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 25 alternatives to Animation Paper for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and Android apps. The best Animation Paper alternative is OpenToonz, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Animation Paper are Pencil2D, Animation Desk, TVPaint Animation and Toon Boom Harmony.

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  1. 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.

    42 Pencil alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  2. 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

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  3. 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...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  4. An open-source desktop studio — script in, MP4 out. Bring your own API keys; no telemetry, no cloud.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Node.JS
     
  5. EasyToon icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. Fliiipbook icon
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    Draw frame-by-frame animations and create GIFs directly in your browser. Simple, fun, and powerful animation tool with onion skinning, timeline controls, and instant GIF export.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  7.  5 likes

    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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Wine
     
  8. No need to learn drawing and animation.

    To create animation videos using Tweencraft cartoon animation app, You just have to select characters and record dialogues, and animate using your finger touch movements. It's 2d Animation app. Its complete cartoon video maker editor a.

    33 Tweencraft alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  9. Brush Ninja icon
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    Brush Ninja is an online, browser based, animation tool. It’s an easy way to create simple animations, for free, without the need to learn complex software (or spend a fortune).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
     
  10. 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

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. 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
     
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    The project is no longer developed. Last version, 1.6.3, released in November 2012, can be still downloaded from Google Code Archive

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    This one is much MUCH simpler and less flexible than the other and therefore should not qualify

    • White Elephant is Free and Open SourceAnimation Paper is Free and Proprietary
  12. Animuok icon
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    Animuok is a professional 2D frame-by-frame animation studio that runs directly in your web browser. Built with React and HTML5 Canvas, it is designed to be a lightweight, accessible alternative to complex desktop software, requiring no installation, downloads, or user accounts.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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