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{{Short description|Web-based vector graphic file format}}
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| name = Extended Vector Animation
| extension = .eva
| mime = application/x-eva
| owner = [[Sharp Corporation]]
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'''Extended Vector Animation''' ('''EVA''') is a web-based vector graphic file format developed by [[Sharp Corporation]] in 1996. The EVA format differs from other vector formats because only the changes in vectors over time are recorded, instead of information per frame. The format is popular in Japan and several versions of EVA Animator software have been sold and included as standard software in Japanese Sharp [[notebook computer]]s, such as the Mebuis.

The EVA format is comparable with the [[Adobe Flash|Macromedia Flash]] format, except that the files are 13 times smaller than Flash counterparts. A ten-minute animation produced in the EVA format is only around 500 KB, whereas the same animation produced in Flash would be several MB in size.{{fact|date=September 2018}}

Although very popular in Japan, the Animator software itself only works in Japanese versions of [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] and has never been ported to the English versions. EVA Animator has been discontinued as of January 31, 2016.

==External links==
*[http://www.sharp.co.jp/sc/excite/evademo/evahome.htm Sharp EVA Animator Home (Japanese)]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20040406075759/http://naragw.sharp.co.jp/softcenter/EVA/ EVA Animator Kids version (Japanese)]
*[https://www.svgator.com/ Animation Maker]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20031016174611/http://sharp-world.com/corporate/news/000918.html Sharp Mebius Press release announcing the inclusion of EVA Animator as standard software]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20031217062023/http://www.net-do.com/eva/english/index.html English Translation of EVA Animator web page]
*[https://difc.sourceforge.io/eva/struct.htm eva file format]
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