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5d ago

@triffen off topic, but I've been assuming #friction2d was a physics engine. Now I see it's an vector animation thing.

How does it compare with #synfig or #manim?

Marta 🌿🍃5d ago

This magnetic field animation has a lot, _a lot_ of paths and morphing, and I even submitted some feature requests as the result :)
Magnetic field changes from straight array to Halbach array and then to alternate array, which seems to be used in most magnetic beds for 3d printers.
Made in #Friction2D for this video by Lost in Tech:
https://youtu.be/xTfytJBLEn4

#animation #animation2D

Marta 🌿🍃May 20

I planned to create the pH range animation in Manim, but once you've been holding a tool in your hand for several days, you really don't want to switch to another way of thinking for two animations.
It was probably a bit slower in #Friction2D because of all the 'admin' with renaming and grouping that needs to be done there, while in Manim I'd largely reuse existing code, and all naming happens as I go. But of course, I'd need to render to see what I'm getting ;)
#animation #animation2D #infographics

Marta 🌿🍃May 15

It took longer than expected, but my #hydroponics video about Kratky bottles with 3d-printed parts is ready.
I tried other bottles but these 2l milk jugs are perfect in having wide throats, being stable against winds (I grow plants on an open balcony), and the size is good. They also pack well side-by-side since the bottom is rectangular.
The current batch of seedlings shown in the video is already bottled, mostly, with basil just about to. I'm currently out of empty bottles, and still need to sprout the seeds for the big container too.

All the models are made in FreeCAD, all the animations — in Friction2D. The milk jugs are local :)
The original inspiration by Hoocho's.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6ZlpEUcQ90

#kratkyMethod #Kratky #FreeCAD #Friction2D #3dPrinting

DIY hydroponics with plastic bottles and 3D printing

YouTube

Marta 🌿🍃Mar 8

My most recent animation made in #Friction2D with assets made in #FreeCAD. Also my first time using Flipbook feature (it just accepts a list of frames and creates frame-by-frame animation from them).
The original idea was to use whatever animation features FreeCAD has, but if you just need it to rotate, it's much simpler: you just ask a script to rotate a model, while saving pictures with transparent background.
This is a Polifix thread-forming screw by Accu (they provided an STL of the screw itself), and I simulate the thread-forming process, and temperature raise happening in the process.
Made for this video by Lost in Tech: https://youtu.be/8F4G-OyXHJs

tonton Feb 8

Graphics of this tv doc were made by me in @friction (and blender for one anim)

a really good tv documentary about chilian immigration to France during the 70s (after pinochet's coup), through the point of view of these migrants (some of them are quilapayun music band )

this is a french documentary, and you'll have to connect with a free account to watch it (french public tv)

https://www.france.tv/france-3/nouvelle-aquitaine/la-france-en-vrai-aquitaine/8139195-la-france-quilapayun.html

#friction2d #frictiongraphics #motiondesign #tv #graphics #motiongraphic #aftereffect

La France Quilapayun - Documentaire en replay La France en Vrai - Nouvelle-Aquitaine

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tonton Dec 1, 2025

Friction Quick Tip #15 - Path mask apparition

In friction you can use an animated path to mask anything here is how you can do it !

Do you know @friction ? It is an awesome open source 2d animation software, early stage, which could replace #aftereffect

Unofficial discord https://discord.gg/FkjnM2r2JD
Website https://friction.graphics/
Unofficial video channel https://makertube.net/c/frictiongraphics

#adobe #noadobe #foss #motiongraphic #motiondesign #2danimation #animation #opensource #friction2d #frictiongraphics

tonton Dec 1, 2025

Friction Quick Tip #15 - Path mask apparition

https://makertube.net/w/9bChq9F15qx4TBbnQjempm

Friction Quick Tip #15 - Path mask apparition

PeerTube

chris Nov 26, 2025

I finally learned what the 'lerp' function does in #Blender (and python generally) and realized that it's a much more elegant way to achieve something I've been doing in #AfterEffects for a long time. Could I have just used lerp in AE also???
Next it's time to find the valueAtTime function equivalent. If you are a #MotionGraphics person and you don't use these (or scripting in general), I HIGHLY recommend learning them as they are now an indispensable part of how I create animations.
...
now I'm wondering, can I use the same approach in #friction2d?

@Blender @friction