Welcome to ToonLab!

Essential Links
ToonLab Project Page on SourceForge.net

For questions or comments please contact Bil Simser

ToonLab is a complete open source 2D animation production system that will rival those that cost thousands of dollars (or more). It includes a full featured 2D cel animation system, a complete sound mixer, post production processing, NTSC/PAL/AVI output, and an interactive exposure sheet for syncing up all the modules. Sure, you might scoff at the idea and think 'He's crazy' or 'It'll never work'. If you think about it though, these other packages are really nothing more than glorified paint programs (and their painting capabilities leave something to be desired) and a way of organizing images to make an animated scene. I don't want to debunk the efforts of the people that write this software but why not let everyone have a tool to produce professional quality animation?

Why will this succeed? My background started in art, animation and such and I've worked in various animation shops across the country over the years. Over the past 10 years I've turned to doing programming, writing various software here and there and have a few successful packages on the market now. My love for art has never disappeared, only diminished due to time contraints. Now I'm going to give something back to the community with this little package.

This is not a lone effort though. As an open source project released under the GNU General Public License, you're welcome to joing the team and contribute to the project! Just email me for details. The project is in its infancy and such, not much is available to look at. Don't worry. That'll change rapidly. Stay tooned!

NOTE: Please wait as we get this site in order and get ready for our next release.

ToonLab is free software released under the GNU General Public Licence.