#Pencil animation free install#
#Pencil animation free mods#
#Pencil animation free software#
#Pencil animation free code#
#Pencil animation free series#

I'm aware that some of our users have lost artwork, and that's of course a problem, and I have three things I want to say about that:ġ) Pencil2D, version 0.6.4, was released a year ago, and it has so far had 752,372 downloads.

#Pencil animation free code#

In September 2018 I started contributing code to the project, and since January 2019 I've been a member of the team. Even if Synfig and Krita had good features, I settled for Pencil2D, because I found that it had the best potential. Since 2001 I've worked as a teacher, but in 2018 I wanted to take up animation again, and tried the different software. I've been a directors assistant on three animated features, and made numerous commercials, informational films etc.

#Pencil animation free series#

I've produced a series of 13x5 minutes animation for kids, that was sold to 7 countries. From 1981-2001 I worked as an animator and producer. One reason for disagreeing is that I'm a member of the Pencil2D team, and if you think that makes me unreliable in this discussion, then read no further.

I use DSynchronize for local backups and file versioning, and github/dropbox/my own web server for online backups. And yes, there are automatic backup utilities to do this for you. I have seen files of mine getting lost due to file corruption, but never more than a few hours of work lost since.

And I learned to use file versioning and rigorously backup my files across multiple locations. (sorry)ĭoesn't make losing your files any less painful, I know. My question to you: while working for months on your project, did you back up your project files on a regular basis? And files may get corrupted when saved for these and a a variety of other reasons.Īnd when asked 'did you back up your files and use file versioning?', the answer is invariably 'No, I did not'.

#Pencil animation free software#

Software crashes, computers crash, electricity gets cut unexpectedly, etcetera. Same for Toonboom users, and pretty much any other software. :)Ĭheck the Adobe Photoshop or Animate/Flash forums, and you will find tons of similar accounts: users losing their work due to corrupt files. Thanks for your post and its sad that lost your progress but meh dont worry. When i used the program it seemed pretty decent for me at the time, the only problem was that you couldnt import sounds (or i didnt know idk man) but now that i figured the true face of that program ill be more suspicious of that program and in general all of the animation programs. Im a game developer but i used to mess around with creating animation and i eventually got my hands to pencil2D. I didnt know that the program could do so much damage. Thank you for putting in so much work for a free tool, but please, do the right here and admit it's too unstable. People are losing hundreds of hours of work that could be spent creating awesome stuff. If any of the devs are reading this, please, for the love of all creativity, take down the downloads, ask people to uninstall, don't call it 0.6.4, call it ALPHA-proofOfConcept-ForTESTING_PURPOSES_ONLY. I respect the devs for working on it, I love the raster brush, it feels better than even photoshop, but, this program should NOT be available for the public. I will say, I'm quite sad to have to make this post. Maybe check it out, do a few quick sketches then uninstall. It s not only that this program won't save your frames, but it will actively erase frames on loading project files.ĭO NOT, I repeat DO NOT use this program.

#Pencil animation free mods#

Judging by the response of the mods the people working on the code really messed up the memory management. At worst I ll be missing some really awesome strokes I got down.īut I checked their forums and found post after psot of users both o windows and mac with the same issue. Now luckily, they were only quick sketches and I still remember the general idea of most. The frame markers are still on the timeline but they are all blank frames. If put in circa 3 hrs storyboarding a 20 min video.Īll but a few dozen frames all gone. Over the past few months I've spent the last 1-2 hrs before bed working on this passion project. It's not actually a virus and it won't crash your computer, but don't for one second think you can make a project in it. Think of it as a virus, stay away from it.

#Pencil animation free install#

It's free, it's open source and the support team answers the forums regularly, but still, you should NOT install this program as of right now. Please, for the love of all that is beautiful in the world.

I myself have been looking into alternatives for ages, and I think I'll settle on ToonBoom. I know Animate sucks in many ways, but it's the devil we know.