Brush Ninja
Free creative tools for everyone, including an animated GIF maker, running in the browser.
Brush Ninja is a collection of browser-based creative tools built by one person, Ben Gillbanks. It provides a range of drawing, animation, and game-making applications that run directly in a web browser without requiring installation. The tools are designed to be accessible to a broad audience, from beginners to more experienced digital creatives, and the site is described as family-friendly and child-safe.
The main tool is an online animation editor that turns drawings into animated GIFs, with support for generating MP4 videos in the browser. Other tools include a stop motion maker that uses a camera, an emoji art maker, a drawing and painting editor, a code-based art tool for creating 2D artworks, a mini book creator, a photo collage maker, a pixel camera, and a comic maker. The site also hosts a selection of browser games, including Splatter Balls, Flow Fields, Pendulum Art, Typing Ninja, Multiplication Ninja, and Fun with Flags. The animation editor uses FabricJS for vector drawing, ReefJS for state management, gif.js for GIF output, and FFmpeg.wasm for MP4 conversion.
Brush Ninja is aimed at digital creatives, educators, families, and anyone interested in browser-based art and animation tools. The tools are described as free to use, with no paid editions, trials, or seat-based plans mentioned.
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