Best Animation Paper Alternatives

Animation Paper is described as 'Top quality software for doing hand drawn animation. Very easy and fast to work with. Simple, yet powerful' and is a Animation Maker in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Animation Paper for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and iPad apps. The best Animation Paper alternative is OpenToonz, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Animation Paper are Pencil2D, Pencil, Animation Desk and Toon Boom Harmony.

Animation Paper alternatives are mainly Animation Makers but may also be Digital Painting Tools or Vector Graphic Apps. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Animation Paper.

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Top quality software for doing hand drawn animation. Very easy and fast to work with. Simple, yet powerful.

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OpenToonz
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Free • Open Source
Animation Maker
Digital Painting Tool
Vector Graphic App
Mac
Windows
Linux
37 OpenToonz alternatives
OpenToonz is an animation program that is a free software version of Toonz, the animation software used by Studio Ghibli, amongst others.
- - OpenToonz is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Animation Paper.
- - OpenToonz is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Animation Paper.
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OpenToonz Features
1. Keyframe AnimationCompositions can be keyframed in OpenToonz, allowing you to change the parameters over time.
2. Support for scriptingOpenToonz supports scripts and macros to automate or customize tasks.
3. Automated TweeningOpenToonz can automatically generate the inbetweens from two keyframes, to carry out a smooth transition.
Pen Stabilization
Plugin API
Stop Motion
Scanned drawings cleanup
3d camera
Expressions system
Particle Engine
Color correction
Powerful nodal effects system
Remote Camera Control
Pencil2D
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Free • Open Source
Animation Maker
Vector Graphic App
Digital Painting Tool
Mac
Windows
Linux
40 Pencil2D alternatives
Pencil2D is an opensource animation/drawing software for Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux, based on old Pencil software. It lets you create traditional hand-drawn animation (cartoon) using both bitmap and vector graphics.
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Pencil2D Features
1. Keyframe AnimationCompositions can be keyframed in Pencil2D, allowing you to change the parameters over time.
Symmetry brush
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Almost everyone thinks Pencil2D is a great Animation Paper alternative.
Pencil
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Free • Open Source
Vector Graphic App
Mac
Windows
Linux
38 Pencil alternatives
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.
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Pencil Features
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Updated project here: Pencil2D
Animation Desk
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Freemium • Proprietary
Animation Maker
Video Editor
Digital Painting Tool
Windows
Android
iPhone
Android Tablet
iPad
96 Animation Desk alternatives
Animation Desk is a perfect tool for animating, storyboarding, and sketching. It’s an app Loved by professional and amateur animators, Youtubers, and many art lovers. Draw you frame-to-frame animation from scratch, or create animations upon videos, images, PSD layers.
- - Animation Desk is the most popular Android, iPhone, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to Animation Paper.
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Animation Desk Features
1. Onion skinningAnimation Desk allows you to see through several frames simultaneously and make sure the lines of each frame are correctly lined up.
2. Keyframe AnimationCompositions can be keyframed in Animation Desk, allowing you to change the parameters over time.
3. Video ImportYou can import external video material into Animation Desk.
4. Support for LayersAnimation Desk supports the organization of elements through a hierarchical order that can be manipulated/viewed independently.
5. RotoscopingAnimation Desk supports creating animated sequences by tracing over live-action footage frame by frame.
Live Screen Recording
Animated Videos
Symmetry brush
Stamps
Sketch to PSD
Built-in PDF converter
Convert Videos to Animated GIFs
Apple Pencil support
Toon Boom Harmony
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Paid • Proprietary
Animation Maker
Mac
Windows
33 Toon Boom Harmony alternatives
Toon Boom Harmony Network is the industrial animation software for studios worldwide.
- - Toon Boom Harmony is the most popular commercial alternative to Animation Paper.
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Toon Boom Harmony Features
1. Automated TweeningToon Boom Harmony can automatically generate the inbetweens from two keyframes, to carry out a smooth transition.
2. Keyframe AnimationCompositions can be keyframed in Toon Boom Harmony, allowing you to change the parameters over time.
Vector strokes
Moho
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Paid • Proprietary
Animation Maker
Mac
Windows
25 Moho alternatives
Moho has everything you need to make amazing, professional animations. Used in the OSCAR nominated films, The Breadwinner and Song of the Sea, for Best Animated Feature Film.
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Moho Features
1. Support for scriptingMoho supports scripts and macros to automate or customize tasks.
2. Support for LayersMoho supports the organization of elements through a hierarchical order that can be manipulated/viewed independently.
Drawing 2D
Open PSD files
GPU Acceleration
TVPaint Animation
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Paid • Proprietary
Animation Maker
Digital Painting Tool
Graphic Design Tool
Mac
Windows
Linux
Android
36 TVPaint Animation alternatives
TVP Animation is the leading paperless drawing and animation tool, able to imitate traditional techniques such as Pen Brush, Gouache, Watercolour, Pencil, Felt-tip and Airbrush, and animate them over frames.
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TVPaint Animation Features
1. Keyframe AnimationCompositions can be keyframed in TVPaint Animation, allowing you to change the parameters over time.
Tahoma2D
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Free • Open Source
Animation Maker
Mac
Windows
Linux
24 Tahoma2D alternatives
Tahoma2D is a powerful program for 2D and stop motion animation. Tahoma 2D is based on OpenToonz.
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Tahoma2D Features
Drawing 2D
Stop Motion
EasyToon
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Free • Open Source
Animation Maker
Windows
34 EasyToon alternatives
Easytoon is a program that can create small animated gif friendly, a simple sequence of images giving the illusion of movement. It sounds simple written like that but it is quite complicated to implement, finally brief.
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The project is no longer developed. Final version, 1.9.9, released in November 2010, can be still downloaded from the official website.
RoughAnimator
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Paid • Proprietary
Animation Maker
Animated GIF Creator
Mac
Windows
iPhone
iPad
14 RoughAnimator alternatives
RoughAnimator is a fully featured hand drawn animation application that runs on Android, iOS, Mac OS, and Windows.
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RoughAnimator Features
1. Support for LayersRoughAnimator supports the organization of elements through a hierarchical order that can be manipulated/viewed independently.
2. Pressure SensitivityRoughAnimator can change attributes like thickness or opacity, based on how much force you apply to your stylus/finger.
3. Keyframe AnimationCompositions can be keyframed in RoughAnimator, allowing you to change the parameters over time.
4. Custom BrushesYou can use modified/custom brushes in RoughAnimator.
5. Works OfflineRoughAnimator can be used without the need to connect to the internet.
6. RotoscopingRoughAnimator supports creating animated sequences by tracing over live-action footage frame by frame.
DigiCel FlipBook
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Paid • Proprietary
Animation Maker
Mac
Windows
25 DigiCel FlipBook alternatives
Whether you do 2D, 3D or stop motion Animation, DigiCel FlipBook makes animation easier!
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DigiCel FlipBook Features
Stop Motion
CreaToon
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Free • Proprietary
Animation Maker
Mac
Windows
Linux
Wine
27 CreaToon alternatives
CreaToon is a free easy to use animation program. It is different from other programs however, because you don't draw the objects in the program, it is a cutout based animation program. What that means is you make the parts in something like Gimp or Inkscape, and then you...
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CreaToon Features
Rendering
OPENGL
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The official website is no longer available. Last version, 3.0.0.55, released in March 2014, can be still downloaded from Softpedia.