<s>
Synfig	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Synfig	B-Language
)	O
is	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
vector-based	O
2D	O
animation	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
created	O
by	O
Robert	B-Language
Quattlebaum	I-Language
with	O
additional	O
contributions	O
by	O
Adrian	O
Bentley	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Synfig	B-Language
began	O
as	O
the	O
custom	O
animation	O
platform	O
for	O
Voria	O
Studios	O
(	O
now	O
defunct	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
2005	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
free/open	B-License
source	I-License
software	I-License
,	O
under	O
GNU	B-License
GPL-2.0-or-later	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
true	O
front-end	B-Architecture
and	I-Architecture
back-end	I-Architecture
application	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
design	O
the	O
animation	O
in	O
the	O
front-end	B-Architecture
,	O
Synfig	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
,	O
and	O
to	O
render	O
it	O
at	O
a	O
later	O
time	O
with	O
the	O
backend	B-Architecture
,	O
Synfig	B-Language
Tool	O
,	O
on	O
another	O
(	O
potentially	O
faster	O
)	O
computer	O
without	O
a	O
graphical	O
display	O
connected	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Incremental	O
and	O
parallel	O
rendering	O
with	O
Synfig	B-Language
Tool	O
is	O
supported	O
by	O
some	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
render	B-Operating_System
farm	I-Operating_System
management	O
software	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
RenderChan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
also	O
a	O
wide	O
variety	O
of	O
other	O
real-time	O
effects	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
applied	O
to	O
layers	O
or	O
groups	O
of	O
layers	O
like	O
radial	O
blurs	O
,	O
color	O
tweaks	O
that	O
all	O
are	O
resolution-independent	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Synfig	B-Language
also	O
works	O
with	O
High	O
Dynamic	O
Range	O
Imaging	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Synfig	B-Language
stores	O
its	O
animations	O
in	O
its	O
own	O
XML	B-Protocol
file	O
format	O
,	O
often	O
compressed	O
with	O
gzip	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Synfig	B-Language
can	O
render	O
to	O
video	O
formats	O
such	O
as	O
AVI	O
,	O
Theora	B-Algorithm
and	O
MPEG	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
animated	O
graphics	O
formats	O
such	O
as	O
MNG	O
and	O
GIF	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
also	O
render	O
to	O
a	O
sequence	O
of	O
numbered	O
image	O
files	O
,	O
using	O
formats	O
such	O
as	O
PNG	O
,	O
BMP	B-Device
,	O
PPM	O
and	O
OpenEXR	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
version	O
0.62.00	O
,	O
Synfig	B-Language
has	O
basic	O
support	O
for	O
SVG	B-Application
import	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
version	O
0.91	O
Inkscape	B-Application
can	O
save	O
as	O
file	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Much	O
of	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
tool	O
since	O
May	O
2008	O
has	O
been	O
in	O
association	O
with	O
the	O
Morevna	O
Project	O
,	O
a	O
Russian	O
organisation	O
centred	O
around	O
an	O
animation	O
project	O
using	O
Synfig	B-Language
and	O
other	O
libre	B-Application
software	I-Application
and	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
folkloric	O
characters	O
of	O
Ivan	O
Tsarevich	O
and	O
Marya	O
Morevna	O
,	O
specifically	O
in	O
the	O
context	O
of	O
The	O
Death	O
of	O
Koschei	O
the	O
Deathless	O
re-invented	O
as	O
a	O
science	O
fiction	O
anime	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Free	B-Application
Software	I-Application
Magazine	I-Application
contained	O
an	O
article	O
on	O
the	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
