Pencil Alternatives

Pencil is described as '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' and is a popular Vector Graphic app in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Pencil for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and Android apps. The best Pencil alternative is OpenToonz, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Pencil are Synfig Studio, Glaxnimate, Pencil2D and Wick Editor.

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  1. Includes drawing and image editing tools, WYSIWYG web design, PDF export, spell check, file management, label printing, video playback/capture, graphic objects, password protection, direct fax, and extensive file format support for office and design use.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  2. Mayura Draw is a vector-based drawing program. Unlike bitmap-based "paint" programs, vector-based drawing programs define each object that constitutes the drawing by its co-ordinates and not by pixels. This enables drawings to be modified easily.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. This is a simple animation line testing software written in C++ with Qt toolkit.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. Spectrum Shift Paint employs color cycling to enable you to create colorful animations very easily. Animations can be exported as WebGL. This is unlike any other animation program available.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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