Pencil for Windows

Name: Pencil
Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Author: Salt Mountain

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Download.com staffFebruary 26, 2026

Pencil is an open-source application for Mac and Windows. It enables users to create traditional hand-drawn animations using both bitmap and vector graphics.

Pros
- Supports bitmap and vector graphics
- Free and open-source software
- Enables traditional hand-drawn animation
Cons
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GENERAL

Release: April 6, 2011

Latest update: February 26, 2026

Version: 0.4.4b

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Windows

Operating System

Windows 2003
Windows Vista
Windows NT
Windows 7
Windows 98
Windows XP
Windows 10
Windows ME
Windows 2000

Additional Requirements: None

POPULARITY

Total Downloads: 29,633

Downloads Last Week: 2

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User Reviews

4.5/5

2 User Votes

Great Product!
BlinkyComixOctober 8, 2011
Pros
Great color palette!
Cons
Real estate a bit unwelding
Summary
Would recommend it for ease of use and receptiveness. Fantastic drawing area- way better than Toon Boom! And the cost is perfect to get rid of the newbee jitters- Free.
Pencil is free and easy to use.
bostonmark123July 30, 2009
Pros
Pencil takes you about 1 second to figure out how to use it. Really. I have tried heavy programs before and you spend a year and a day trying to learn a fraction of the functions. Here with Pencil you just load and start using. Very intuitive.
Cons
None. Maybe I professional might want to use a heavier program, but this does what you need.
Summary
I can recommend this program and I am excited to see continued future development.

Developer’s Description

By Salt Mountain

Create traditional hand-drawn animation.

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

Pencil for Windows

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Great Product!

Pencil is free and easy to use.

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