The Best 16 Animation Paper Alternatives

  • Pencil

    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.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux Mac

  • OpenToonz

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

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows

  • Pencil2D

    pencil2d is an opensource animation/drawing software for mac os x, windows, and linux, based on old pencil software.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux GitHub

  • Moho (Anime Studio)

    Anime Studio, the fun, quick and affordable 2D animation software solution, includes everything aspiring artists and hobbyists need to create quality cartoons, movies...

    Commercial Mac OS X Windows

  • TVPaint Animation

    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...

    Commercial Mac OS X Windows Linux Android

  • DigiCel FlipBook

    Whether you do 2D, 3D or stop motion Animation, DigiCel FlipBook makes animation easier! DigiCel FlipBook lets you draw right on the computer with your mouse or...

    Commercial Mac OS X Windows

  • Animation Desk

    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....

    Freemium Mac OS X Android iPhone Android Tablet Windows RT

  • Toon Boom Harmony

    Toon Boom Harmony Network is the industrial animation software for studios worldwide. BRUSH ENGINE Brushes in Harmony are now better than ever for creative drawing....

    Commercial Mac OS X Windows

  • EasyToon

    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...

    Free Open Source Windows

  • CreaToon

    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...

    Free Mac OS X Windows Linux Wine

  • White Elephant

    This is a simple animation line testing software written in C++ with Qt toolkit. For some time I was looking for some line testing software like...

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

  • Brush Ninja

    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...

    Free Windows Web Mac

  • gokigif

    gokigif is a lightweight program used to create hand drawn frame-by-frame animations and manipulate animated gifs. Import and export animated GIFs with control of...

    Free Windows