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If you don't want this to happen (and you only wanted to do a geometric translation) you may have to use the transform tool. You may find that on object with many points, the smooth move tool only skews the points. Now, by using the smooth move tool, you can reposition the groups to their next key point by selecting all the ducks and clicking and dragging them.
#Synfig studio edit workspace plus#
Press the plus button to add another keyframe.
The timeline scrubber (that thin blue line) should move to that spot. On the timeline, click on a time along the line a bit farther down from the start. When using the transform tool, if you hold CONTROL or ALT, you can rotate or scale instead of move (respectively.) Now, back to the smooth move tool. If you need to, you can also go back to the Transform tool to scale/rotate, so long as you go back to the smooth move tool after.
You may now double-click on a group name from the group panel and by selecting all of its ducks (control-a or command-a) and then clicking and dragging any duck you can move it to the starting position. Now, go to the timeline panel (the long one at the bottom.) Go to the keyframe tab (the little key icon) and press the plus button.
#Synfig studio edit workspace movie#
This will make all the movement in your movie look a heck of a lot better and less mechanical because it adds ease-ins and ease-outs. Now, select the Smooth Move tool (the four-directional arrow looking thing next to the transform tool.). If you did it right, a thin red line should appear around the canvas. In Synfig, to tell the program that you're ready to start keyframing, select the little green circle on the bottom-right of the canvas. This means that, on certain frames of your animation, you specify where everything should be, and the computer fills in the movement in between these frames. If you're not already familiar with the concept, Synfig uses keyframes to do its animation. Do the same for your ball and then your basketball net (although, call their groups "ball" and "net" instead of "guy".) Now, in the Groups Panel in the bottom-right, select all the outlines and regions of your guy (control-click or command-click to select multiple ones) and select "Add Layers to Group." Write "guy" in the pop-up box and hit "ok". You can change the color before you draw something by clicking on the color and using the sliders. If it helps you, you can use the circle, square or polygon tools too (or maybe use the BLine tool if you're used to using Bézier curves.) Keep in mind that when you draw anything the outline will be the FIRST color on the toolbox and the fill color is the LAST one. Anyway, Draw your guy, draw a basketball, and draw a basketball net. If you have a tablet and nothing is happening, you may have to go to File > Input Devices, select your tablet from the drop-down menu and change the mode from "disabled" to "screen". With this, you can click and drag on the canvas to draw things. Click and drag the ducks so that they are facing up and down so that your gradient it vertical and forms a horizon line. A line with a dot on each end (the dots are called "ducks") should appear on the gradient. When you let go, you should have a gradient-filled rectangle. Press "close" when you're done.Ĭlick and drag across the stage so that you have a rectangle which covers the whole canvas. To add more, right-click along the gradient and select "Insert CPoint". A menu should pop up with gradient options.Ĭlick on the little arrows along the gradient int he popup and then adjust the sliders to change its color. Next, click on the gradient sample located below the two colors in the toolbox. Now, a window should pop up with some basic info about your movie, such as the frames per second (under the "time" tab how many still images per second are played back in your movie), the image size (under the "image" tab the size of the canvas), and the start and end times (under the "time" tab leave the start time be, but you can extend/contract the end time.) For our purposes, I'm going to leave everything at the default settings, but for future reference you may wish to change these. To start, click on the arrow on the top-left of the canvas (in between the two rulers) and select Edit > Properties. Now, go to your start menu or home menu or applications folder and open up Synfig. Save the setup file and instill it to your computer.
#Synfig studio edit workspace download#
Go to the Synfig download page to get a Synfig release for your operating system. It's not pristine, but it's made to be simple so that it's easier to follow along with the instructions.
#Synfig studio edit workspace how to#
Here's a basic tutorial to get you started with Synfig, because it's pretty complex if you don't know how to begin.
#Synfig studio edit workspace free#
But there's a good free alternative called Synfig that can achieve results similar to those of Flash with relative ease. It's really cool, but seriously, Flash is expensive. If you want to make an animation, chances are, you've heard of Flash.