Pencil2D relies on the flip-book principle. Using the timeline at the bottom, you can breathe life into your drawing.

Translucent objects are especially important when using layers. To retrieve and install it from Flathub, use the first two commands in Listing 1 the third command starts the animation program.įigure 3: The A slider defines transparency.

Pencil2D's Flatpak package is available from the Flathub repository. If the animation program is missing from your distribution's software manager, or if you only find an older version stored there, you can use a Flatpak or AppImage package – most current distributions now support both formats. On current Fedora systems, you can fetch and install the package by typing: sudo dnf install Pencil2Dĭebian and Ubuntu users install the pencil2d package at the command line with: sudo apt install pencil2d Arch Linux users will find the tool in the pencil2d package in the Arch Users Repository (AUR). Some distributions have Pencil2D in their repositories. The program is licensed under the GPLv2 the source code is available from GitHub. An impressive YouTube video shows what professional animators have created with Pencil2D. All you have to do is add a little of your own artistic talent. Pencil2D is primarily intended for cartoon artists, but the software also lets you quickly create animated illustrations or diagrams. If required, the tool imports bitmap images or photos for use as backgrounds. Thanks to this drawing program, artists can do more than just paint pretty comic figures, balls, or other objects on virtual paper they can also animate these objects. If you want a hand-drawn ball to drop elegantly from the ceiling in a YouTube video, Pencil2D is the program for you.

Pencil animation tutorials