An easy, intuitive tool to make 2D hand-drawn animations. Lightweight and easy to use so you can focus on animating and not on what button to hit next. Seamlessly switch between raster and vector workflows, allowing you to sketch, ink & paint on the go. Pencil2D is cross-platform and runs on Windows, macOS, Linux & FreeBSD. Pencil2D is completely open source and free to use, even commercially.

Features

  • Pencil2D comes with a Quick Reference
  • Documentation available
  • Nightly builds are the bleeding edge versions of Pencil2D
  • It lets you create traditional hand-drawn animation (cartoon) using both bitmap and vector graphics
  • Free and open source animation/drawing software
  • For Windows, macOS, Linux, and FreeBSD

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Categories

Animation

License

GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPLv3)

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Additional Project Details

Operating Systems

Linux, Mac, Windows

Programming Language

C++

Related Categories

C++ Animation Software

Registered

2024-07-04
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