Autodesk Animator

Autodesk Animator

Screenshot of Autodesk Animator
Developer(s)	Yost Group, Autodesk
Last release	"Studio" / 1995
Operating system	MS-DOS, Windows 95
Platform	x86
Type	Animation software
Website	animatorpro.org

File:Nature Clock.gif

Animation made with Animator Pro

Autodesk Animator was a 2D computer animation and painting program created in 1989 by Yost Group for Autodesk and ran on a PC on MS-DOS.

The program was considered to be groundbreaking in the field of computer animation when it was initially released, and was very popular in the late 1980s and the early 1990s. Eventually development on the product ended and it became no longer supported by Autodesk.

Animator gave the ability to do frame-by-frame animation (creating each frame as an individual picture, much like traditional cel animation). Animator Studio also had tweening features (transforming one shape into another by letting the computer draw each in-between shape onto a separate frame).

Animator and Animator Pro supported FLI and FLC animation file formats. Animator Studio also supported AVI format.

Autodesk Animator release history

Version	Platform	Release date	Significant changes
Animator	DOS	October 1989	320×200 pixels in 256 colors
Animator Pro	DOS	July 1991	almost any resolution and color depth
Animator Studio	Windows 95	1995	Re-write for Windows

See also

• List of 2D animation software
• Deluxe Paint

External links

• Animator-Pro at github.com