Pencil2D Animation 0.6.4

Pencil2D Animation is an open-source software to design 2D animation with other graphics and tools. It allows you to use bitmap images and vector graphics while designing your animation. This is why you can easily create your animation. Since this is an open-source software there are varieties of tools available for free to design your animation. This is an amazing 2D animation software for beginners and it is also free to download and use. And this software has a user-friendly interface that allows anyone to use that easily and quickly.

File

This is an important section for this app because this section allows you to create a new project, save your project or let you open the previous project you were working on. From here you can either reset your work or create another project you want to work on.

Windows

This section is the most important of all the sections available in this software. Because this section contains all of the tools you need to work on your 2D animation design. Without those tools, you can create your animation. And these tools are-

• Tools
• Options
• Color Box
• Color palette
• Timeline
• Display
• Color inspector
• Onion skins

Edit

This is another important section for your workstation. Because with this section you can edit your work step used in creating animation. This edits section allows you to perform the following activities-

• Redo
• Undo
• Cut
• Copy
• Paste
• Select and deselect
• Bar alignment

View

From here you can preview your animation from various points of angel or view. Here you can analyze your animation by selecting view. Because this section allows you to select, rotate, flip, zoom, grid, and layer visibility of your animation.

Animation

This section allows you to add the final touch to your creation. Because from here you can add animation to your 2D creation. Here you can add frames, remove frames, or duplicate an animation frame. Here you can play the animation of your design and adjust it as needed.

What’s the best free animation software?

There is a lot of animation software that is known as the best free animation software on the internet and users. And those are-

1. Pencil 2D animation
2. Synfig studio
3. Blender
4. Open Toonz etc.

Pencil2D animation System requirements

• Operating System: Windows 8, 10, 11
• Processor: Core I 3
• RAM: 4 GB
• HDD: 50 MB

Pros

• Free to download
• Easily useable
• Simple User Interface
• User friendly
• Best practicing tools for beginners
• Open-source software

Cons

•  Limited features
• No update
• Various tools missing
• Other dimensional animation doesn’t support

FAQ’s about Pencil2D Animation

Our take on it

This one is the best free 2D animation software I used so far. This is open-source software that allows me to design 2D animation quickly and easily. With this software, I was able to design animation quickly. This software simple user interface that is quite user-friendly. But it still lacks a lot of features which is available on other animation software. Doesn’t support other-dimensional animation. And after certain times features weren’t updated.

Should I download it?

This is open-source software that allows you to design 2D animation for your system for free and quickly. This is software that can be operated easily. And this software is free to use and download. More than that it doesn’t contain viruses. So, downloading this software depends on you and your need.