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Cavalry is a professional-grade 2D animation environment for Mac and Windows that brings real-time motion design to every stage of your workflow. Built for animators and motion designers, it lets you iterate instantly with full-speed viewport playback, so you can refine complex scenes without preview delays or offline rendering queues.

Harness procedural controls and advanced rigging to build reusable animation systems that update automatically. Change one parameter and watch entire compositions respond, thanks to features like Rubber Hose rig control, Forge Dynamics, Falloffs, and Quad Tree. Connect external data sources such as spreadsheets to drive text, shapes, and layouts at scale, enabling data-driven campaigns, broadcast graphics, and automated content variations.

Cavalry integrates seamlessly into modern pipelines with Lottie export, robust text animation, duplicators for rapid scene building, and color palette management for brand consistency. It runs natively on Apple silicon and Intel, and is available to individuals at no cost, with enterprise deployment via Canva for teams needing SSO and centralized management.

To help you ramp up quickly, Cavalry offers rich learning resources: getting-started series, deep feature dives, tips and tricks, one-minute walkthroughs, and extensive documentation. Whether you’re crafting title sequences, social motion assets, or large-scale data visualizations, Cavalry gives you a responsive, procedural environment tailored to contemporary motion design workflows.