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 files. Saving files 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 file (.vec) can be imported at specific 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 fix: timeline did not refresh until the user clicks on it.
- bug fix: 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 files 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 specific tool for editing curve points
- added feather for invisible curves (experimental)
- remembers palette positions
- source code has been unified for Mac, Windows, and Linux
- now available on sourceforge SVN repository
- fixed bug 1730904 and many others (thanks to Mark
Schmelzenbach)
- fixed tablet support on Windows (thanks to Benjamin Raverdy)
- added Aqua style option on Mac

v0.4.2b - by Pascal Naidon (2007-02-28)

- fixed 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 file
- 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

Thanks 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 staff - for kicking ass!

This program is distributed under the GPL License , included in the

LICENSE file.