most of the assembly language source code had been ported to platform-agnostic C code and SDL was used as the target back-end framework. Reception Animator was considered to be groundbreaking in the field of computer animation when it was initially released. In 1989 Animator won PC Magazines "6th Annual Technical Excellence Award for Graphics". Also, video game developers used the software for intros and other animated sequences in their games, for instance Formula One Grand Prix (1991, MicroProse), Cannon Fodder (1993, Virgin Interactive) and Jazz Jackrabbit 2 (1998, Epic Games). Animator Studio attempted to do more than previous versions of the program, yet it had limited success. It also lost the ergonomic fluidity that the DOS versions had. Animator Pro, though, was by far the most useful, and was exceptionally fast compared with today's animation programs. The program worked so well and had enough of an impact, that it convinced James Cameron that CGI could create a character in his next film, Terminator 2: Judgment Day; Autodesk did advertisement with this. There were also books written about Animator for instance "Inside Autodesk Animator: The Complete Guide to Animation on a PC" by New Riders Publishing in 1990. See also FLI/FLC Animator's file format Deluxe Paint List of 2D animation software References External links Animator (1989) Freeware download via GitHub Gallery with examples of Animator created animations 2D animation software Autodesk discontinued products 1989 software Formerly proprietary software Freeware 3D graphics software Free 3D graphics software Commercial software with available source code