How to install Synfig Studio 1.2.1 : A Powerful Animation Software on Ubuntu 17.04, 18.04

   Synfig is a powerful, industrial-strength vector-based 2D animation software package, designed from the ground-up for producing feature-film quality 2D animation with fewer people and resources.

Synfig Studio 1.2.1 Changelog:

• Fixed rendering of text with international characters on Windows.
• Fixed algorithm of Fast Gaussian Blur, eliminating the random artifacts.
• Fixed incorrect rendering of Twirl Layer and Noise Distortion Layer.
• Improved performance for complex scenes with more than 1000 vector elements.
• Fixed Z-Depth issue for ungroupped layers.
• Initial value of quality of Preview now independent from current zoom level and set to 1.0 by default.
• Fixed support for graphic tablets in Windows version.
• Fixed crash with XP-Pen G540 tablet.
• Fixed crash of Skeleton plugin.
• Filenames with international characters now correctly remembered in “Recent Files” menu.
• Fixed size of dock area drop buttons for Gtk >= 3.20.
• Fixed “FFmpeg not found” error in Linux AppImages.
• JACK support is now available for Linux AppImages.
• Basic support for CMake build system.

Installation instructions: 

• Download the Linux appimage file
• Right-click on the file and click properties. Click on Permissions tab and check the box to make it executable

•  Then run the file as it does not require any installation