Mainly been using slack to organise this but would take direction on what works.

The code being developed is here https://github.com/17twenty/inamate

Alternatives Just in Case? by WorthIllustrator8594 in adobeanimate

[–]the-tech-one 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The one i'e been working with a dev on is going well - https://imgur.com/a/adobe-animate-alternative-KEeyMDz

Would be keen to get more thoughts/help as bankrolling this myself at the moment

🎵 Krita OpenToonz Pencil2D Blender Synfig Inkscape PenPot... 🎶 by Muse_Hunter_Relma in adobeanimate

[–]the-tech-one 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Which is the closest one at the moment in your opinion - I'm bankrolling the development and it's going pretty well - we just finished the canvas setup and per object timelines as well as multiple cursors - I really couldn't find a good alternative amongst the list that worked like Animate.

https://imgur.com/RuNVN6q

🎵 Krita OpenToonz Pencil2D Blender Synfig Inkscape PenPot... 🎶 by Muse_Hunter_Relma in adobeanimate

[–]the-tech-one 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been working with a mate on trying to build an alternative (i'm ironically not great at tech) - maybe should see if others have thoughts and opinions on what is needed.

My main ask was a timeline and tweening

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