Umoupen
Umoupen
Animate and Draw
Latest version: Beta v0.9.39
Recommended specs
Umoupen is designed to take full advantage of the capabilities of a modern computer. For large canvases, long sessions, textured brushes, and 3D scenes, use a dedicated GPU or Apple Silicon Mac with at least 2 GB graphics memory. Integrated GPUs work best for smaller projects.
On Windows laptops with NVIDIA or AMD graphics, set Umoupen to High performance in Windows Graphics settings so it uses the discrete GPU.
Desktop builds support Windows 10/11 and macOS 12 or later.
Features
Vector & Raster Drawing
- Brush, pen, eraser, fill, lasso, wand, text, shape, and transform tools
- Draw with raster brushes, editable vector strokes, textured lines, and fills
- Use the same selection, transform, color, and layout tools across both workflows
Advanced Drawing Options
- Pressure, tilt, texture, spacing, smoothing, stabilization, and brush dynamics
- Overpaint, underpaint, inside, behind, paint-through, and cleanup controls
- Fill flat colors and gradients with gap closing, expand, blur, and tolerance settings
Selections and Transforms
- Cut, copy, distort, warp, flip, align, reorder, and move drawings between layers
- Post-draw stroke adjustment with granular and precise selection options
- Selection-to-gallery-item and selection-to-brush commands
Layers
- Drawing, folder, mask, draft, 3D reference, and camera layers
- Thumbnails, opacity, locks, blend modes, label colors, and non-destructive tints
- Group, reorder, merge, flatten, hide, convert, retime folders, and sync timing across layers
Gallery and Reusable Assets
- Save artwork as reusable gallery items and drag them back into scenes
- Browse symbols, textures, audio, and reference images
- Search, tag, preview, rename, and edit assets without leaving the project
Books, Pages, and Notes
- Project modes for drawings, notebooks, comics, and animation
- Single pages, spreads, page thumbnails, and drag-to-reorder pages
- Rulers, guides, grids, and paper backgrounds for layout work
Workspace and Shortcuts
- Docked panels, toolbar customization, and panel hiding
- Command search, custom shortcuts, and light or dark themes
- Arrange the interface around drawing, animation, notes, or review
Frame-by-Frame + Tweening
- Draw roughs, keys, breakdowns, in-betweens, and timed holds on the animation timeline
- Intuitive tween controls animate symbols, properties, and the shape of strokes directly
- Multi-frame edit lets you adjust drawings across several frames at once
Storyboarding and Sequencing
- Block out shots in a thumbnail grid or on the shot timeline
- Add captions for dialogue, notes, beats, and scene direction
- Play, reorder, time, and add audio tracks, then export storyboard PDFs
Timesheet
- Replace production exposure sheets with a drawable digital timesheet
- Draw notes and write text directly on the timesheet
- Dynamically renumber frames for anime production timing changes
Import and Export
- Bring in images, PSD, FLA, video, audio, textures, ABR, and MyPaint brushes
- Export frames, shots, pages, Timesheet, CSV, storyboard PDFs, image sequences, GIF, MP4, and PNG
- Move work between Umoupen and the rest of your production tools
3D Reference
- Import OBJ and glTF 3D models into scenes
- Use 3D models as reference layers for drawing and animation
- Place 2D symbols and drawings inside 3D layouts
Effects
- Add customizable effects such as motion blur, bloom, and shader-based filters
- Stack, reorder, toggle, and tune effects while you work
- Preview and edit effects non-destructively while keeping artwork editable
Endless Canvas
- Unbounded sketch area before setting export size
- Pan across large drawings, notes, vector art, and animation planning sketches
- Mark zones to jump between them quickly and export one or all zones at once
Online Sessions
- Invite people into any file you are working in with a session code
- Chat, connected-user list, and shared project state
- Ownership controls keep layer edits from colliding while collaborators draw
Join the community
Chat with other artists, ask questions, and support Umoupen development.
Legal
Small print
The terms are here when you need them. Most artists can just get the app from their store or checkout page.
Organisation use
For larger organisations, volume seats, or invoice support, contact hello@umoupen.app.
If your organisation has annual revenue over £100k or more than 10 employees, contact us for commercial pricing within 30 days.
Umoupen EULA
1. Definitions
"Software" refers to the Umoupen application, including all updates and documentation. "Licensor" refers to the creator and copyright holder of Umoupen. "You" refers to the individual or entity accepting this agreement.
2. Grant of Licence
Subject to the terms of this agreement, the Licensor grants You a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to use the Software under the standard terms or, where required, commercial organisation terms.
3. Standard Use
Standard use is available to individuals and to organisations whose total annual revenue does not exceed £100,000 and that employ no more than 10 persons. If your organisation exceeds either threshold, you must contact the Licensor for commercial organisation terms within 30 days.
4. Commercial Organisation Use
Organisations that do not qualify for standard use must purchase commercial organisation access on a per-seat, per-year basis. Contact the Licensor for pricing and volume discounts.
5. Restrictions
You may not reverse-engineer, decompile, or disassemble the Software. You may not redistribute or sublicense the Software itself. Output created with the Software (animations, artwork, etc.) is owned by You and may be used without restriction.
6. Intellectual Property
The Software and all associated intellectual property rights are and remain the property of the Licensor. This agreement does not transfer any ownership rights to You.
7. Disclaimer of Warranties
The Software is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.
8. Limitation of Liability
In no event shall the Licensor be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising out of or related to the use of the Software, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.
9. Termination
This agreement is effective until terminated. The Licensor may terminate this agreement immediately if You breach any of its terms. Upon termination, You must cease all use of the Software and destroy all copies.
10. Governing Law
This agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Any disputes shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.