Purple Owl is a free and open source cross-platform frame-by-frame cut-out animation software.

Part of Purple Animation Tools by O. Bahri Gordebak (purplehuman).

See Wiki for details.

Note that Sourceforge project page doesn't always show the latest download. Please click Files above and browse files before download.

Latest version is 1.2.1 right now.

Features

  • Move, rotate, scale images of edit their pivot points (png, jpg)
  • Set parent and child objects for rigging
  • Lock/Unlock objects
  • Add a sound track (wav)
  • Playback your animation up to 30 fps
  • Add background images (png, jpg)
  • Send objects above or below other objects
  • Set background transparent or opaque
  • Render a png sequence
  • Restore rotation, scaling or pivot points
  • Save/open documents
  • Open last document
  • Work frame by frame like the old masters
  • Loop playback
  • Onionskinning for 1, 3, or 5 frames
  • Change images of objects
  • Flip objects horizontally or vertically
  • Rotate objects for 15 degrees
  • Work without a mouse if you want
  • Render a video if ffmpeg is available (Win32 binaries include ffmpeg)

Project Samples

Project Activity

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Categories

Animation

License

GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPLv3)

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Additional Project Details

Operating Systems

BSD, Linux, MinGW/MSYS2, Windows, WINE

Intended Audience

End Users/Desktop

User Interface

Qt

Programming Language

C++

Related Categories

C++ Animation Software

Registered

2015-01-07