Pegs'n Co

Pegs'n Co

Company type	Private
Industry	Software, Animation
Founded	1991
Fate	Acquired by Toon Boom Animation in 2006
Headquarters	Paris , France
Products	Pegs (traditional animation software)

Pegs'n Co was a software firm from France known for creating the traditional animation program Pegs, which was eventually purchased by the Canadian enterprise Toon Boom Animation. Headquartered in Paris, Pegs served as a key technology for the French animation sector throughout the 2000s and was adopted by more than 100 studios internationally, including Millimages, Alphanim, Animage, Saerom Animation, CineGroupe, and Mike Young Productions.

History

In 1991, the French animation company Pixibox developed proprietary ink & paint and compositing software to produce Peter et Sonia, one of the earliest fully digital animated series. The first iteration of Pegs, initially named Pixiscan, was introduced to the market in 1994.

Following Pixibox's acquisition by Humanoids Group in 1997, Mediapegs was created to oversee the development and licensing of Pegs. The release of Pegs for Windows NT in 1999 brought bitmap and vector animation features. Despite this progress, Mediapegs faced financial difficulties and declared bankruptcy in 2003.

Worried about Pegs' continuity, four former staff members established Pegs'n Co in 2004. They launched an updated version that same year and maintained industry relevance through consistent annual enhancements and participation in feature film productions and global projects.

In 2006, Toon Boom acquired Pegs'n Co as part of its growth strategy. Since this acquisition, Pegs has neither been updated nor marketed.

Filmography

• 64 Zoo Lane
• Aida of the Trees
• Archibald the Koala
• The Avengers: United They Stand
• Babar (season 6)
• Bad Dog
• The Baskervilles
• Bamboo Bears
• The Bellflower Bunnies
• Billy the Cat
• Black Mor's Island
• Blazing Dragons
• Braceface
• Caillou (seasons 1-3)
• Captain Red Beard
• Carnivale
• Cédric
• Chris Colorado
• Clifford the Big Red Dog
• Cosmic Cowboys
• Daria
• Dora the Explorer
• Dr. Zitbag's Transylvania Pet Shop
• Dragon Flyz
• Dragon Tales
• Duck Ugly
• Esprit fantômes
• Ethelbert the Tiger
• Famille Pirate
• Fat Dog Mendoza
• Fire Quest
• Fly Tales
• Galactik Football
• Gargantua
• Go, Diego! Go!
• A Goofy Movie
• Heavy Metal 2000
• Hey Arnold!
• How the Toys Saved Christmas
• Iron Nose
• Jack and Marcel
• Jasper the Penguin
• Jim Button
• Kangoo / Kangoo Juniors'
• Kaput & Zösky
• KaBlam!
• Kid Clones
• The Kids from Room 402
• Kirikou and the Wild Beasts
• La Princesse du Nil
• Les Misérables
• Les Pastagums
• Lion of Oz
• Little Dracula
• Little Hippo
• Little Vampire
• Lucky and Zorba
• Marcelino, pan y vino
• Marsupilami
• Mega Babies
• Milo
• Mot
• My Gym Partner's a Monkey
• NASCAR Racers
• The Neverending Story
• Nick & Perry
• Oscar's Orchestra
• Old Tom
• Oswald
• Pablo the Little Red Fox
• Papyrus
• Peter et Sonia
• Petzi und seine Freunde
• Pigeon Boy
• Planet Grabo
• Poil de carotte
• Popetown
• Prince of Atlantis
• Princess Sissi
• Prudence Petitpas
• Random! Cartoons
• Ratz
• Rupert (season 3)
• Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat

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See also

• Toon Boom Animation, the company that took over Pegs'n Co along with its Pegs software
• USAnimation
• Adobe Flash
• List of 2D animation software