Everything you need to know about mastering world-class web animation with our free tool.
Insert a stickman, pose it by dragging its joints and animate it in one click: walk, run, jump, dance, punch, kick. Free, in your browser, no account.
In Brinimate you can now pick several keyframes at once with Shift, Ctrl or a drag, and move or delete them in one go. One undo step.
Save your project in the browser with Ctrl+S, get it back when you return, and take it anywhere in a single .bric file with Save as .bric. Free, no account.
Brinimate exports your 2D animations to Lottie (JSON) for websites and apps, and opens any Lottie so you can edit it with layers, symbols and keyframes. Free, in the browser, no After Effects.
The Brinimate editor has a new phone interface: an always-visible timeline, tools in groups, a + button to add things, finger gestures and a guided tour. Free, in your browser.
Brinimate Mirror uses your webcam and microphone so a 2D character copies your expressions, mouth and voice live. Record the take and edit it as regular animation. Free, no account, and your camera image never leaves your device.
Brinimate now opens SVG files from Bricanvas, Illustrator, Inkscape or Figma and turns them into editable vector shapes: move them, recolor them and animate them on the timeline. Free, in your browser and safe.
New option in Make your photo talk: with your camera and mic, any photo opens its mouth and blinks along with you, in your own voice. Free, in your browser, and your camera image never leaves your device.
In Brinimate skits every line now has an Act with my face button: record the line with your camera and mic, and the character delivers it with your voice, your mouth and your blinks. Free, in your browser.
Brinimate adds 55 new brushes (pencil, ink, watercolor, oil, airbrush, textures) and 9 erasers. All of them respond to your drawing tablet's pressure: press harder and the line gets thicker or darker. Free, in your browser.
Brinimate now flips images, brush strokes and shapes with one button (Shift+H / Shift+V), duplicates several objects with Ctrl+J, and copies and pastes between frames with Ctrl+C / Ctrl+V. Perfect for making your character walk the other way.
Upload a photo of your cat, your grandma or a painting, draw a line across the mouth with the pencil and type what it says. Brinimate gives it a voice, moves the jaw, makes it blink and adds subtitles.
Turn a photo of you, a friend or your pet into a Brinimate character: it talks with its own mouth or a cartoon one, blinks and acts in any skit template.
How to use Brinimate's paint bucket: continuous gap closing, tolerance, and why the fill lands as an editable path instead of an awkward special object.
Brinimate's Q tool: scale from any anchor, rotate in 15° steps, skew by dragging the edges, and move the rotation pivot wherever you need it.
How to insert images in Brinimate on desktop and mobile, which formats are accepted, why the bitmap never degrades when transformed, and the limits to know.
How mask layers work in Brinimate: the rule for what clips what, why you can paint a mask with the brush, and three classic effects built with them.
Rulers with units, draggable guides, an optional grid, and snapping to guides/objects/grid in Brinimate — with the key to bypass it when it gets in the way.
Brinimate's fast lane: pick a template, write the dialogue, generate voice with automatic lip-sync and subtitles, and share a link others can remix.
Configure your animation correctly from the start. Learn how to set the framerate, adjust canvas size, and use Brinimate's grid systems.
Master the Outliner panel in Brinimate to find, select, rename, rearrange, and group objects hidden in complex vector illustrations.
Learn how to use Brinimate's Asset Library panel to search, insert, and organize your symbols, backgrounds, and character parts.
Discover how Brinimate's vector Eraser tool works. Learn to sculpt shapes, clean up rough sketches, and create complex cutouts without using the Pathfinder.
A complete guide to Brinimate's 7 Shapes brushes — Marker, Airbrush, Dotted, Dots, Ribbon, Double Line, and Spray — with creative techniques for gradients, patterns, and detailed illustration.
Master Brinimate's three Effects brushes — Neon, Glow, and Sparkles/Glitter. Learn how shadowBlur creates real light simulation and how to use them for cyberpunk, magic, and fantasy animations.
Explore Brinimate's Artistic brush category. Learn how the Watercolor, Chalk, Oil, and Hair/Fiber brushes work technically and how to use them in real illustration and animation workflows.
A detailed look at Brinimate's four Basic brushes — Normal, Ink (China Ink), Pencil, and Pixel Art — with use cases, technique tips, and animation applications for each.
Discover how Brinimate's Canvas-First mobile mode keeps the drawing area visible at all times, with bottom sheet panels, drag handles, and auto-collapse for touch screens.
Learn how to export your Brinimate project as JSON, import it back, and use the browser's IndexedDB auto-save to protect your work between sessions.
Master Brinimate's Nested Symbols system — build characters with symbols inside symbols, navigate the editing breadcrumb, and use Exit Symbol Edit to jump back to the full scene instantly.
Learn Brinimate's Instance Override system — change fill, stroke, opacity, and text on individual symbol copies while keeping the master untouched. Build diverse crowds from one asset.
Learn to create Symbols in Brinimate, insert multiple instances, edit the master once to update all copies, and build complex scenes with modular reusable components.
Master Motion Tween in Brinimate. Learn to animate position, rotation, scale, and stroke width automatically with Linear, Bounce, and Elastic easing curves.
Understand Brinimate's Timeline panel — how to insert keyframes (F6), extend frames (F5), control frame timing, and structure multi-layer animations like a pro.
Learn to use Brinimate's Pathfinder operations — Unite, Subtract, Intersect, and Exclude — to build clouds, moons, leaves, and rings from basic shapes.
Learn how Brinimate's collapsible Quick Sidebar lets you adjust opacity, duplicate, delete, reorder, and access Pathfinder in one click — no panel switching needed.
Master Brinimate's selection tools: single click, Shift multi-select, marquee box, Alt duplicate, and Ctrl force-move. Speed up your workflow today.
Explore Brinimate's 18 brush styles. From watercolor to neon, discover how vector strokes work without consuming extra RAM.
Discover how to navigate the Brinimate interface. Learn about the infinite canvas, drawing tools, the property inspector, and the timeline.
