Pencil

Pencil is a cross-platform open-source 2D animation software. Its first aim is to make traditional animations (cel, cartoons, etc). It features bitmap and vector drawing tools, layers, cameras. Animations made with Pencil can be exported as QuickTime.

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GNU General Public License version 2.0 (GPLv2)

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s-r-grass Posted 2020-08-08

Thank you very much for the program! Thank you for distributing it under a free open source license!
angelinagrom Posted 2013-05-28

Thanks very good project! +
daniele_rossi Posted 2013-04-28

it seems a very good software, and easy to easy, BUT it does not work on mountain lion, my system. I hope this issue will be solved soon.
paulnaude01 Posted 2012-12-21

This is a great concept for creating animations and seems the most promising of all the choices I got to see. It is just still a little bit unstable (on windows) with a few glitches here and there. I had to use a you tube tutorial to get started and loved it. I will however need to wait for a newer versions since I can't risk loosing a day/s work.
oid-3956823 Posted 2012-08-26

Unfortunately, Pencil will currently not launch at all for me under OS X Mountain Lion ( 10.8.1 ).

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Operating Systems

Linux, Mac, Windows

Languages

English

Intended Audience

End Users/Desktop

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Programming Language

C++

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C++ Graphics Software

Registered

2005-12-21

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