Animation Paper

Hand-drawn animation software with realtime drawing, flipping, and playback

About Animation Paper

Animation Paper is software for hand-drawn animation with fast, responsive realtime drawing, flipping, and playback, a quality line engine, and an advanced customizable light table (onion skinning). It includes an X-Sheet with annotations and timing, audio track import and scrubbing, layers, and output to MP4, GIF, ProRes MOV, or frame stacks including OpenEXR. It runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux with interchangeable project files, and works with pens on major drawing tablets.

Animation Paper website preview

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Animation Paper: strengths & things to check

Strengths

Completely free to use — this directory lists no paid plan for it.
Covers hand drawn animation, onion skinning, x sheet, 2d animation — see the focus areas listed in its key facts.
Has 6 close alternatives in the same category on this page, so switching or comparing is easy.

Things to check

Free tools can change their model or shut down — avoid locking critical work into it without an export path.
Current plan prices are not listed here (they change too often to print reliably) — confirm the exact price on the official site.
It is one of 544 tools in the Design & Creative category here — compare it against the alternatives below before you commit.

Derived from this listing's own data (pricing model, focus areas and category) — not a hands-on review score.

Animation Paper pricing

Pricing model	Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it.
Free access	Yes — fully free
Current plan prices	Listed on the official site — prices change, so this directory links out instead of printing a number that may already be stale.
Official site	animationpaper.com

Animation Paper key facts

Category: Design & Creative
Pricing: Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it.
Focus areas: hand drawn animation, onion skinning, x sheet, 2d animation
Official site: animationpaper.com

Animation Paper FAQ

How much does Animation Paper cost?

Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it. Current plans and prices are listed on the official site (animationpaper.com).

What is Animation Paper used for?

Hand-drawn animation software with realtime drawing, flipping, and playback Its focus areas in the Design & Creative category: hand drawn animation, onion skinning, x sheet, 2d animation.

Where can I try Animation Paper?

On its official site, animationpaper.com — the Visit Official Site button above goes straight there.

Animation Paper vs alternatives

	Animation Paper	RoughAnimator	Callipeg	FlipaClip
Pricing	Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it.	Paid — this directory does not list a free tier for it.	Paid — this directory does not list a free tier for it.	Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it.
Focus areas	hand drawn animation, onion skinning, x sheet, 2d animation	hand drawn animation, onion skinning, rotoscoping, timeline	2d animation, hand drawn, ipad, storyboarding	2d animation, frame by frame, drawing, cartoon
Official site	animationpaper.com	roughanimator.com	callipeg.com	flipaclip.com
Directory status	Listed	Listed	Listed	Listed

Side-by-side from each listing's own directory data. Full alternative cards are below.

About the Design & Creative category

Design tools for interfaces, graphics, websites, and creative work. The Design & Creative category on Tools Hub currently lists 544 tools. Alongside Animation Paper, it includes ImBatch, CorelDRAW Go, Fluid UI, ScreenSnap Pro.

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Alternatives to Animation Paper

Tools in the same Design & Creative category that share focus areas with Animation Paper — worth comparing before you commit:

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Callipeg

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FlipaClip

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Live2D

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Toon Boom

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TVPaint

Bitmap-based 2D animation software that mimics traditional paper techniques

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More in Design & Creative

Comparing tools in the Design & Creative category? These related listings are worth a look: ImBatch — Free batch image processing tool for Windows; CorelDRAW Go — Browser-based graphic design with vector editing and AI generation; Fluid UI — Create web and mobile prototypes in minutes with built-in collaboration.