Sync layers - Duration slider affects all layers together.Independent - Duration slider affects only current layer.Drawing duration - How many frames the current drawing will remain on screen when played back.- Press to hide all button panels and expand drawing canvas to fullscreen.In the menu you can export a Quicktime video, a PNG image sequence, or an animated GIF.

Press the Play button in the Tools panel to play back a preview of your animation. Toggle it on and off with the Onion skin button in the Tools panel, and adjust the range of drawings visible in the Tool Options panel. The Onion Skin feature lets you see previous and following drawings overlayed on the current frame. For drawing you have available a Brush tool, an Eraser tool, a Fill tool, and a Lasso selection tool. You can press and hold on a drawing in the timeline to drag/drop it earlier or later, or to add a new drawing. You can also add drawings to the timeline manually by clicking 'Add drawing' in the Tools panel. By default, going forward from the end of the timeline will automatically add a new drawing and extend the timeline to fit it. Press on any one to go to that drawing or, drag along the top bar of the timeline to scrub through the drawings or, use the forward/back buttons to step back and forth or, drag up/down from the button for quick flipping. To extend the duration a drawing is seen when played back, drag the 'Drawing duration' slider in the timeline panel or drag the arrow on the right side of the currently selected drawing on the timeline.Įach drawing is represented by a gray rectangle on the timeline. To the left are sliders to control the opacity of each layer, and buttons to change the layer order or delete a layer. You will see a Background layer (this cannot be deleted) and a default 'Layer 1' with one drawing, and above that the playhead indicating the current frame. In a new project, the timeline will be only one frame long to begin with. Press 'New project' and choose your desired resolution and framerate.

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