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9 Apps to Help You Create HTML5 Animations Without Coding

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We all love HTML5 and the stunning animations article shows us its true potential. I am sure that after viewing so many beautiful and creative animations you thought at least once to create your own, because let’s face it, HTML5 is practical, lightweight and mobile friendly, everything you need in order to succeed in today’s web.

So, for those of you thinking about creating a professional animation or application using pure HTML5 and CSS3 here are some options. Like I said earlier, you don’t need to know any programming language because the apps will do everything for you. Just gather your creativity and start putting it to work.

Adobe Edge

Even Adobe who owns Flash technologies realized that HTML5 is the way to go in the years to come. If you are familiar with Photoshop, Dreamweaver or After Effects, then you know what expects you when downloading this application. I am sure that this project is going to be a huge success and the community has already published some previews of what you can do by using this HTML5 wonder.

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Tumult Hype

Create one of a kind animations using HTML5 and CSS3. Hype has a large documentation and tutorial community that will help everyone start the animation project they want without having to code even one line.

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Hippo Studios

Is a minimalist animation application that makes technologies like HTML5 and CSS3 work even on old browsers like Internet Explorer 6 where usually these kind of technologies wouldn’t work.

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Sencha

Is a rich CSS3 animation builder with a nice user friendly interface that includes timeline and support for mobile devices. It is highly suitable for mobile animated ads, image transitions and creating fancy menus with ease.

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MotionComposer

Is an impressive app that comes with support for all mobile devices including Android and iOS along with versions created for Windows or Mac OS. What MotionComposer does is to make interactive multimedia content suitable for whatever device your visitors use. In simple words, if your clip is created using Flash, MotionComposer will automatically create a HTML5 version to become suitable for a iPad or iPhone user.

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Purple Visual Studio

Is an animation tool created for iPad and iPhone devices. Purple has an advanced timeline editor which supports multiple scenes and transitions. It was build for

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DisaPainted

If you are familiar with stick figurines, then you will enjoy this DisaPainting project. To make it simple for everyone to understand, DisaPainting has an editor similar to Window’s Paint, but besides the fact that you can draw, in DisaPainting you will also be able to animate every move of your creation.

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Mugeda

A very comprehensive cloud based HTML5 animation generator which is 100% available in browser without needing you to download or install any third-party software.

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Animatable

Even though Animatable hasn’t been released yet, it seems like it is a great tool to keep an eye on because it creates HTML5 and CSS3 animations with ease, making it very useful for web designers, developers and even animators who are looking for a lightweight solution.

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This article is also translated to Serbo-Croatian language by Jovana Milutinovich from Webhostinggeeks.com.