Purple Owl is a free and open source cross-platform frame-by-frame cut-out animation software.

Part of Purple Animation Tools by O. Bahri Gordebak (purplehuman).

See Wiki for details.

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Latest version is 1.2.1 right now.

Features

  • Move, rotate, scale images of edit their pivot points (png, jpg)
  • Set parent and child objects for rigging
  • Lock/Unlock objects
  • Add a sound track (wav)
  • Playback your animation up to 30 fps
  • Add background images (png, jpg)
  • Send objects above or below other objects
  • Set background transparent or opaque
  • Render a png sequence
  • Restore rotation, scaling or pivot points
  • Save/open documents
  • Open last document
  • Work frame by frame like the old masters
  • Loop playback
  • Onionskinning for 1, 3, or 5 frames
  • Change images of objects
  • Flip objects horizontally or vertically
  • Rotate objects for 15 degrees
  • Work without a mouse if you want
  • Render a video if ffmpeg is available (Win32 binaries include ffmpeg)

Project Samples

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Categories

Animation

License

GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPLv3)

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Additional Project Details

Operating Systems

BSD, Linux, MinGW/MSYS2, Windows, WINE

Intended Audience

End Users/Desktop

User Interface

Qt

Programming Language

C++

Related Categories

C++ Animation Software

Registered

2015-01-07