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FireAlpaca is a freeware raster graphics editor. with tools to create digital art, 2D animation, and comics. Developed by Japanese company PGN Inc. FireAlpaca SE is offered as a paid version on Steam with more features.^[5]

In 2006 developer nattou.org released personal project mdiapp which FireAlpaca would later be built from.^[6]

PGN Inc. was established on August 10, 2010.^[7] as a split from parent company portalgraphics.net.^[6]

November 10, 2011 is the earliest known date of FireAlpaca public to download.^[1][2] Originally developed for Mac OS X and Windows^[6] later released to Linux on November 7, 2023 as part of FireAlpaca's 12th Anniversary.^[8]

A large library of free to use digital brushes.^[9]

Unlike other animation software, FireAlpaca does not have an animation timeline but rather utilizes each layer as a frame. Durring preview of the animation, the layers cycle sequentially at a user set frame rate.^[10] Duplicating layers will show that frame for a longer period of time.^{[citation needed]} The animation can be exported as a GIF, APNG, or an image sequence.^[10]

FireAlpaca supports the following file formats: MDP, PNG, JPEG, BMP, PSD, ICO, GIF, and APNG.^[11][12]

MDP is a result of the file formats MDI and MDIBIN combined together to create a new format.^{[citation needed]}

File format MDZ came with the release of FireAlpaca SE 3.0.^[13]

• Comparison of raster graphics editors
• List of 2D animation software
• List of 2D graphics software
• List of digital art software
• List of digital painting software
• List of computing mascots

Related software

• openCanvas
• MediBang Paint [jp]
• mdiapp [jp]

Similar software

• Clip Studio Paint
• PaintTool SAI

• Official website
• https://firealpaca.net
• https://hub.firealpaca.net
• https://nattou.org