Blue Cherub is a free animation studio that runs in your browser. Bring an SVG drawing, rig it, and animate it on a timeline. There's no paywall, no premium tier, and no catch. The cherub is the only one here who causes trouble.
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Import any SVG. Most drawings aren't built for animation, so the studio assumes yours isn't either. Pick shapes on the drawing or in the layers, group and ungroup them without anything moving, clean up groups that do nothing, and name the pieces.
Mark the pieces that move as parts. Drag each part's pivot to the joint it turns around, and attach parts to each other, so a hand follows the arm and the arm follows the body. Press Test to watch a part swing before you animate anything.
Some things don't bend, they change. Give a part alternate drawings, like eyes open and closed, or a smile and a scream, and switch between them on any frame.
Every part gets a lane of keys. Scrub to a frame, pose the character, and each change becomes a key. Choose how motion eases between keys, set the frame rate and length, and animate on twos for that hand-drawn feel.
Drag a part to move it, or switch to Rotate and swing it around its pivot. Prefer numbers? Type the position, angle, scale, or opacity. Undo is never more than a Ctrl+Z away.
Save a pose, then drop it onto any frame. Save a stretch of motion as an action, like a wing flap, and insert it anywhere, as many times as you like. The scene grows to fit.
Export an MP4 video, ready for YouTube, TikTok, or Instagram, or every frame as a PNG with a transparent background if you like. Pick the size, from 360p to 4K. It all happens in your browser, so your work never leaves your computer.
Rigs, scenes, and videos download as plain files you own. Sign in to open the studio. Everything in it is free.
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You can also come chat with us on the Stoic Dreams discord server.