Timeline
- Add, insert, duplicate, reorder, cut, copy and paste frames
- Holds from ones and twos up to 999 frames per drawing
- Key-frame markers and a short note on any frame
Frame-by-frame animation for your Mac
Draw it. Time it. Make a movie.
SWSO Animation · Made by Streetwise Software Online (SWSO)
A frame-by-frame drawing studio that exports real movies. It uses the same brushes and layers as SWSO Paint, adds a timeline with holds, onion skin and a light table, lines up sound for lip-sync, and exports MP4, ProRes, GIF or a PNG sequence.
$24.99 one-time · 15-day free trial
6–60frames per second playback
33SWSO Paint brushes
MP4 · GIFplus ProRes and PNG sequences
What you get
Onion skin and light table
- Up to 5 ghost frames before and after, with your own tint colors
- Put any frame under every frame, like a light box
- Animation layers with show, hide, lock, opacity and 19 blend modes
Sound and lip-sync
- Import WAV, MP3, M4A / AAC or AIFF; the sound is kept inside the project
- Waveform under the frames; scrub to hear each frame's slice of sound
- Slide the sound frame by frame, set its volume or mute it
Export
- MP4 (H.264 with sound) at 720p, 1080p or 4K
- ProRes 422, or ProRes 4444 with transparency
- Animated GIF and PNG image sequences; import an image sequence as frames
See it in action
Real screenshots of SWSO Animation 1.0 with the sample animations made in the app.
Try it free for 15 days
- Every feature works for 15 days from the first launch, no key and no sign-up needed
- After day 15 you can still open, view, play, scrub and export everything; nothing is ever deleted
- A license key unlocks editing again; it is checked on your Mac and works offline
System requirements
System
macOS 13 Ventura or later, Intel and Apple silicon (universal)
Free trial
15 days with every feature, no sign-up
Exports
MP4 (H.264 + AAC), MOV ProRes 422 and 4444, animated GIF, PNG sequence
Safety
Autosave every minute, crash recovery and 200 undo steps
Help
Searchable built-in Help with 35 topics and 3 start-to-finish tutorials
Made by
Streetwise Software Online (SWSO)
Price
SWSO Animation by Streetwise Software Online
One-time purchase, no subscription. Try it free for 15 days first.
$24.99 one-time · 15-day free trial
Bundle: SWSO Paint + SWSO Animation
Both drawing apps together. They share the same brushes, layers and blend modes. Bought separately: $29.99 + $24.99. See SWSO Paint.
$44.99 both apps · one-time