What is Moho?
Moho (formerly called Anime Studio) is 2D animation and cartoon creation software developed by Smith Micro Software. It provides a wide range of tools for creating 2D animations, including:
- Frame-by-frame animation tools for traditional cel-style animation
- Bone rigging and automatic inbetweening for cutout animation
- Onionskinning for following previous frames
- Shape tweening and morphing
- Physics simulations for elements like cloth, hair and fluids
- Lip syncing to audio
- A timeline for sequencing animations
- Camera effects like pans, zooms and rotations
Moho has an easy-to-use interface that allows beginners to get started with animation quickly. But it also has advanced capabilities like mesh warping and inverse kinematics for more experienced animators.
It can export animations in formats like MP4, GIF or image sequences. These can be used online, in video editing applications or games. The pro version also allows export to platforms like Sketchfab and Nintendo Switch.
Overall, Moho is powerful 2D animation software with a low learning curve. It enables independent animators and studios to create high-quality broadcast and online animations.
Plotagon, Toon Boom Studio, CrazyTalk, Toon Boom Harmony, MonkeyJam, ToonZoom Animate, KToon, OpenToonz (Morevna Edition), Brush Ninja, White Elephant, Tahoma2D, gokigif are some alternatives to Moho.