Spectrum Shift Paint Alternatives

Spectrum Shift Paint is described as 'Employs color cycling to enable you to create colorful animations very easily. Animations can be exported as WebGL. This is unlike any other animation program available' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to Spectrum Shift Paint for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iPhone apps. The best Spectrum Shift Paint alternative is OpenToonz, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Spectrum Shift Paint are Synfig Studio, Animation Desk, enve and Adobe Animate.

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  1. OpenToonz icon
     126 likes

    OpenToonz is an animation program that is a free software version of Toonz, the animation software used by Studio Ghibli, amongst others.

    43 OpenToonz alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  2. Animation Desk icon
     180 likes

    Create frame-by-frame animation, sketches, and storyboard projects using multiple painting tools, pressure sensitivity, onion skinning, stamp features, layer support, dynamic backgrounds, and easy export to PDF or animatics for sharing or further creative use.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  3. enve icon
     37 likes

    Enve is a free and open-source 2D animation app. It can create both vector and raster animations and even use sound and video files. It has been created with flexibility and expandability in mind.

    56 enve alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. Adobe Animate icon
     109 likes

    Versatile multimedia tool, Adobe Animate offers 4K video export, HTML5 support, creative illustration tools, colored onion skinning, and seamless Creative Cloud integration. Formerly Flash Professional, it includes a rotatable canvas and vector brushes.

    58 Adobe Animate alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  5. Animation Paper icon
     25 likes

    Top quality software for doing hand drawn animation. Very easy and fast to work with. Simple, yet powerful.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. TVP Animation is the leading paperless drawing and animation tool, able to imitate traditional techniques such as Pen Brush, Gouache, Watercolour, Pencil, Felt-tip and Airbrush, and animate them over frames.

    38 TVPaint Animation alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
     
  7. Pencil icon
     70 likes

    Pencil is an animation/drawing software for Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux. It lets you create traditional hand-drawn animation (cartoon) using both bitmap and vector graphics.

    39 Pencil alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. RoughAnimator icon
     5 likes

    RoughAnimator is a fully featured hand drawn animation application that runs on Android, iOS, Mac OS, and Windows.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  9. Fliiipbook icon
     2 likes

    Draw frame-by-frame animations and create GIFs directly in your browser. Simple, fun, and powerful animation tool with onion skinning, timeline controls, and instant GIF export.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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