Canvas Software User Reviews

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It's fine.

I would use it more if there weren't any bugs :c Pls fix the crashes I want to actually animate my object show!!!
Thanks :3
- a local weirdo

It's fine.

I would use it more if there weren't any bugs :c
Pls fix the crashes I want to actually animate my object show!!!

one. more. thing.

I LOVE THIS. its just when i play my animation its super laggy, and also i would love for an option to add audio BUT MOST IMPORTANT, AN OPTION TO DUPLICATE FRAMES. thats actually all i need bro, just pls

Horrible User Interface

The interface is pretty unusable on a MacBook, here is what I experienced:

1) Any action I do the EDIT->UNDO is always greyed out.
2) There are 2 Undo/Redo buttons that do something sometimes and works temperamentally.
3) I click on “A” to add text, click on the screen it adds “TEXT” but then click on the text to edit it, it would create another “TEXT”,…
4) Undo does not remove it, and using the SELECT tool opens up another menu of Apply/Cancel/Copy, nothing seems to be helping to change the text.
5) I click “+” in the keyframe editor thinking it would create a Key, annoyingly the whole text disappears, and another 5 layers are created.
6) Clicking DELETE on the layers does not restore my original,
7) Clicking the “+” on the left to add a layer, I select “Drawing Layer”, add text, is no longer editable, by far clicking the arrow icon would create some lines to “select” but that’s about it.

I have no idea how the business agreed to release this, has anyone done any “quality control” checks for such software!?!!?
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Overall not good

Laggy choppy and keeps crashing it was good at first but honestly the only thing going for this is the features but only if the app actually lest you use it

Potential!! :)

Things that are great:
How Specific you can get with frames and animation speed.
All of the layers.
Being able to make your own brushes and texture/stamps!
Nice starting brushes!
There are already textures you can explore!
Good layout!

Things that I would change, but you don’t have to :)
Copy and paste buttons show a bunch of random options when you click it instead of immediately copying/pasting
(Add drawing layer, etc..)
More Layer Options.

Bugs:
Undo button doesn’t undo immediately on some try's.
Onion skin goes over drawing but goes back under when drawing or it fixes itself for that frame.
Sometimes it’s a bit laggy drawing/erasing if your too fast/rough with it.

Overall you all did an amazing job! But it could use some updates please :) thank you so much!! Bless em’ and Jesus Loves you! 💕✌️♥️
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I can’t even use

I keep crashing every time I click it

It great but

It a great app and it’s wonderful but the brush don’t have like clean brushes but at the same time I am new to this app

WHAT IS THIS

bro whenever i go over 72 frames everything just starts lagging, and when i try to do something about it, i can't. it will not let me click on anything when it has started glitching. also somebody tell me where is the copy and paste stuff. ik that you can copy and paste in the same frame but it seems like i cannot when it is 2 fraems.
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Not too bad

I mean it has a lot of brush sizes better then flip a clip and I think as a beggineer it's decent

Good but just one feature

It’s a really good animation app, it had good brushes and custom ones. It has a simple interface. I really hope that soon they can have a tweening type feature (Similar to ToonSquid) I’m not sure If there is a watermark (I hope there isn’t or it isn’t too big) But overall it’s good

Response from developer

Tweening is coming in the next update!

Never buy anything from this man!!!!!!

All of his apps crash when you try to open them. It’s a waste of storage space. Don’t download this crap!

Pretty good but

Much to confusing and I can't change the color. Also it doesn't show an outline of your last sketch and thats a key part in animating

Export glitch, otherwise good

When I exported my animation of a red ball,
it turned blue in all the file types!
I would like to have that fixed, or instructions on how to fix it.
Other than that, this is a really good app!
It feels very natural to draw in.
I would like some features added, like blending modes,
but it’s not missing much, and it’s probably the best free app!
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I Can’t import videos

It can import photos, but it doesn’t import videos

No progress at all.

Looking for a simple animation app and came across this. There's no manual, and the support link in the App store is broken. I can't get anything on the app to stay - I import a picture, it is there and then when I do anything it disappears. I draw a circle, do something, it disappears.

I admit that I am a beginner with these programs, but there is nothing intuitive about this one, and there is no help to be found. Looking elsewhere.
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Why can’t you cut the audio

When I was about to make the animation
I wanted to edit the audio and cut it to make it shorter
Because well I’m was making a short animation
When i realized there was no cutting option for the audio
I had to do it the longer way
This is just a suggestion but maybe could you add the option to cut the audio so we can edit the sound and possibly make it shorter if we wanted too
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Deletes all my frames

This is probably the best animation app I’ve seen, except for one huge thing. If I press play to preview my animation, it will erase every frame. It will also delete every frame if I exit the project and go back in. It’s a real bummer because besides that, it’s great.

Good, but theres just 1 issue for me…

The brushes-even when you edit or adjust them or even create your own-all come out looking the same. They’re very pixelated and jittery. I’d like to be able to animate AND draw well and smoothly.

Needs more features

Allow users to change the opacity of layers.
Refining sketches is integral for those plan on producing professional animations, but that is hard to do with this app.