Fantavision

{{Short description|Animation program}}

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{{Infobox software

| name = Fantavision

| screenshot = Fantavision - Broderbund newsletter screenshot.jpg

| caption = Screenshot from the 1985 Broderbund Newsletter

| author = Scott Anderson

| developer =

| released = {{Start date and age|1985}}

| latest release version = MS-DOS (1988)

| operating system =

| platform = Apple II, Apple IIGS, Amiga, MS-DOS

| website =

}}

Fantavision is an animation program by Scott Anderson for the Apple II and published by Broderbund in 1985.{{cite web |date=1985 |title=Fantavision Apple II manual |url=https://archive.org/details/FantavisionUsersManualForAppleII8Bit |website=archive.org |publisher=Broderbund}}{{Cite web |last=Michael |first=Andrew |date=April 1986 |title=Apple II - Fantavision Reeview Article Reprint |url=http://apple2.callapple.org/magazines/aar/fanvision.html |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=apple2.callapple.org}}{{Cite web |title=Animation-(Timeline) |url=https://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Animation-(Timeline)#Fantavision_example |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=Inkscape Wiki}} Versions were released for the Apple IIGS (1987), Amiga (1988), and MS-DOS (1988).{{Cite web |title=FANT IFF Movie Format |url=https://wiki.amigaos.net/wiki/FANT_IFF_Movie_Format |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=AmigaOS Documentation Wiki}}{{Cite magazine |date=January 1986 |title=It's Alive! (advertisement) |pages=29 |magazine=Computer Gaming World}}{{cite news | url=https://archive.org/stream/1989-02-compute-magazine/Compute_Issue_105_1989_Feb#page/n73/mode/2up | title=Fantavision | work=Compute! | date=February 1989 | access-date=10 November 2013 | author=Anzovin, Steve | pages=64}}

Fantavision allows the creation of vector graphics animations using the mouse and keyboard. The user creates frames, and the software generates the frames between them. Because this is done in real-time, it allows for creative exploration and quick changes. The program uses a graphical user interface in the style of the Macintosh with pull-down menus and black text on a white background.

Advertisements claimed Fantavision a revolutionary breakthrough that brings the animation features of "tweening" and "transforming" to home computers.