Pencil - v0.4.

4beta - January 21st, 2008

Traditional Animation Software.
A few words
This program was developed on Mac OS 10.4 using Qt.
Because the Qt libraries are multi-platform, it has also been ported to Linux and
Windows.
The application was initially designed by Patrick Corrieri, to aid in animation
planning.
The idea was to make rough sketches by adding a keyframe on the timeline, and
then able able to quickly move the keys to experiment with timing. This program was
built because no other equivalent program (not free, at least) could be found for the
ever software-handicapped Mac.
The application was extended by Pascal Naidon, introducing new tools and features
(zoom, move, rectangle selection, layers, vector graphics). Pencil is now an
animation software and its name is likely to change in the future. It is still at an early
stage of development and comments are welcome.
Contact us
Go to the website
http://www.les-stooges.org/pascal/pencil
and click on the "contact" section, or use the forum (preferred)
Usage
See the user manual at
http://www.les-stooges.org/pascal/pencil
History
v0.4.4b - by Pascal Naidon (2008-01-21)
- changed the way documents are saved: vector graphics are now saved in separate
xml fles. Saving fles now rewrites only the changed images. Attention: Pencil 0.4.3b
will not open the new document format 0.4.4b.
- autosave option.
- vector graphics fle (.vec) can be imported at specifc frames
- improved the brush in bitmap mode. Introduced "preserve alpha" and "stop at
contour" options.
- a document now remembers the last layer, frame and view used by the user.
- the window can be made translucent.
- improved gradients (feather) in vector mode.
- bug fx: timeline did not refresh until the user clicks on it.
- bug fx: single click on sliders did not work
v0.4.3b - by Pascal Naidon (2007-07-21)
- improved performance for playback
- camera layers
- redesigned interface and icons
- possibility to import several bitmap fles by drag and drop
- copy and paste between Pencil and other applications (clipboard)
- possibility to import and export colour palettes
- possibility to rename layers and colours
- possibility to adjust colours and alpha
- possibility to reduce the scrub
- improved brush tool (bitmap mode)
- added a specifc tool for editing curve points
- added feather for invisible curves (experimental)
- remembers palette positions
- source code has been unifed for Mac, Windows, and Linux
- now available on sourceforge SVN repository
- fxed bug 1730904 and many others (thanks to Mark Schmelzenbach)
- fxed tablet support on Windows (thanks to Benjamin Raverdy)
- added Aqua style option on Mac
v0.4.2b - by Pascal Naidon (2007-02-28)
- fxed numerous bugs
- put back the quicktime export function (OS X)
- unlimited canvas
- canvas rotation
v0.4b by Pascal Naidon (2007-01-04)
- layers
- vector graphics
v0.3b -by Pascal Naidon (2006-10-12)
- tablet support
- rectangular selections : move/scale/copy/paste/delete rectangular areas
return key can validate a selection, and escape key cancels
left/right/up/down arrows can move the selection
- remembers: positon/size of the window last fle
- left/right arrows can be used to scrub instead of 'a' and 'd'
v0.2b - by Patrick Corrieri
- added hotkeys
v0.1b -by Patrick Corrieri (2005-12-21)
Initial release
Thans to
Trolltech for developing the Qt libraries
Patrick is thankful to:
Roland for developing the Movie export functions
Axel for helping out with Qt
AnimationMentor.com - mentors students and staf - for kicking ass!
This program is distributed under the GPL License , included in the LICENSE fle.