Motionforge
Professional 2D Animation

Professional 2D Animation,
Simplified

Combines rigging power, vector drawing quality, and professional UI into a single, lightweight animation tool for Windows.

Drawing Engine

Drawing & Vector Tools

Blend2D-powered vector drawing with full pen tablet support. Every tool is optimized for precision and speed.

P

Pen

Bezier curve drawing with smooth/sharp nodes

A

Node

Vertex editing, marquee selection, corner radius

N

Pencil

Freehand vector drawing with smoothing

D

Brush

Variable-width strokes with pressure/tilt

R

Rectangle

Parametric rectangle shape

E

Ellipse

Parametric ellipse shape

Y

Polygon

Parametric polygon shape

U

Star

Parametric star shape

I

Eyedropper

Press-drag color picker

F

Gradient

Linear/radial gradient editing

Vector Drawing Engine

Blend2D-powered JIT-accelerated rendering with full pen tablet support.

4 Boolean Ops
12 Blend Modes
6 Shape Tools
2 Gradient Types
  • Union/Subtract/Intersect/XOR
  • Transform with Bezier bbox
  • Variable-width pressure strokes
  • Fill and stroke with gradients
NormalMultiplyScreen OverlayDarkenLighten Color DodgeColor BurnHard Light Soft LightDifferenceExclusion

12 industry-standard blend modes

Layers

Layer System

A rich set of layer types for every animation need — from vector shapes to bone rigging and mesh deformation.

VectorShape

Bezier paths with fill, stroke, corner radius

📁

GroupLayer

Nested hierarchy with clipping

NullLayer

Transform-only parent for rigging

🦿

BoneLayer

Moho-style bone system with FK/IK

🎥

CameraLayer

Parallax camera with Z-depth

🔄

SwitchLayer

Frame-based variant switching

📷

ImageLayer

Raster import (PNG, JPG, BMP)

MeshLayer

Vector-driven image warp with Delaunay triangulation

DrawingLayer

Per-frame brush strokes for traditional animation

Animation

Animation

A complete animation system with timeline, graph editor, independent channels, and professional easing controls.

Timeline

Cell-based grid with keyframe diamonds

📈

Graph Editor

Property curves with auto-fit

🔀

Independent Channels

Position, Rotation, Scale, Vertex, Style, Switch

🛠

Easing

9 presets + custom bezier (Newton-Raphson solver)

🔹

Auto-Key

Automatic keyframe creation

🔧

Edit/Animate Mode

Non-destructive toggle

👁

Onion Skin

Configurable per-layer

Rigging

Bone & Rigging

Professional rigging tools with forward/inverse kinematics, physics simulation, and smart bone actions.

🔄

FK Rotation

Forward kinematics with angle constraints

🎯

IK Solver

CCD inverse kinematics with targets

💨

Bone Dynamics

Spring/damping physics simulation

💡

Smart Bones

Angle-driven actions (Moho-style dials)

🎨

Weight Painting

Visual per-vertex bone binding

🛠

Bone Deformation

World-space coordinate transform

Style

Fill & Stroke

Precise control over fills, strokes, gradients, and style animation for every vector shape.

🎨

Solid Color

Fill and stroke with independent colors

🌈

Gradient

Linear/radial multi-stop

Stencil Fill

Pattern-based fills

Style Keyframes

Animate color, stroke width

Export

Export

Multiple export formats for every workflow — from frame-by-frame sequences to optimized video output.

📄

PNG Sequence

Frame-by-frame export

Sprite Sheet

Atlas with configurable columns

🎬

Animated GIF

Custom encoder with palette optimization

🎥

Video

H.264, H.265, VP9 via FFmpeg

Workflow

UI & Workflow

A professional, customizable interface designed for efficient animation workflows.

🗀

Docking Layout

ImGui customizable panels

🎨

Color Panel

HSV wheel, HEX/RGB/HSV

🌈

Swatches

Categorized palettes, JSON import/export

🖌

Palette

Toon Boom-style (L=fill, R=stroke)

🔧

Align/Distribute

World-space alignment

Guide Overlays

Thirds, Golden Ratio, Safe Area, Grid

🌐

Localization

English & Turkish

💻

DPI Scaling

Full high-DPI support

At a Glance

By the Numbers

9
Layer Types
6
Channel Types
12
Blend Modes
50
Undo Levels
4
Export Formats
2
Languages

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