[[File:Nature Clock.gif|thumbnail|Animation made with Animator Pro]]
'''Autodesk Animator''',also known as ''Ani Pro'', ''PJ Paint'', ''PJ'', wasis a [[2D computer graphics|2D]] [[computer animation]] and painting program published in 1989 for [[Personal computer|PC]] with [[MS-DOS]]. The programIt was considered to be groundbreaking in the field of [[computer animation]] when it was initially released, and was very popular in the late 1980s and the early 1990s. <ref>[https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,1167636,00.asp Graphics - Winner: Autodesk Animator] ''"Robert Bennett, Lewis Gartenberg, David Kalish, Jim Kent, Jack Powell, Gary Yost"'' on pcmag.com (1989)</ref>