nanim: nanim

nanim project goal is to specify and write tools for a modern 2d animation file format:

nanim.proto, the format specification using protobuf : with protoc or other protobuf compiler, you can generate parser for about every popular programming language.
Nanimstudio, the visual animation editor.
Nanim SDK, command line tools.
nanimjs, an html5 example player.

Other softwares support the nanim file format like the drawing program pixeditor.

Nanimstudio

nanimstudio is free (BSD license) graphical tool to edit nanim files. It can also import/export gif animations and spritesheets.

You can download a precompiled version nanimstudio at the bottom of this page.

The nanim SDK is a collection of free tools (BSD license):

The format specification using protobuf : using protoc or other protobuf compiler, you can generate parser for about every popular programming language.
nanimenc, a tool that allow to create a nanim file from a list of png files.
nanimdec to do the inverse operation: extracts png images from a nanim file.
nanimls to dump nanim file infos.
nanimopt, an optimizer program that use a bin packing algorithm to store the image in an opengl compliant format (minimum number of image with power of 2 dimensions).
nanimview, a viewer to show nanim encoded nanimations.
gif2nanim to convert existing gif animations.
nanimmerge to merge multiple nanim files into one.
nanimrename to change animation or image names.
sheet2nanim to convert existing sprite sheets.
font2nanim to generate font textures.

You can download a precompiled version of the nanim SDK at the bottom of this page.

devnewton

mail: devnewton __at__ bci.im