Audience

Anyone looking for an animation FOSS solution to create traditional hand-drawn animation using bitmap and vector graphics

About Pencil2D

Lightweight and easy to use so you can focus on animating and not what button to hit next. Seamlessly switch between raster and vector workflows, allowing you to sketch, ink & paint on the go. Pencil2D is completely open source and free to use, even commercially! We’re happy to share with all of you Pencil2D’s most recent release. This time our top priority was fixing the most immediate and pressing issues that not only broke the animation experience but also to patch previously implemented features. Over 330+ individual commits has been added since the last release, to stabilize and improve the software for continued use.

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Starting Price:
Free
Free Version:
Free Version available.

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Overall 5.0 / 5
ease 4.0 / 5
features 5.0 / 5
design 3.0 / 5
support 3.0 / 5
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Pencil2D
www.pencil2d.org

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Mac
Linux
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Pencil2D Product Features

Animation

Customizable Branding
Drag & Drop
Text Overlay
Text to Video
Collaboration Tools
Media Library
Social Sharing
Templates
Voice-Over

Pencil2D Verified User Reviews

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    Used the software for: Less than 6 months
    Frequency of Use: Daily
    User Role: User
    Company Size: 1 - 25
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    Posted 2025-05-02

    Pros: Many features and is also free, desktop- supported and easy to understand. Very good for beginners and the way it works is good.

    Cons: The design was a little bit complicated for beginners

    Overall: Overall, it's a good investment of storage. Even though to set it up is kinda a bit tacky, it's still worth it.

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