Features
Discover the features of Callipeg
What's new
Drawing
Guides
Line, ellipse, right angle, perspective, and image. Guides can be animated using keyframes.
New
Coloring
Clipping mask
Mask a layer or a group.
Updated
Drawing
Brushes
Brushes can now mix colors as you paint, and the tip can rotate following the texture.
Updated
Drawing
Transformation tool
A new warp mode joins affine and perspective, to bend your drawings freely.
Updated
Coloring
Fill tool
New gap and expand settings close small openings in your lines and push the fill under the line art.
Updated
Layer
Transformation layer
Transformation layers can now animate affine, perspective and warp transformations over time.
Updated
Import/Export
Keyboard/Stylus shortcuts
Shortcuts now go beyond the keyboard: assign actions to your pen and mouse buttons too.
Animation
Onion skin
Opacity and color management, 8 sheets before/after display, linked opacity, onion skin bar, option to disable onion skin while scrubbing.
Flip button
Flip target options (frames, sheets, selected sheets, markers), flip style (linear or circular), loop and return to origin options, move the flip button, hide it.
Frame-by-frame animation
Pixel-based hand-drawn animation.
Keyframe animation
Layer parenting, curve editor, tangents, single, or multiple pivot point(s), position, scale, rotation, or opacity keyframing.
Out of Pegs
(Shift and Trace)
Scale, position, horizontal/vertical flip.
Cycles
Create a cycle with one click. Cycle types: loop, ping-pong, random; cycle editing.
Inbetween Assist
1 or 2 point references, automatic positioning of the onion skin, manuel mode to edit the position and the arc.
Linked sheets
Duplicate as linked sheet, break link.
Flip canvas
Horizontal flip.
Markers
Color and name customization, flip on markers.
Drawing
Guides
Line, ellipse, right angle, perspective, and image. Guides can be animated using keyframes.
Brushes
Improve line, smoothing, taper in/out, spacing, color mix, dry, pressure controls for size/opacity, tip customization, tip cycle (linear/random), tip rotation style (none/random/texture/stylus azimuth/line angle), texture alpha threshold, antialiasing.
Transformation tool
Lock ratio, horizontal/vertical flip, affine/perspective/warp transformation, quality settings, assist on scale/position.
Custom brushes
Create brushes, duplicate, rename, import, export (only to Callipeg).
Eraser
Dedicated eraser brushes with the same brushes parameters available.
Shapes
Free-hand line, rectangle, ellipse; filled and empty shapes.
Pixel/Raster drawing
Enjoy natural and textured lines.
Selection tool
Free-hand, rectangle, and ellipse selection; all-pixels selection; invert selection; quick transform option.
Coloring
Clipping mask
Mask a layer or a group.
Fill tool
Fill all visible layers, tolerance, gap and expand adjustements.
Color wheel
Triangle or square shape, color history.
Sliders
RGB/HSV sliders, hexadecimal input.
Palette
Palette creation, naming, reorder, import/export.
Color picker
See the previous color, auto-zoom, RGB values displayed.
Layers
Transformation layer
Curve editor, hierarchy, animate affine/perspective/warp transformations, and convert them into drawings.
Drawing layer
Import images, lock, duplicate with/without content, lock alpha, blend modes.
Video layer
Import videos, playback speed adjustment, convert into drawings.
Audio layer
Import audio, clip/layer/master audio volume control.
Group layer
Layer grouping, display, adjust opacity, lock, duplicate, merge children layers.
Layer management
Rename, reorder, select multiple.
Layer colors
Create color lists, import/export, manage colors by shot or globally.
Select layer by pixel
Select active layer by touching pixels on the canvas.
Dim layers
Display only the current layer, or dim other layers to the lower opacity you choose.
Timeline
Timeline interface
Magnet tool, push sheet behavior modes, fit timeline options, graduation steps customization, start timeline at 0 or 1, playhead to the right/left.
Playback controls
Play/pause, go to the first/last frame, go to the next/previous frame.
Sheet management
Add, duplicate with/without content, copy-paste, import an image, split, move, expand, retime, default sheet length.
Draw while playing
Draw on the canvas during playback.
Interface & UI
Studio view
Organize shots, group into scenes or folders, create, rename, compress, reorder, assign colors, export multiple shots together.
Canvas and timeline manipulation
Using gesture, mouse, or keyboard.
Modular interface
Move panels freely inside or outside the main window; customizable interface scaling.
Left or right-handed interface
Interface modes for left or right-handed use.
Supported languages
English, French, Chinese (Simplified), Japanese, and Spanish.
Settings panel
Change cursor shape, adjust the stylus offset, configure the onion skin.
Canvas settings
Background color, sheet color, center landmark.
Reference images
Import multiple reference images, move them inside or outside the main window, zoom, resize, and pick colors.
Import/Export
Keyboard/Stylus shortcuts
Customize, reassign keys or pen/mouse buttons, and search shortcuts.
Import
Import images, videos, image sequences, JSON, XDTS files, audio, brushes, palettes, color lists.
Export
Export single images, image sequences, videos, GIF; export to other software using JSON, OCA, and XDTS formats.
Save & backup
Auto-save every 30 seconds, configure backups, notification system.
File naming
Configure naming conventions with nodes.
Platform & Performance
Platforms
iPad, iPhone (Callipeg mini), Android tablets, Windows (10/11), macOS (Silicon), Linux.
Pencil/stylus-optimized
Designed for stylus with pressure-sensitive size/opacity when supported.
Up to 4K
Possible to overcome the 4K limitation by importing a larger image or video.
Unlimited layers/sheets
No hard limit on number of layers or sheets.
