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Synfig: Vector Art Program

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A while back I was working with a team to create a program called Synfig.
Synfig Home Page

It was originally going to be proprietary but the company sank, and the program was just too cool to let die. It's capable of point based animation, so you have full control of exactly what tweens to what and where. It also handles ever object as a layer, INCLUDING effects like blurs, a variety of filters, and Photoshop style overlays. The real power comes when you can start grouping things so specific effects will only touch what you want them to.
Synfig Technical Specs

Those are all the good points, now for the bad. It was intended to be an inhouse program and when bugs popped up we could turn around and scream at the programmers. Not only that but there's virtually no documentation and the interface was built around Linux standards (god forsaken Linux...). If you're willing to brave all that you'll be able to get some really great things going.
Synfig Gallery

Synfig is available under the GPL so hopefully people will pick it up and run with it. Here's the first image I ever made with it:
wolfen-m.jpg

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