Character Animation

Add life to your characters.

Add Digital Effects

Brightness, contrast and more.

Use Keyframes

Create smooth motion transitions.

Audio Tracks

Add audio tracks or record audio.

Add Text

Add text to your animation project.

Save and Export

Video, HTML5 or animated GIF.

Create motion animations and add special effects to your videos

Animate text and graphics in your video
Apply digital effects to your animations and videos
Use keyframes to create smooth motion transitions
Export finished projects as video or animated gifs
Express Animate is animation software that gives you the ability to animate shapes, text and imported images. You are also able to enhance your movie projects in post-production using key-frame stop motion animation, masking, dummy objects and more.

Create Stunning Animations

Express Animate helps you create stunning animations using objects, images, illustrations and videos.
Choose from a wide array of effects and animation tools to add your creative flare to your project.

Animation Software Features

Friendly and intuitive drag-and-drop editor
Objects can be moved, resized, rotated and more
Apply digital effects, such as brightness, contrast, negative and more
Key frames can be applied to each object and parameter
Onion skin makes it easy to set up your frames
Add text to your video project
Create animated text and text bubbles
Add artwork from the included clipart library
Add audio tracks or record audio
Apply effects to audio tracks
Group objects for easy editing
Add masks to an object
Export as video, HTML5 or an animated GIF
Upload animated videos directly to YouTube, Vimeo or Flickr
Free to download and easy to use
Works seamlessly with VideoPad Video Editor
Save projects directly to cloud
Create your own characters and objects using the drawing tools
Nest objects to create an organized composition of your character puppet

Transformations and Effects

Get creative with applying transformations and effects to image objects.
Quickly convert a color object to black and white or sepia. Enhance an object by adjusting color temperature or saturation. Use key frames with the object properties to motion tween, zoom, rotate and more.

Character Animation

Add life to your characters. Animate separate body parts or group multiple objects together to optimize the animation process.
Use the timeline to move your character and create animations. Use multiple layers and keyframes to add special effects, audio and more.

Advanced Features

Express Animate has advanced tools for experienced animators and graphic designers, including vector masks, onion skins, blending modes and a graph editor for precise animation.

Export as Video, GIF or HTML5

Save active composition to any video file format or as HTML5 web content. Use Express Animate as a GIF animator to export looping gif animation videos. Export animations in multiple video file formats including: MP4, FLV, GIF, 3GP, ASF, AVI, DV, APNG, MOV, MPG, OGV, RM, SWF, WEBM, WMV.

Easy-to-Use Drawing Tools

Customize colors, gradients and fills for your objects. Easily add lines or draw objects with the vector-based pencil tool.

Pure Digital Audio Tools

Add audio effects such as chorus, echo, distortion and more. Record your own narrations with the click of a button or use sound effects from the free Sound Library.

BASIC FEATURES

NCH Express Animate Master's Edition 2025 is a robust motion‑graphics and animation application that features a drag‑and‑drop timeline for layering shapes, text, images, audio, and video; supports keyframe-based animation with precise control over transformations like position, rotation, scale, opacity, color, masks, and grouping; includes advanced tools such as onion-skinning, vector masks, dummy-object controls, effects like brightness, contrast, negative, and blending modes; lets users import from clipart or draw directly with vector tools; offers real‑time preview and audio track support with effects like chorus, echo, and distortion; and exports projects in multiple formats including MP4, AVI, MOV, FLV, GIF, HTML5, with direct uploads to YouTube, Vimeo, Flickr, and cloud saving. 

WHAT'S NEW

The most recent updates include performance improvements, enhanced UI navigation, broader format and codec support, and maintenance updates to optimize compatibility with current operating systems.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Express Animate Master's Edition requires Windows 7 through Windows 11 (and older Windows via archived versions) or macOS 10.9+, a dual-core Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz or equivalent AMD CPU, a DirectX‑capable GPU, at least 2 GB of RAM, 100 MB free disk space plus space for projects, 1024×768 or higher display resolution, and a compatible sound card. 

USER INTERFACES LANGUAGES

English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese (Simplified), Portuguese.

BRAND

NCH Software

TYPE

Motion Graphics & Animation Software

FOR OPERATING SYSTEM

Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows 11; macOS 10.9 or later. 

LICENSE CATEGORY

One-time pay 

FORMAT

Digital Download

MODEL

NCH Express Animate Master's Edition 2025

COUNTRY OF USE

Global

MANUFACTURER COUNTRY