Ajax Animator

Original author(s)| Antimatter15, brwainer, others
Developer(s)| Antimatter15
Stable release|

0.20.05 Wave / 31 December 2011 (2011-12-31)

Written in| JavaScript, HTML5, PHP, Java
Available in| English
Type| Vector graphics editor
License| GPL-3.0-or-later
Website| antimatter15.com/ajaxanimator/

Ajax Animator is a free, web-based animation suite.[1][2] Its development began in March 2006 by Antimatter15, then a sixth grader. Ajax Animator was originally intended to be a free replacement to Flash MX,[3][4] but is now a general-purpose animation tool. Ajax Animator is primarily written using JavaScript, the Ext JS framework, and HTML5-related technologies such as SVG. The software can be used either from within a web browser or from an offline installation.[5]

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 See also
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## History

Ajax Animator began as a project by Antimatter15, then a 6th grader. Its intended use was to draw stick figures and animate and export them to Flash files, as an alternative to the expensive Flash MX desktop program. It was first inspired by the Koolmoves Flash editing software. Development started around March 2006, based on the RichDraw JavaScript library, which allowed for in-browser graphics creation.[3][6]

The application was soon rewritten to use the DHTML Suite library from DHTML Goodies, and finally allowed for exporting SWF files through the Freemovie Java library. Development subsequently moved to Subversion on Google Code to ease production.[6]

Version 1.0 was rewritten to use version 1.0 of Sencha's Ext JS library instead. It also added support for inbetweening and sharing projects.[6] The next version, 0.20, was a complete rewrite to support version 2.0 of Ext JS, and used the OnlyPaths library by josep_ssv, which extended RichDraw and was designed specifically for Ajax Animator.

Later versions used the author's own VectorEditor library, based on the Raphaël framework.

## See also

* List of 2D animation software

## References

1. ↑ Antimatter15. "Ajax Animator - A free web based flash animator". http://board.flashkit.com/board/showthread.php?t=739233.
2. ↑ "Ajax Animator: Browser based, simple animation tool (Chrome)". makeuseof.com. http://www.makeuseof.com/dir/ajax-animator-simple-animation-tool/.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 brwainer; Antimatter15. "Introduction" (in en). http://forkswif.googlecode.com/git/Liveswifers/www.pryjon.com/liveswifers/forums/viewtopic3b1a.html?t=800.
4. ↑ Zhang, Moxie. "AJAX Animator Demonstrates AJAX in RIA World" (in en). InfoQ. http://www.infoq.com/news/2008/09/ajax-animator-in-ria.
5. ↑ Bowen, Ronda (13 March 2011). "Top 5 Low-Budget and Free Flash Editors" (in en). Bright Hub Inc.. http://www.brighthub.com/internet/web-development/articles/73998.aspx.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Antimatter15. "History" (in en). http://antimatter15.com/wp/ajax-animator/ajaxanimatorhistory/.

## External links

* Ajax Animator info page
* Ajax Animator 0.20.02 (OnlyPaths)
* Ajax Animator 0.20.05 Wave (VectorEditor)
* Google Code

Motion graphics and animation software v * d * e

| 2D | 3D | Mix
Open-source |

* Ajax Animator
* Animator Pro
* TupiTube
* SWFTools
* Synfig
* OpenToonz
* Papagayo
* Krita

* Art of Illusion
* OpenFX
* Seamless3d
* Toonloop

* Blender

Closed-source | Freeware |

* Pivot Animator

* Clara.io, DAZ Studio

Commercial  |

* Adobe Animate
* Antics 2-D Animation
* Clip Studio Paint EX
* DigiCel FlipBook
* Moho (Anime Studio)
* ParticleIllusion
* CrazyTalk
* Toon Boom
* Toonz
* TVPaint

* Autodesk 3ds Max
* Autodesk Maya
* Autodesk MotionBuilder
* Bryce
* Carrara
* Cinema 4D
* Houdini
* LightWave 3D
* MASSIVE
* Moviestorm
* Nuke
* Shark 3D
* Strata 3D

* Adobe After Effects
* Adobe Photoshop
* Blackmagic Fusion
* Motion

Discontinued / Legacy  |

* Autodesk Animator
* Animo
* DrawPlus
* Fantavision
* Gryphon Software Morph
* iAd Producer
* Mediator
* SWiSH Max
* RETAS
* USAnimation

* Autodesk Softimage
* Dynamation
* Messiah
* Softimage 3D
* Swift 3D

* Adobe Director
* Avid Elastic Reality

* v
* t
* e

Adobe Flash

File
formats|

* ActionScript (AS)
* Action Message Format (AMF)
* Flash Video (FLV)
* Flash XML Graphics (FXG)
* Local shared objects (LSOs)
* MXML
* Flash Movie (SWF)
* Flash Code Library (SWC)

Software
(list)|

| Players|

* Adobe AIR
* Adobe Flash Player
* Gnash
* Lightspark
* Gameswf
* Tamarin

|

Animation
tools|

* Adobe Animate
* Toon Boom
* Moho
* Vyond
* Stencyl

Programming
tools|

* FlashDevelop
* Powerflasher FDT
* Apache Flex
* Haxe (OpenFL)
* CrossBridge
* Adobe Scout
* FlashFirebug

Libraries|

* Starling Framework
* Away3D
* Flare3D
* Stage3D
* PureMVC
* Ming
* List of Flex frameworks

Converters|

* Adobe Flash Media Live Encoder
* SWFTools
* swfmill
* Google Swiffy
* Adobe Wallaby

Server-side|

* Adobe Flash Media Server

Obsolete
software|

* Adobe Flash Builder
* Adobe Flash Catalyst
* Adobe Flash Lite
* SWFAddress
* SWFObject
* MTASC
* Scaleform GFx
* SWiSH Max
* Swift 3D
* Papervision3D
* Ajax Animator
* Shumway
* Swfdec
* OpenLaszlo

Related
topics|

* Comparison of HTML5 and Flash
* Thoughts on Flash
* Flash animation
* films
* television
* Protected Streaming
* Real-Time Messaging Protocol
* Real-Time Media Flow Protocol

Developers|

* FutureWave Software
* Macromedia
* Adobe Inc.

* Category

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