Stop wiring layers.
Start animating.
Kinektic is free 2D animation software that generates the tedious stuff — broken neon, torn paper, flickering lights — so your time goes into the frames, not the setup.
Procedural animation for motion graphics. No paywall, no subscription. Ever.
Made with Kinektic
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One email when the first free build is ready — and the occasional look at what's next.
Procedural effects
Effects that build themselves.
Procedural animation means the look is generated from rules you set — flicker, tear, drip — instead of keyframed by hand. Pick an effect, turn the knobs, done. Watch the engines in motion below: they run the same logic the app uses, and every motion graphics effect stays editable — tweak a control and the whole thing regenerates.
Neon Text
Flickering tubes, broken characters, hanging cables — generated per letter, not rigged by hand.
Torn Paper
Procedurally torn edges with shape and tearing amount per edge. Reroll for a new tear, same paper.
Paint Splatter
Impact splats, drips and spray — spread, gravity and splat count are just sliders.
Lightning
Branching bolts with controllable chaos, glow and strike timing. No hand-drawn frames.
Inside the app
The setup work is the app's job.
Knobs, not layer stacks
One effect, a handful of honest controls. Turn 'Broken letters' on or off — there is no precomp to dissect.
Stays editable
Procedural means regenerable. Change a parameter and the effect rebuilds itself — nothing gets baked into a dead layer pile.
Animator-first defaults
Every engine ships with looks that already read well, so a first pass is minutes, not evenings.
A real build of the interface — still taking shape in public.
Build in public
Watch it get built. Then use it for free.
Kinektic is free animation software developed in the open — devlogs, effect breakdowns and demos, posted as it grows. When it ships, nothing goes behind a paywall: no watermark, no subscription.
Where things stand
Waiting list
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