Artoonix for Windows

Used Artoonix for Windows?

Developer’s Description

By 9Spikes Software

Create cartoons and animations with multi-track audio and export them to SWF, AVI, and GIF.

Use Artoonix to create cartoons and animated movies on your computer. Create drawings and text effects in advanced Artoonix frame editor or simply add and modify objects from your existing pictures, photos (JPEG's, BMP, PNG, animated GIF's) and movies (AVI, MPG, WMV, ASF). Animate and transform the drawings and photos using a host of traditional animation tools including frame tweening, morphing, warp and distort. Record multi-track sound from your microphone or insert soundtracks from WAV or MP3 audio files. Add sound effects to your animations (fade in and out, change levels and speed, mix various tracks and export them). Export your animation to flash files or animated GIF's for easy web publishing, e-mailing, or to use as your mobile phone wallpaper. Create high-quality movie files from your animations for professional output.

Artoonix for Windows

Used Artoonix for Windows?

Explore More

Full Specifications

GENERAL

Release: April 25, 2014

Latest update: October 2, 2025

Version: 1.11

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Windows

Operating System

Windows NT
Windows 7
Windows 2003
Windows ME
Windows Vista
Windows 98
Windows 10
Windows 8
Windows XP
Windows 2000
Windows Server

Additional Requirements: None

POPULARITY

Total Downloads: 32,570

Downloads Last Week: 1

Report Software

Program available in other languages

Descargar Artoonix

Last Updated

User Reviews

4.5/5

12 User Votes

Fun to use yet powerful animation package
suzystaggioniMay 1, 2014
Pros
Packed with features, tweening alone would be worth the registration fee
Cons
none have found yet
Summary
Brilliant little software. Super easy to use, the trial version lets you use all the features (which are countless it seems) apart from the most advanced - frame tweeining (and exporting to avi i think, i usually use flash/swf/gif's so never bumped on this). Frame tweening in itself is great - makes the motion animation a singe-button-click affair, and is worth the registration fee alone.. I especially like the audio toolset and actually find myself using it more than I thought i would (and my daughter of 11 had also discovered this last week, so we all enjoy the special effects now ;)). If you are into toons and animation - get it, highly recommended!
A REAL TEST DRIVE?
PARRISHNELSONApril 26, 2014
Pros
I'm not suggesting the company would survive if they sold this program for $20 - but there it i-is!
Cons
If the output is watermarked then why are so many features unavailable until the product is registered? Currently the registration fee is $34.95US.
Summary
The program is not overboard with features, but maybe has what you're looking for, in which case you wouldn't be a novice to animation. $35 should probably buy more.
easy to get started and see your work- so far, so good
schoonermanMarch 6, 2009
Pros
easy to get started and see your work
Cons
switching back and forth between 2 pages
Summary
I'm just getting into this, so don't have more to say right now.
Awesome! Everything you need and no filler.
jnshiromJanuary 21, 2009
Pros
The price is excellent. It is intuitive. It is excellent!
Cons
None that I have found yet.
Summary
Cheap, easy to use perfect.
pretty darn good
kritix11June 2, 2008
Pros
its the only flash/gif creator that lets you actually make the thing with simple painting and modifying that is "shareware" the liscense doesn't affect the features too much
Cons
-the water mark output on the avi/swf files?<p>-no tweening unless u register<p>-1cant easily put the file out to avi without a swf converter
Summary
V1.7 released and a BIG step forwards - but only if you register
MohlarApril 20, 2008
Pros
At last, tweening has now been implemented in Artoonix. Although this isn't of the same vector-graphics type as found in, say, 'Anime Studio' , 'Tweenmaker' or 'Express Animator', it works very well, especially for the movement and rotation of objects along straight or curved paths. This saves a HUGE amount of time. <p>When used as a way of morphing between diffent or altered shapes, a ghosting effect usually happens, but this can easily be turned to your advantage and isn't necessarily the problem that you might think it is. AND, of course, there is the inescapable fact that Artoonix offers an extremely powerful entry point into the world of traditional animation at very low cost indeed. <p>Also, with v1.7, several tweaks and improvements have been made to the ways in which files can be selected and re-used (eg: the facility to now easily block-select .ipa files instead of having to check each image one by one). <p>A few users seem to feel hard done by because tweening is only accessible to registered users of Artoonix - but this is surely a selfish and short-sighted view. The cost of registering is very low AND the developers did offer unregistered users the chance to register for v1.7 at a reduced cost for several weeks before it was actually released. This software is, after all, being developed as shareware and as such nobody can justifiably claim that all the most powerful functions should be given away free of charge. And tweening IS a really powerful function in Artoonix.
Cons
There is increasingly little to dislike. The advent of tweening has really opened up the potential and power of this program. <p>For me, the drawing tools fall short of true vector-style graphics, but once you become familiar with how they work, they aren't too much of a worry. <p>The biggest and most noticeable weakness seems - for the moment - to be in the inexplicably low activity of the Artoonix forum. Judging by submissions into the Artoonix gallery or Youtube, there are more and more people using the software and yet hardly anyone contributes to the forum. This is a shame as the developers are usually quite quick to respond to feedback and suggestions and users seem to be missing the chance to influence some of the ways in which Artoonix will develop in the future. <p>So if you try it and like it - PLEASE JOIN IN WITH FORUM DISCUSSIONS.
Summary
V1.6 even better than 1.5 ----- HIGHLY recommended.
MohlarMarch 11, 2008
Pros
My previous detailed review of v1.5 still holds true, but with v1.6 comes the facility to input and manipulate text. The tool is more versatile than most (just as is the sound function). Text can be entered and, if needed, words or individual letters can be modified by changing font or size or both - all within one operation. If subsequent frames need the same text to be placed in the same position, there is the option to click on a bar and hey presto - it happens. Or, of course, you can save the text as a separate file and import it as an object. Both options are useful for titles or effects. <p> <p>In the next version, the Artoonix team hope to implement tweening. <p> <p>I heartly recommend this software to anyone who wants to explore and exsperiment with animation. If you search YouTube for 'Artoonix' you will find a growing range and variety of animations.
Cons
There are a few minor niggles that I have flagged up in the 'Suggested Features' part of the forum, but on the whole, the software is remarkably light on major flaws.
Summary
Excellent way to start exploring class 2D animation techniques
MohlarOctober 20, 2007
Pros
For anyone who wants to explore classic 2D animation without spending a fortune, there is probably no better program to start with than ARTOONIX. <p> <p>I have been using Artoonix for several months and it is MASSIVELY more versatile than you might imagine from the simple demo that comes with the download. It can be used for the most basic and simple animations - even to the level of animating scribbles - right up to much more complex work where onion-skinning, imported images and intricate animation can be developed. Even more astounding - the way in which sound can be imported and edited within the program is a revelation. It is superior to most other animation software in this respect. <p> <p>Don't expect anything as professional as, say, 'Anime Studio' or 'ToonBoom', but do expect to be surprised once you start to experiment. <p>Visit the two galleries that can be accessed via the homepage. There you'll find examples of everything from stick-figure and blob animation to much more evolved work. <p> <p>There is also a forum which contains several walk-throughs. As word spreads about this software, expect the forum to become much more active and dynamic. The development team also seem to be quick and keen to answer queries or respond to suggestions. <p> <p>Give it a try.
Cons
The menu and control icons take a little while to learn and they are rather small. <p>The drawing tools aren't the best, but they do work and there ARE a very good range of controls over line thickness and opacity.
Summary
Brilliant, simple yet powerful
george931May 29, 2006
Pros
Easy to use, lots of useful tools to make the animations and export them to flash, gif or videos
Cons
Summary
It's wonderful program for creative work.
Ljudmila HMay 17, 2006
Pros
It's not expensive, simple in use, helps to develop vivid thinking. <p>Children like to play with it.
Cons
Summary