Basic operation

Change screen
Change screen
You can change the size of drawing area.
  • Click Show all palettes on the left side of the screen.
    --> All icons on the palettes will appear. The button will change to Show half palettes.
  • Click Show half palettes
    --> The size of drawing area will be added. The button will change to Show all palettes
Add final page
Add final page
How to make a long animation?
  1. Click + on the right side of the final page.
  2. Click 'Add Next Page' on the menu.
    --> The final page will be duplicated.
  3. Add the final page and change the face to make the animation more wonderful.
    Then click play to see your animation.

    You can make 9 pages. If you want longer animation, you should use
    AnimeCast.
Undo
Undo
Undo button is useful.
  1. Click Undo

    * Use shortcut 'Backspace' to undo operation.
    * Use shortcut 'Shift + Backspace' to redo operation.
Move Objects
move
How to move objects?
  1. Click some objects (for example eyes or mouth ).
    --> Selection frame will appear around selected object.
  2. Drag selection frame or drag the center '+' handle to move the selected object.
  3. Move many parts of Waraemon.
    Then click play to see your animation.
Color
color palette
How to change color
  1. Click some objects (for example eyes or mouth ).
    --> Selection frame will appear around selected object.
  2. Click Color1
  3. Select color from the Color palette.
    --> The selected objects' color will be changed.
  4. Change various color of Waraemon.
    Then click play to see your animation.
Line color, width

Line palette
Line Color
  1. Click Line Color.
  2. Select color from the Color palette.
    --> The selected objects' color will be changed.
    --> The drawing color will be set to this color.
Line Width
  1. Click Line Width
  2. Select line width from the Width palette.
    --> The line width of the selected objects will be changed.
    --> The drawing line width will be set to this line width.
Speed / Time
time
How to change the speed?
  1. The number shown as '1 sec' on the page shows that the time is 1 sec till the next page.
    If you make it longer time, the animation will be played slower.
    If you make it shorter time, the animation will be played faster.
  2. Click the number shown as '1 sec' on the page.
  3. Click '+ 1 second' on the menu a few times to make the time '5 seconds'.
  4. Click play.
    --> The animation will be played slower.
  5. Click the number shown as '5 sec' on the page.
  6. Click '- 1 second' or '- 0.1 second' on the menu to make the time '0.2 seconds'.
  7. Click play.
    --> The animation will be played faster.
Select one AnimeCast and open the time setting menu, you can enter the exact time of the AnimeCast.
One Picture Animation Mode
time
In One Picture Animation Mode, the page time (red circle in the above figure) shows "One Pcture".
  1. Click the time on the page (red circle in the above figure) and Click "One Picture" in the menu to switch the mode.
  2. You can also make "One Piture Mode" by clicking "1." in the the right side of the page bar.
  3. Changing the page time turns off One Picture Animation mode.
Click Play button, then One Picture Animation will be created each time if you set the One Picture Animation mode (the following work will be done).
  1. All the shapes and texts on the page have a "stroke order" ON.
  2. The page time will be adjusted automatically.
  3. A movement graph for one picture animation is created.
Draw picture
draw tool
How to draw picture?
  1. Click Rectangle filled or Circle filled or pencil to draw free picture.
  2. Click pencil and draw beard or tears on the face of Waraemon.
  3. Click Rectangle filled to draw rectangles.
  4. Click Circle filled to draw circles (Start from the center point).
  5. Click polygon filled to draw triangle. Click on the same point twice to end the drawing.

    * The buttons on the left are the buttons to draw objects filled inside. The buttons on the right are the buttons to draw line objects.
Select
draw tool
How to select objects?
  1. Click Select to select objects after drawing objects.
  2. Drag from outside of the objects to select many objects together.
  3. Select all of the objects and change colors together.
Resize, Stretch
resize
How to change the shape?
  1. Click some object to select.
    --> Selection frame will appear around selected object.
  2. Small rectangle handle appears on the corner of the selection frame and on the middle of the line of the selection frame.
  3. Drag the handle on the corner to resize the selected object.
  4. Drag the handle on the middle of the line to stretch the selected object.
Rotate , other transform
rotate
Click the handle of the select frame to show transformation menu.
  1. Click some object to select.
    --> Selection frame will appear around selected object.
  2. Small rectangle handle appears on the corner of the selection frame and on the middle of the line of the selection frame.
  3. Click the handle on the corner of the select frame. The menu will appear.
  4. Click 'Rotate' on the menu.
    --> You can rotate the selected object.
  5. Click the handle on the middle of the line of the select frame. Another menu will appear.
    --> Try various transformation of the selected object.
Stacking Order

How to change Stacking Order?
  1. Click an overlapping object.
    --> Selection frame will appear around selected object.
  2. Please change the color of the selected object to noticable color.
  3. Click lower
    --> The selected object will hide under the other object.
  4. Click raise
    --> The selected object will appear again.
Outside of the stage
-
How to move objects to the outside of the stage?
  1. Click - a few times which is located on the right side of Magnifying glass
    --> The stage will be zoomed out and the outside of the stage will appear.
  2. Select the hair of Waraemon and move it to upper outside of the stage.
  3. Click play
    --> The hair will fly into the sky or fall down from the sky.
  4. Click Magnifying glass then the stage size will be original size.
Zoom in

+
Zoom In when you edit a small object.
  1. Click + which is located on the left side of Magnifying glass
    --> You can draw a small object.
  2. Click Magnifying glass then the stage size will be original size.
Create a new animation

+
How to create a new animation.
  1. Click 'File> New' on the menu.
    --> A new blank page will appear.
@ You have learned basic operation.
Create a new animation freely for a while.
Constructing animation

How to make a constructing animation.
  1. Draw a picture as you like.
  2. Click << on the left side of the first page.
  3. Click 'Add Previous Page' on the menu.
    --> The first page will be duplicated.
  4. Select some objects and move them to outside of the stage.
  5. Click play --> In the animation some parts will come from outside of the stage.
  6. Repeat 2.3.4. Then constructing animation will appear.
  7. Change times of the page so that tempo will be better.
  8. Arrange the size or the shape to make a nice animation.

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