If you’ve ever wanted to make an animated film, the learning curve for such software often is really steep. Thankfully, the Pencil program was released and although basic, it provided a fairly simple way to create animations on your computer (Windows, Mac or Linux) with open-source tools. Unfortunately, the Pencil program was abandoned.
And really, that’s the coolest part of open-source software. Building on the incredible Pencil program, a new project was born. Pencil2D is under active development, and it’s a cross-platform application allowing for a frame-by-frame animation sequence to be drawn and exported.
Source: http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/non-linux-foss-animation-made-easy
Submitted by: Shawn Powers