OpenToonz - 2D Animation

[webfork]

Collaborative, 2D animation software that has been used on very high profile animation projects, including Studio Ghibli movies.

License: Open source (New BSD License)

A modified portable version: http://turtletooth.github.io/OpenToonzPortable/ (note that this version has no VirusTotal rating)

Status: Untested

Discussion about a portable version:

• Github: https://github.com/opentoonz/opentoonz/issues/447
• Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenToonz/comm ... r_windows/

Related Websites:

• Homepage: https://opentoonz.github.io/e/index.html
• Github: https://github.com/opentoonz
• Softpedia: http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia ... oonz.shtml

Portable version file details:

• 
  Filename: OpenToonzPortable.1.1.zip
  MD5: 172CC22751082F3C9D2655EA04348B63
  SHA1: 5538E35CA95A7D5D9354412DA1F3DC656C83A15A
  SHA256: C579875514056B9B8FE564C204FB912F5636D03F224D229F91A0880ABCD7FF9E
  VirusTotal Rating: Unknown
  VirusTotal URL: n/a
  

[shnbwmn]

Thanks for posting this! I had read about OpenToonz open source release some months ago, however wasn't aware of this recent portable version.

Edit: I think it's important to note that this is traditional animation software, complete with xsheets and all. This is fundamentally different from producing animation in software like After Effects or Synfig, which is basically limited animation software. In those software you would create vector shapes and tween them between keyframes. Traditional animation (a la Disney) requires frame-by-frame drawing, and a decent knowledge of the animation principles.

That said, I'm f**king stoked that it's open source and free for all uses! We're talking Toon Boom quality software right here folks.

Edit 2:

The download section on the hompage (scroll down) includes GTS, a scanning program, and some effect plugins (the latter goes in OpenToonz/stuff/plugins in the portable version).

Release annoucement @ CartoonBrew

[webfork]

Old thread update: so this program has one of the more amusing "terms of use" I've ever seen.
https://opentoonz.github.io/e/download/opentoonz.html

When User use OpenToonz, it shall NOT do the following acts; ... offensive acts to public order and morality (including anti-social activities and their promotion) ... doing economical and/or spiritual harm to Dwango or third parties

Wow.

There's some discussion of the terms over on Github, where they seem to have decided it's irrelevant.

[thepiney]

Was interested in checking this out for some family/friends that are into animation. The site only has the 1.3 setup download so I did a search for "OpenToonzPortable.1.1.zip" and the second hit shows Portable Freeware Collection Forums but with a different url that triggers a security alert. https:\\klein_toshibanetcam... I changed it a bit so noone clicks on it.

@ Moderator --- Feel free to delete or change post if you feel it wise.

[webfork]

I did a search for "OpenToonzPortable.1.1.zip" and the second hit shows Portable Freeware Collection Forums but with a different url that triggers a security alert. https:\\klein_toshibanetcam... I changed it a bit so noone clicks on it.

Yeah there are a lot of sites that scrape available data and then just replace the links with malware. It's one of the reasons that, although I like to try new and unique programs, on the browser side I stick with one of the majors (in my case Firefox) as they tend to have some kind of security blocklist. Out of curiosity, what search engine did you use?

[thepiney]

I keep telling myself to stop using it but.... Google

I set all my Linux installs to use DuckDuckGo.

[webfork]

I keep telling myself to stop using it but.... Google

It's still far and away the most common search tool and our rankings are actually better there than on other search engines, so arguably we should be checking that first. I just assumed it was another service as that malware blocklist I mentioned for both Firefox and Chrome is largely managed by Google. Some still get through, I guess.

[webfork]

Synfig, which is basically limited animation software

So the latest version of this (1.3.12) came out just about a month ago.

Synfig has a portable version, but it's currently untested - Download here: https://www.fosshub.com/Synfig.html

Alternatively:
* WinPenPack version: http://www.winpenpack.com/en/download.php?view.1275 (discussion about this version: https://forums.synfig.org/t/portable-ve ... dows/746/7)
* PA thread updated most recently this time last year: https://portableapps.com/node/32918

I'll break this off into a separate thread if discussion goes anywhere, but for the moment, I'm keeping it under a broad animation heading of OpenToonz.

[juverax]

Synfig, which is basically limited animation software

So the latest version of this (1.3.12) came out just about a month ago.

Synfig has a portable version, but it's currently untested - Download here: https://www.fosshub.com/Synfig.html

Synfig is at 1.44 Last Updated Apr 1, 2023