Cavalry

What is Cavalry?

Cavalry is free 2D animation and motion graphics software from Canva for motion designers, studios and students. The site describes it as professional, real-time animation software for free.

Key features of Cavalry

• Real-time rendering: no preview lag while you animate.
• Rigging: rig control, Rubber Hose and connected shapes.
• Motion tools: Color Palettes, Magic Easing and Text Animation.
• Procedural tools: Duplicator, Falloffs and Quad Tree.
• Data Import: connect spreadsheets to animate at scale.
• Export: Lottie export and Forge Dynamics.

How Cavalry works

You build shapes and rigs, animate with procedural tools, and render in real time. Data import lets you drive many variations from a spreadsheet. It runs natively on macOS, including Apple silicon and Intel, and on Windows.

Who uses Cavalry?

The vendor lists clients including Amazon, Meta, Google, Netflix, Nike and OpenAI, with creators and studios such as Pentagram and BUCK. Students and schools can use it free through Canva Education.

Cavalry pricing

Cavalry is free for individuals with no restrictions and no payment required, though a Canva account is needed. Enterprise customers get centralized billing, SSO and admin controls through Canva Enterprise and Campus, with pricing from sales.

Cavalry integrations

Cavalry exports Lottie animations and imports spreadsheet data, and does not name other integrations.

Cavalry alternatives

Krita is a free open-source painting program with basic animation. Procreate is an iPad illustration and animation app. Inkscape is a free vector graphics editor. None offer Cavalry's procedural motion graphics toolset.