Anim8or vs Avidemux
Anim8or
anim8or.comAvidemux
avidemux.sourceforge.netSide by side
| Figure | Anim8or | Avidemux |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 2 | 2 |
| Spec score · 3D Animation Software | 8.0 (#14) | 8.2 (#12) |
| Spec score · 3D modeling software | 7.7 (#104) | 7.5 (#124) |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| License | The license permits personal, educational, and commercial use, and says users own what they create with the program. | The program is available under the GNU GPL license. |
| Support | The support page points users to the forums, email support, release notes, manual, and tutorials. | The homepage welcomes patches, translations and bug reports. |
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In their own words
Anim8or
Anim8or is a free Windows program for 3D modeling and character animation. Modeling tools include primitives, mesh editing, subdivision, splines, extrusion, lathing, modifiers, bevels, and warps. Character animation features include a jointed editor, inverse kinematics, morph targets, procedural motion, and facial animation. The program creates scenes and animations, outputs AVI movies and JPG, PNG, or BMP images, and imports, modifies, and exports .3DS, .OBJ, and .STL files. Materials and preview options cover textures, bump maps, soft shadows, spotlights, fog, and OpenGL shaders. A scripting language and plugins extend parametric shapes, object export, and editing tools. Its license permits personal, educational, and commercial use, gives users ownership of creations, and has no fee. Installation uses a single executable that can be unzipped and run from a chosen directory. The download page lists version 1.0, dated May 29, 2017, as the latest release there. Support includes forums, email, release notes, a manual, and tutorials.
Avidemux
Avidemux has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.