OpenToonz Alternatives

One of the most popular alternatives to OpenToonz is Blender, which is free and open source. Other popular alternatives are Krita, Synfig Studio, Adobe After Effects and Clip Studio Paint. Animation Makers like OpenToonz are a crowded field, with more than 25 alternatives for Windows, Mac, Linux, iPad and the web.

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  1. Umoupen icon
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    Umoupen is a fully featured drawing and animation app for artists who want it all, sketching, frame-by-frame animation, storyboarding, comic/notebook features, endless raster and vector canvases, extensive import (most image types, MP4, SVG, FLA) and export (PNG, GIF, MP4)...

    59 Umoupen alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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  2. Pencil icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  3. Creature icon
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    This software is used to create fluid and natural animation to 2D graphics, easily allowing the user to use secondary animation to make it look more natural.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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  4. 2D animation software. Turn images to animated characters, control characters with your expressions, generate lip-sync animation from audio, accomplish 3D parallax scenes, produce 2D visual effects & quickly customize characters.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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  5. Trangram icon
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    Trangram is a free one-stop platform to create, animate and share motion graphics.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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  6. Celas Studio icon
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    Draw, rig, animate. All in one program. Celas Studio, your 2.5D animation studio. Smoothly control powerful vector lines with Action Bones, bring them to life with a dynamic skeleton system and wind physics. 3D camera system, traditional raster animation, and more...

    27 Celas Studio alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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  7. Kage Studio icon
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    Kage Studio is a vector-based 2D Animation cross-platform Software that can export animation to HTML5, PNG sequence, Spritesheet, and video (via FFmpeg) as well as static images to PNG and SVG.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
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  8. Flipbook icon
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    Flipbook allows you to create hand-drawn animations with a simple, streamlined experience. It is designed to let you focus on your art. Colors are automatically saved inside the project and can be exported and imported to others. Images can be imported as frames into a project.

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  9. SVG Flipbook icon
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    SVG Flipbook runs next to your SVG editor and lets you animate your creation. Each layer in your SVG becomes one frame. You can use whatever SVG editor you like. Inkscape and Illustrator both work great.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  10. An open-source desktop studio — script in, MP4 out. Bring your own API keys; no telemetry, no cloud.

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Node.JS
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  11. Whether you do 2D, 3D or stop motion Animation, DigiCel FlipBook makes animation easier!

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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