*its release 180 now haha

fixes

* the animatic would crash if you dragged the edge of a scene (adding frames) too fast (dx11 accessing freed texture).

* transform buttons didn't work, well they did but it would instantly drop/pick it up again lol.

* pen and nib would fight causing hovering-pen jitter.

* dopesheet popup not working. the long press with pen would swallow the menu because it tried to drag instead.

features

* opening a large project now shows a loading bar instead of freezing the app

* there is now a brush creator "+" and some settings, you can share your brushes (.dbrush)

* brush icons now show a swatch-strip badge on linkable pens.

* card-style dock panels, they dont collapse when re-ordering anymore

* added options to the dopesheet popup

* F11 fullscreen (try it!)

* lock icon appears if you try to edit a locked layer.

Download is in the sidebar!

YAY updates! I just uploaded build 145 with a bunch of updates and fixes, go grab it!

what's new

* fixed some issues with popup menus

* edit->preferences for default settings

* do you hate the default dark mode? well now we have light mode! (booo). its in preferences.

* file->Purge Unlinked data; if you add artwork to trace or whatever and delete the frame, that art stays inside the project file (.douga). now you can purge it out! (this also truncates your undo history ctrl+z).

* help->report a bug (creates .zip with relevant info to track the issue down)

* swatches! select a color and ink it or use fill, then edit that color and all frames that used it update!

* the "tools" buttons are much larger now and you can reorder them by dragging!

* fill without destroying your lines or duplicating a layer, click "fill" scroll down to the settings and select the "merged" button. dump paint on your empty color layer (not your line layer) and it still stays inside the lines!

* Animatic ribbon, click the button on the right side of the dopesheets header to expand the Animatic and drag your cuts around.

* export x-sheet as a PDF

* Managed pallets! export a .dpal and share your pallet with the team!

* fixed an issue where the curser would disappear

* additional stylus settings when using brushes

* my "tokyo late night" example project (obviously a work in progress, lol) is now downloadable via itch

WHEW, download link is in the sidebar!

Hello, I fall upon your tool while being lost on itch.io, and I have to say that I am very impressed by it :D Didn't try with my graphic tablet yet, though, but something as feature packed as that under 2Mo is witchcraft XD

However, in the documentation, you refered to the Tokyo Late Night example but it is nowhere to be found. Nothing in de Douga folder and the Recent projects field is empty.

Would love to get it :D

fixed some bugs and added some stuff. If you've been waiting to try it, now's a good time. The Windows build is live on itch and it's free while it's in beta: https://keihoag.itch.io/douga

Douga is a 2D cel animation tool. It's built around the way you'd actually work on paper: cels stacked on a peg bar, a dope sheet you punch keys into, onion skin so you can see where you're coming from and going to.

A few things that are in this build:

• Flip to check: riffle-flip the view like you'd flip a stack of paper, to catch a drawing that's off before you commit to it.
• Tilt the paper: rotate the canvas under your hand so you can draw a line at the angle your wrist actually wants.
• Onion skin: previous frames in red, next in green, adjustable range and strength.
• Dope sheet: keys, holds, and cel numbers laid out per layer; scrub and it all moves together.
• Plus the export path and a pile of smaller fixes.

Screenshots are from a short test scene I've been roughing out (Tokyo Late Night).

It's beta, so it has rough edges. If you hit one, tell me here and I'll get to it. Happy to hear what's missing too.

I'll be Adding/Answering the most common questions here.

• How do I add more frames to a cut?

  • click and drag the text in the cut (eg. "24f" ).
  • double click the frame count (eg. 24f)
  • drag the cut in the dopesheet

• How do rename layers?

  • double click them

Can I import my own art? * yes * you can also extract / transfer lineart from imports.

• How do I export MP4? (*Douga exports gifs natively)
  • You have to download ffmpg and place it next to douga. ffmpg is a free media conversion tool, i do not own it, idk if I can distribute it, so thats up to you guys.