Animation/drawing Software For Mac Os

Mac animation software for beginners

Pencil is an animation/drawing software for Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux. It lets you create traditional hand-drawn animation (cartoon) using both bitmap and vector graphics.

Pro animators, students, film makers and game developers will love the ease and speed working in Animation Paper for PC, Mac and Linux.

Jan 18, 2018 OpenToonz. OpenToonz is another open source 2D animation software for Mac and Windows. This program supports Microsoft Windows 7/8.1/10 and Mac OS X 10.9 or a later version. CreaToon is a free animation software for Windows PC to create 2D animation in cut-out style. Its main advantage is very user-friendly.
Pencil - a traditional 2D animation software Welcome to Pencil 0.4.4b Pencil is an animation/drawing software for Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux. It lets you create traditional hand-drawn animation (cartoon) using both bitmap and vector graphics. Pencil is free and open source. Update 2008-04-04: v0.4.4b now runs natively on Intel Macs.

Quickly test ideas – or train your skills. Work rough – then clean up.
This awesome app will feel effortless, while super efficient and powerful. And so much fun!

This looks like really intuitive and exciting software. I can’t wait to get my hands on it!Victor Navone, Supervising animator, Pixar

Wow! This looks great! I really like the layout. Just like working on paper at my desk!Aaron Blaise, Director of Brother Bear, Disney

So excited about Niels and his work to create a great 2D animation app! Please support him!Jason Schleifer, Animation Industry Veteran

to become the World’s most Awesome

Software for Hand Drawn Animation

Most important part of your animation production pipeline.

Super responsive interface – prompt and realtime workflow.

Quickly gets you in the zone. Non intrusive and cleverly built.

The way ‘traditional’ animation is supposed to be done today.

Uncluttered, intuitive – and what the pro needs. No more. No less.

Video Tour

Watch the original concept for Animation Paper – a tour of the early interface design.

Recommend watching in full screen and HD

For more current viewing, watch our tutorial-videos for the pre-release right here on Youtube.

Super fast responsiveness – while drawing, while flipping, while everything
High quality lines – no degradation when transformed or resolution is changed
Small to large format frames
Realtime smooth rotation and zooming of the view
Light table (onion skinning – advanced and customizable)
X-Sheet – easy, yet powerful timing and reuse (also scribbled notes and sound wave display)
Layers (each layer colorcoded black, blue, red, green or custom)
Lasso (easily reposition/rotate/scale drawings or parts of drawings)
Clean up (stabilised lines)
Paint (efficient coloring and post paint changes)
Many alternative ways of flipping (keys, wheel, return flip, etc)
Customizable Tool Bar and Speed Dial for reaching favorite functions with a flick
Realtime full frame reference on 2nd monitor
Import video or frame-stacks for rotoscoping etc
Export mp4, mov or frame-stacks as png, svg, etc – including alpha and X-Sheet timing data
For Windows PC, Mac OS X and Linux (Android & iPad Pro with Pencil planned)

Can’t wait? Help beta testing!

You will get to download the latest alpha version immediately. This pre-release, as well as future alpha and beta updates, are available and free for all who signed up here. (Later you’ll get the option to buy the final version when it is ready: $79 USD Full License. No Subscription.)

Dear Animators,
My name is Niels Krogh Mortensen – I’m the creator of Animation Paper.

For the past 30 years I have worked as a character animator, graphic artist, creative software developer, game designer, animation producer and animation director.

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2 decades ago I founded the predecessor, Plastic Animation Paper (PAP), which became an acclaimed and very popular 2D animation tool, that helped many take the leap from good old analogue into digital.
Today, however, PAP is outdated. I’m especially embarrassed about its GUI! – though it amazingly still runs reasonably well on modern computers.

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But no doubt, it needs a serious overhaul! Re-thought from scratch and built on our proven core values – and including brilliant ideas from you, our community – Animation Paper is now brought to life!
I am humbled and grateful for all your support and encouragement. Now, the world’s most awesome software for hand drawn animation is coming your way!

Good luck wishes from the one and only Bill Plympton!

hand drawn animation – reborn.
the fun and ease are back!

Animation from short film Mops & Ollie by Christian Kuntz. Thanks Christian!

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