Callipeg (Beta) 2D animation

2D hand-drawn animation app for all, from pros to inspiring artists

Discover Callipeg, your best companion for your animation-making process. Short or feature film, practice, rotoscoping, hand-drawn effects or simply doodling, everyone can make the best of its numerous features

You will get a fully manageable timeline, within a simple and decluttered interface designed for gestures and pressure-sensitive styluses

• Studio

Order your shots by dragging them, organize them into scenes and folders

Use color tags to sort your assets as well as other filter options

Where is that shot again? Just type the name or number in the search bar to find it

• Interface

Create shots using the frame rate you need: 12, 24, 25, 30, 60 frames per second...

Work up to 4K size

Add as many layers as you need

Switch to left-handed interface

Clear the canvas, copy-paste and have your color palette at your fingertips with the floating menu

• Gestures

Display the floating menu with a long touch with two fingers

Flip your animation with three fingers

Play and Pause your animation with four fingers

Frame your drawing with four fingers to transform it

Slice your sheets with your finger to split them

Tap-tap drag to select and move your drawings around, even through layers

• Tools

Callipeg has a complete brush set including pencil, pencil HB, charcoal, china marker, flat brush, Indian ink, soft pencil,...

And you can create yours with a fully manageable brush settings panel (from smoothing to tip customization and texture)

Choose color with the color wheel, the sliders or create your own palettes for your projects. Enjoy also the color history to never lose a color again

Color your drawings using the fill tool. You can adjust the range by dragging the slider

Set the color and opacity of onion skin. Display up to 8 frames before and after

Move your drawings within the onion skin using the Out of Pegs feature

Select and transform your drawings with the selection tool

• Layer types

Callipeg offers different types of layers that allow you to work with multiple contents:

Drawing layer, where you can add sheets, import pictures to your sheets, set their timing, add inbetweens

Video layer, where you can import video clips, adjust their playing speed and break them into sheets (rasterize)

Transformation layer, where you can create keyframes, nest your drawing layers and animate your drawings easily with our curve system

Audio layer, where you can import soundtracks, record yourself, adjust the volume, create fade-in/out

Group layer, where you can organize your layers by group, even subgroup and keep your layer stack nice and tidy

• Customization

Add colors to your layers and manage them using the color library system

Import reference images, as many as you want

Place the side bar on the right or on the left

Invert the canvas to check the proportion of your drawing

• Import/Export (not available in beta version)

Export your animations to:

.mp4 / .hevc / .gif / .png (including your layers structure if you need it) / .tga / .psd / .peg

Stay flexible with json, xdts and oca formats allowing you to move your work to another program

Import json and xdts files to restore your timing and layer structure

So many features can be quite overwhelming at first, so don't hesitate to check out our tutorials on your YouTube channel

What's New in the Latest Version 1.59Beta