Cavalry

Product Overview

Cavalry is an incredibly powerful and modern 2D animation application, built from the ground up on a fully procedural workflow. It elevates creative freedom, real-time performance, and data-driven capabilities to an entirely new level. A Truly Procedural Workflow: This is the soul of Cavalry. Every element, attribute, and animation can be logically connected. This means you can build a complex system, then change a single master parameter and watch the entire animation cascade with updates in real-time. It's a completely non-destructive and highly flexible way to create. Data-Driven Animation: Cavalry can easily connect to external data sources like Google Sheets or live APIs. This makes it effortless to create data visualizations, generate weather-based animations, or automate the production of countless variations of a promotional video, dramatically increasing efficiency. Real-time Playback & Incredible Performance: Cavalry's architecture is optimized for real-time performance. You can fluidly manipulate thousands of objects and see your final results live as you work, saying goodbye to the long preview renders common in After Effects. Powerful Vector Drawing & Lottie Support: It's not just an animation tool; it includes a full suite of robust vector drawing tools, allowing you to go from design to animation all within one app. Furthermore, its excellent support for the Lottie format makes it an ideal choice for UI/UX animation. Cavalry is not just another alternative to After Effects; it is a fundamental reimagining of the 2D animation process. It places the power of generative art and automated design—concepts that previously required complex coding—into the hands of every motion designer through an intuitive, node-based approach.

Best For

Cavalry is not just another alternative to After Effects; it is a fundamental reimagining of the 2D animation process. It places the power of generative art and automated design—concepts that previously required complex coding—into the hands of every motion designer through an intuitive, node-based approach.

Key Features

• A Truly Procedural Workflow: This is the soul of Cavalry. Every element, attribute, and animation can be logically connected. This means you can build a complex system, then change a single master parameter and watch the entire animation cascade with updates in real-time. It's a completely non-destructive and highly flexible way to create.
• Data-Driven Animation: Cavalry can easily connect to external data sources like Google Sheets or live APIs. This makes it effortless to create data visualizations, generate weather-based animations, or automate the production of countless variations of a promotional video, dramatically increasing efficiency.
• Real-time Playback & Incredible Performance: Cavalry's architecture is optimized for real-time performance. You can fluidly manipulate thousands of objects and see your final results live as you work, saying goodbye to the long preview renders common in After Effects.
• Powerful Vector Drawing & Lottie Support: It's not just an animation tool; it includes a full suite of robust vector drawing tools, allowing you to go from design to animation all within one app. Furthermore, its excellent support for the Lottie format makes it an ideal choice for UI/UX animation.