Toon Boom Studio AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Digital Painting Tools

The best Digital Painting alternative to Toon Boom Studio is OpenToonz, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Toon Boom Studio and four of them are Digital Painting Tools so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Digital Painting Tool alternatives to Toon Boom Studio are Pencil2D, Animation Desk and TVPaint Animation.

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Used for some of the most popular cartoons on TV as well as in the movies Toom Boom delivers high quality. But it can also be used to develop content for the web by exporting the animations in macromedia flash (swf) format.

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Toon Boom Studio alternatives page was last updated Jun 2, 2021
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  1. OpenToonz icon
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    OpenToonz

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    OpenToonz is an animation program that is a free software version of Toonz, the animation software used by Studio Ghibli, amongst others.

    39 OpenToonz alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Digital painting
    Filming
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    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Pen Stabilization
    2.  Keyframe Animation
    3.  Stop Motion
    4.  Scanned drawings cleanup
    5.  3d camera
    6.  Plugin API
    7.  Custom Brushes
    8.  No registration required
    9.  Support for scripting
    10.  Works Offline
    11.  Drawing Tablet Support
    12.  Dark Mode
    13.  Ad-free
    14.  No Tracking
    15.  Automated Tweening
    16.  Powerful nodal effects system
    17.  Complex hierarchies
    18.  Version Control Integration
    19.  Vectorize raster images
    20.  Remote Camera Control
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    • Almost everyone thinks OpenToonz is a great Toon Boom Studio alternative.

    • OpenToonz is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Toon Boom Studio.

    • OpenToonz is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Toon Boom Studio.

    • OpenToonz is Free and Open SourceToon Boom Studio is Paid and Proprietary
    • OpenToonz is Privacy focusedToon Boom Studio is not according to our users
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    Pencil2D

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    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.

    41 Pencil2D alternatives
    Pencil2D screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Keyframe Animation
    2.  Onion skinning
    3.  No Tracking
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  Support for Layers
    6.  No Coding Required
    7.  Works Offline
    8.  Symmetry brush
    9.  Raster graphics
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  4. Animation Desk icon
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    Animation Desk

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    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.

    102 Animation Desk alternatives
    Animation Desk screenshot 1

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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    Top Animation Desk Features

    1.  Onion skinning
    2.  Live Screen Recording
    3.  Keyframe Animation
    4.  Video Import
    5.  Support for Layers
    6.  Rotoscoping
    7.  Animated Videos
    8.  Symmetry brush
    9.  Stamps
    10.  Sketch to PSD
    11.  Built-in PDF converter
    12.  Convert Videos to Animated GIFs
    13.  Apple Pencil support
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    • Animation Desk is the most popular Android, iPhone, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to Toon Boom Studio.

    • Animation Desk is Freemium and ProprietaryToon Boom Studio is Paid and Proprietary
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    TVPaint Animation

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    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.

    36 TVPaint Animation alternatives
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    License model

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android

    TVPaint Animation Features

    1.  Keyframe Animation
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