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Export Animation as SVG - alternatives to snap.svg

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Hi,

tldr; are there anything at all (even paid options) that lets me export animation as a svg, other than snap.svg plugin?

I need to export animations as small svg clips, and canvas elements will not fit the bill at all in any shape or form. However, snap.svg, the plugin, is at best outdated and is no longer maintained (their own GitHub page admits this), and at worst it was a shady work around to begin with. Just tried to install it on my new computer, and it wouldn't even install with the zxp file supposedly being corrupted or something. I just with Adobe Animate could do this out of the box - for something that's called Adobe Animate CC, and branded as a software that's going to replace Flash, not being able to export my animation as svg seems ridiculous.

Fingers crossed for a solution... Or what does anyone have an alternative platform altogether for something like this?

Best,

Tony

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So, for thoes who are MacOS users, there is an alternative product I've discovered and have been using: Keyshape (https://www.keyshapeapp.com)

I was really hoping I wouldn't be the one to answer my own question after a year or so of searching, but oh well.

Here are some pros:

simple lightweight program
intuitive and easy to use
plenty of flexibility and features, such as easing and animating on a path, masking, etc.
one time payment, no subscription hell
decent support: I've had Adobe support provide me with blatantly wrong information and take lots of persuasion from me to admist that they don't actually know what they are doing and they'll have to get back to me. Keyshape developers were able to give me clear instructions and even demo files when I was stuck.
ABLE TO EXPORT SVG FILES IN SIMPLE FORMATS THAT'S EASY TO USE ON THE WEB
Of course supports various other file formats as well
works very well with Adobe Illustrator - just copy paste in your vectors.

Some cons:

Not able to use JavaScript to give interactivity or other scripting features.
Only availble on MacOS
Lacks other development tools/features (e.g., AIR for Desktop)

Would be wonderful if Affinity developed something alternative to Animate, but looks like that won't happen anytime soon 😞

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davidu6936180

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Very weird that this is not a priority for the Adobe Animate team, if www.svgator.com can manage to export clean code, then surely you can come up with something??

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-MJ-

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Looking for the same. I installed Animate 19 and wondered/missed the possibility to export an animated svg. I thought, Animate was made for this.

I am looking for a solution too!

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Dimizu

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I have the same question. Please someone from Adobe can answer the question? Thanks.

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Preran

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Nothing that I know of. I will check with the team and get back to you.

Thanks,

Preran

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Myra Ferguson

Community Expert

Here's some info on exporting SVGs from directly within Animate: Work with SVG files in Animate CC

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byunghoona16325993Author

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FYI for others, the following link doesn't contain answers to the original question. Again, the original question was: "are there anything at all (even paid options) that lets me export animation as a svg, other than snap.svg plugin?".

I'm still low-key looking for alternatives, but haven't found anything just yet. What I have definitely concluded was that the snap.svg library is outdated and is not complete. The plug-in for Adobe Animate is doomed for any future updates it seems.

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