✓ Is gratis, so it does not have a subscription model.

✓ It does not render to an animated GIF directly, but generates single images.

Don't forget to activate preview mode or you won't see it. Instead, you want a fade effect (Youtube), which is not so straight forward.

✓ It does also supports color animation, but not on an object level (which I understand is what you want).

✓ Keyframe animation supports position (moving), scaling and rotation.

Actually, it will insert keyframes automatically where needed whenever you use the animation tool. Use the menu Level/New/New vector level to create a layer that supports vector graphics. OpenToonz is a free software for 2D animation.

DIY Solutions using Processing or similar - last resort, don't want to spend a week making my own if I can avoid it.

Adobe After Effects - same issue as animate, $240/year.

Adobe Animate - has everything that I want (and a whole bunch of stuff that I don't need), but at $240/year, it's more that I want to spend.Plenty of HTML5-based ones (e.g., Animatron or Biteable), but those are online/cloud apps.Synfig Studio - Aimed at Character Animation/Cartoons, does not handle text well.NCH Express Animate - Almost what I want, except that it doesn't support Vector Graphics, and that text handling is broken in the current version (Doesn't remember text sizes, doesn't support all fonts in the system).Tools that I've tried so far that commonly come up I don't need Free/OSS, a one-time payment is fine, preferably $150 or less Must run locally on Windows - no web/cloud based ones (but Electron apps are okay).Export the animation as an animated GIF or Picture Sequence at a given resolution and frame rate.Move objects from A to B, preferably without easing if desired.Has a timeline where I can specify Key Frames, and then do stuff like.Supports Vector Graphics (preferably SVG, but.Supports text properly, including Unicode fonts (like Font Awesome).

I am looking for a simple 2D animation software to create animated infographics, basically an alternative to Adobe Animate/Flash Pro.

Express animate nch