ToonSquid

ToonSquid

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ToonSquid: The Professional 2D Art and Animation Studio for iPad

Combine the charm of hand-drawn animation with powerful keyframing and bone rigging. From frame-by-frame sketches to complex character rigs, bring your vision to life in 4K with a desktop-class workflow designed for the iPad artist.

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Publisher

Keiwan Donyagard

Category

Graphics & Design

Downloads

265K+

User Rating

4.6/5

Total Ratings

1K+

Locales

2

Power in Every Frame

Discover the interface used by 265K+ users.

ToonSquid iPad animation interface showing onion skinning and frame by frame timeline

ToonSquid iPad animation interface showing onion skinning and frame by frame timeline

ToonSquid app interface showing a character animation with lip-syncing phoneme markers and audio waveform on an iPad

ToonSquid app interface showing a character animation with lip-syncing phoneme markers and audio waveform on an iPad

ToonSquid app interface showing brush selection menu and a lion illustration on clouds

ToonSquid app interface showing brush selection menu and a lion illustration on clouds

ToonSquid app interface showing the 2D animation timeline with layers and keyframes

ToonSquid app interface showing the 2D animation timeline with layers and keyframes

ToonSquid app interface showing a bee animation with a motion path and timeline keyframes

ToonSquid app interface showing a bee animation with a motion path and timeline keyframes

A bumblebee character being rigged with skeletal bones and inverse kinematics constraints in the ToonSquid animation app

A bumblebee character being rigged with skeletal bones and inverse kinematics constraints in the ToonSquid animation app

ToonSquid app interface showing a 2D animation of a yellow car with a color picker open on an iPad

ToonSquid app interface showing a 2D animation of a yellow car with a color picker open on an iPad

ToonSquid animation app interface on iPad showing drawing layers and vector path editing for a colorful character

ToonSquid animation app interface on iPad showing drawing layers and vector path editing for a colorful character

The brush editor interface in ToonSquid showing stroke settings and a textured brush preview.

The brush editor interface in ToonSquid showing stroke settings and a textured brush preview.

ToonSquid app interface showing export settings for a 4K animated GIF of a yellow seaplane.

ToonSquid app interface showing export settings for a 4K animated GIF of a yellow seaplane.

The Desktop-Class Studio for Your iPad

The tools that make this app stand out, trusted by 265K+ users.

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Frame-by-Frame Meets Keyframes

The best of both worlds: hand-draw your animations or use professional easing curves to automate movement and layer properties instantly.

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Advanced Rigging & Bones

Bring characters to life with inverse kinematics. Create sophisticated rigs that move naturally without the need to redraw every single frame.

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Professional 4K Pipeline

From custom Photoshop brush imports to 4K video exports, everything you need for high-end TikTok and YouTube content is right at your fingertips.

About the app

Everything you need to know about ToonSquid.

Description

ToonSquid is the powerful 2D art and animation studio for your iPad. Its flexible layer system allows you to combine the charm of hand-drawn traditional animation with keyframes that automatically animate layer properties over time. With a library full of beautiful, blazing-fast and fully customizable pixel and vector brushes, animatable effects, a smudge tool, animated text and vector shapes, bones with inverse kinematics, video and audio layers, camera movements, symbols and many more features, ToonSquid makes it easy to bring your vision to life. Traditional Animation - Create hand-drawn frame-by-frame animations - Control how long you want to show each drawing in the timeline - Draw in resolutions of up to 4k Keyframe Animation - Add keyframes to automatically animate layer and effects properties over time - Choose from an extensive list of customizable easing curve presets to create organic motion between keyframes - Easily loop your keyframe animation Powerful Layer System - Define the order and length of each element in your animation using layers and drawings and a flexible timeline - Organize your layers into groups for a clean workflow or to animate multiple layers at once - Use the camera layer to quickly define the visible portion of your animation in the export - Mask layers to other layers, even when their contents are animated - Choose from 27 industry-standard layer blend modes for beautiful compositing effects Fully-customizable Brushes - Draw gorgeous brush strokes with ToonSquid's state-of-the-art digital brush engine - Take full advantage of Apple Pencil's pressure and tilt sensitivity and the iPad Pro's 120Hz display for lag-free drawing - Use vector brushes to create brush strokes that are sharp at every zoom level - Edit the 60+ brush settings and import custom textures to create a brush library that is perfectly tailored to your art style - Blend your strokes together using the smudge tool - Draw in a variety of styles such as sketching, inking, wet mixing, pixel art, and more - Export and share your custom brushes with others - Import your existing library of Adobe® Photoshop® brushes Vector Shapes - Create custom shapes using the path tool by placing and editing each curve control point - Quickly add common vector shapes from the shape library - Import SVG files - Fill and stroke your shapes with beautiful gradients and edit them directly on the canvas - Animate the visible length of a path using its trim properties Animatable Effects - Create character rigs using bones and add inverse kinematics constraints - Create custom meshes to deform pixel layers when they are part of a bone rig - Animate perspective and warp effects - Apply adjustments, blur, pixelation, drop shadow, chroma key, halftone, parallax and more effects Efficient symbol workflow - Split your animation into separate clips that you can then reuse multiple times using symbols - Make edits to an animation clip and immediately see the changes in all of its symbol instances - Use frame markers to speed up your lip-syncing workflow Text - Add text layers and animate their appearance - Import your favorite fonts Color - Use ToonSquid's powerful color picker with plenty of different interfaces to choose the exact colors you need - Create custom color palettes and share them outside the application - Pick colors straight from the canvas using the pipette tool - Fill connected regions quickly with the fill tool Audio and Video - Add audio clips to your timeline and perform lip-syncing animations - Import videos, GIFs and images into your project and work with them through symbols Transform - Animate a layer's position, rotation and scale properties using keyframes - Build transform hierarchies to achieve more advanced movements - Edit your layer's motion path directly on the canvas Numerous Export Formats - Export your work in one of many common file formats such as MP4, MOV, GIF, PNG, JPEG, PSD, and more.

Latest Version

2.0.17

Size

46.3 MB

First Released

Aug 1, 2022

Bring Your Best Stories to Life in 4K

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FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about ToonSquid

What is ToonSquid?

ToonSquid is a powerful 2D art and animation studio for iPad. It combines hand-drawn traditional animation with keyframes, a flexible layer system, and a wide array of customizable artistic tools to bring visions to life.

Does ToonSquid support traditional frame-by-frame animation?

Yes, ToonSquid supports traditional hand-drawn frame-by-frame animations. Users can create individual drawings and control their display duration within the timeline for precise animation sequences.

Can users animate layer properties in ToonSquid using keyframes?

Yes, ToonSquid allows users to animate layer and effects properties over time using keyframes. It offers an extensive list of customizable easing curve presets to create smooth and organic motion between keyframes.

What types of brushes are available in ToonSquid?

ToonSquid provides a library of customizable pixel and vector brushes for sketching, inking, painting, and pixel art. Users can also import custom textures and their existing Adobe Photoshop brushes.

Does ToonSquid include vector shape tools?

Yes, ToonSquid includes vector shape tools. Users can create custom shapes with a path tool, add common vector shapes from a library, import SVG files, and fill/stroke them with gradients.

How does ToonSquid facilitate lip-syncing animations?

ToonSquid facilitates lip-syncing by allowing users to add audio clips to the timeline. It integrates an efficient symbol workflow with frame markers, speeding up the process of synchronizing character speech.

What export formats does ToonSquid support?

ToonSquid supports numerous export formats including MP4, MOV, GIF, PNG, JPEG, and PSD. Users can export their work as videos, images, or image sequences, and adjust resolution and FPS settings.

Can ToonSquid create character rigs with Inverse Kinematics?

Yes, ToonSquid allows users to create character rigs using bones and apply inverse kinematics (IK) constraints. It also supports custom meshes for deforming pixel layers when they are part of a bone rig.

What features are included in ToonSquid's layer system?

ToonSquid's layer system offers flexible timelines, layer grouping, camera layers for export control, layer masking, and 27 industry-standard blend modes for beautiful compositing effects.

What is the maximum drawing resolution supported by ToonSquid?

ToonSquid supports drawing in resolutions of up to 4K. This allows animators to create high-quality artwork and animations suitable for various professional and personal projects.

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