TVPaint Animation (also known as TVPaint, TVP, and before as Bauhaus Mirage or

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Aura) is a 2D paint and digital animation software package developed by TVPaint Developpement SARL based in Lorraine, France. Originally released for Amiga in 1991, version 3.0 (1994) introduced support for other platforms. In 1999, the last Amiga version 3.59 was released as free download. TVPaint Animation currently runs on Mac, Windows, Linux, and Android operating systems.

Notable uses

Feature films

*'' My Dog Tulip'', a 2009 American animated feature film by Paul Fierlinger and Sandra Fierlinger made with TVPaint Animation. *'' Song of the Sea'', a 2014 Irish Oscar-nominated animated feature film from Cartoon Saloon, directed by Tomm Moore. *'' Mune: Guardian of the Moon'', a 2015 French 3D computer-animated adventure fantasy film directed by Benoît Philippon and Alexandre Heboyan; 2D animated clips were made with TVPaint to coincide with the dominant computer-animation technique for the film. *''

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'', a 2015 American 3D computer-animated comedy film (with 2D animation sequences animated with TVPaint) produced by

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. *'' The Breadwinner'', a 2017 Oscar-nominated animated film by Cartoon Saloon, directed by

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and executive produced by

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. *'' Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck'', a 2015 Emmy-nominated documentary directed by

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with large animated sequences by a team led by Hisko Hulsing and animation by Stefan Nadelman. *'' The Red Turtle'', a 2016 Oscar-nominated animated feature film directed by Michael Dudok de Wit coproduced by numerous European studios and

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, all the hand drawn animation was done in TVPaint. *'' Ethel & Ernest'', a 2016 animated feature directed by Roger Mainwood, based on the book by

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, produced by Lupus Films. *'' Ernest & Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia'', 2022 sequel to the film Ernest et Célestine (2012), directed by Jean-Christophe Roger and Julien Chheng. *'' Wolfwalkers'', 2020 animated feature film from Cartoon Saloon, directed by Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart. *'' My Father's Dragon'', 2022 animated feature film from Cartoon Saloon, directed by

. *'' Kensuke's Kingdom'', 2023 British-Luxembourgian-French animated film by Lupus Films, directed by Neil Boyle and Kirk Hendry *''

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'', a 2024 American animated feature film produced by

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and directed by Kelsey Mann. Only two characters, Bloofy and Pouchey, were animated using TVPaint Animation.

Short films

* '' Adam and Dog'', 2011 American Oscar-nominated animated short. * ''How To Eat Your Apple'', 2011 animated short film made with TVPaint Animation, by Erick Oh. * '' Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll'', 2015 American animated short by

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. * '' We're Going On A Bear Hunt'', 2016 British animated television special by Lupus Films. * '' Late Afternoon'', 2017 Irish Oscar-nominated animated short by Cartoon Saloon. * '' Weekends'', 2017 Oscar-nominated animated short film by Trevor Jimenez. * '' Bird Karma'', 2018 American animated short by

. * '' Animal Behaviour'', 2018 Oscar-nominated animated short film by Alison Snowden & David Fine, produced at the

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. The film was a multiple-award winner at various film festivals. * '' The Tiger Who Came To Tea'', 2019 British animated television special by Lupus Films. * '' Kitbull'', 2019 American Oscar-nominated animated short produced by

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. * ''

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'', 2020 American Oscar-nominated animated short produced by

. * '' If Anything Happens I Love You'', 2020 Oscar-winning animated short film by Michael Govier & Will McCormack. * ''

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'', 2020 Oscar-nominated animated short film by Erick Oh. * '' Mum Is Pouring Rain'', 2021 French animated short film produced by Laïdak Films written by Hugo de Faucompret and Lison d'Andréa and directed by Hugo de Faucompret. The film won the Jury Prize in the Special TV category at the

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the same year. * '' The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse'', a 2022 British Oscar-winning animated short directed by Peter Baynton and Charlie Mackesy (from the book by Mackesy).

TV and Web series

*'' Block 13'', an Arabic animated television series. *''C'est Bon'', a French animated series produced by Folimage *''

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'', a British animated web cartoon and book series by Simon Tofield. It was created using

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, and TVPaint was used in the episodes ''Scaredy Cat'', ''Snow Cat'' and in the ''Off to the vet'' special. * ''Gigglebug'', originally an

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app made by Anima Boutique; a Finnish animated series, that first aired in April 2016 *'' PIG: The Dam Keeper Poems'', a 2017 series based on the 2014 Oscar-nominated short ''

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'' directed by Erick Oh for Tonko House, which debuted on

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on October 6, 2017 *'' Samurai Jack'', Season 5 (2017) The fifth and final season of '' Samurai Jack'', an American

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, premiered on

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, directed by

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. *'' Undone'', animated series for Amazon Prime directed by Hisko Hulsing *'' Primal'', animated series created and directed by

for

. *''

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'', animated series by

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. *''

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'', spin-off of ''

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. *'' Unicorn: Warriors Eternal'', animated series created and directed by

for

References

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