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File

New Create a new animation
Open Open an existing animation file (9VA/EVA/SVG)
Append Append an existing animation file
Close Close the current animation
Save Save the current animation
Save as Save the current animation as a different name.(9VA/EVA/SVG)
Animated GIF Export Export Animated GIF
  1. Enter a name for the file.
  2. Setup settings;
    • Picture Size
    • Frame / sec
    • Time Length (sec)
    • Transparent Background
    • Smoothing or not
  3. Click OK
Movie Export Export Movie (MP4)
  1. Enter a name for the file.
  2. Setup settings;
    • Picture Size
    • Time Length (Sec)
    • Frame / Sec
  3. Tap OK
Sequential Images/APNG Export Export Sequential Images
  1. Enter a name for the file. .
  2. Setup settings;
    • Picture Size
    • Frame / sec
    • Time Length (sec)
    • Transparent Background (PNG only)
    • APNG Loops (PNG only)
  3. Click OK

In the case of 'PNG', you will be asked "Do you want to combine PNGs to an APNG file ?".
  • Click 'Yes', then APNG will be exported.
  • Click 'No', then Sequential PNGs will be exported.
Picture Export Export Picture (PNG)
  1. Enter a name for the file.
  2. Setup settings;
    • Picture Size
    • Transparent Background
  3. Click OK


Edit

Undo Undo
Redo Redo
Cut Cut the selected objects to Memory Tool (The box located on the right side of the stage).
Copy Copy the selected objects to Memory Tool.
Paste Duplicate the objects in the Memory Tool and paste them to the stage.
Delete Delete the selected objects or points.
Duplicate Duplicate the selected objects.
Select/
All
Select all the objects on the stage.
Select/
Connected to other Pages
Select all the objects which link to the selected objects on the stage. A red square mark appears on the pages which includes the selected linked objects.
Select/
Same Color and Same type
Select all the objects on the stage which has the same attributes as the selected objects.
Select/
Small Dust
Select small poligons (width & heigt <= 1 dot on the screen). If some objects are selected already, only the small selected poligons will be selected. Poligons in group can be selected. The smaller poligons will be selected if the screen is zoomed up.
Select/
Base Frame
Select Base Frame. Base Frame is created automatically in the front page of AnimeCasts.
Copy to Next Page Copy the selected objects to the next page and link them to the selected objects on the stage. If some linked objects already exist on the next page, only the other objects will be copyed to the next page. If all the linked objects already exist on the next page, they will be replaced by the selected objects.
Copy to Previous Page Copy the selected objects to the previous page and link them to the selected objects on the stage. If some linked objects already exist on the previous page, only the other objects will be copyed to the previous page. If all the linked objects already exist on the previous page, they will be replaced by the selected objects.
Effect/Baloon Baloon effect. You can repeat the effect by 'return' key.
Effect/Crush Crush effect. You can repeat the effect by 'return' key.
Effect/Shake Shake effect. You can repeat the effect by 'return' key.
Effect/Spiral clockwize Spiral clockwize effect. You can repeat the effect by 'return' key.
Effect/Spiral reverse Spiral reverse effect. You can repeat the effect by 'return' key.
Effect/Color Random Color effect. You can repeat the effect by 'return' key.
Effect/Transparent Transparent effect. You can repeat the effect by 'return' key.
Copy Attributes Copy the attributes of the selected object.
Paste Attributes Paste the copyed attributes to the selected objects.
Find... Enter the text that you want to find. Command name(Loop, Turn...), File name, and AnimeCast name will be found.
  • The found object and the linked objects will be selected.
  • You can find the objects inside AnimeCasts.
Find Next Finds and selects the next occurrence of the text that you searching for in the animation.
Find Previous Finds and selects the previous occurrence of the text that you searching for in the animation.


Page

Add Final Page Duplicate the final page.
Add Empty Page Add an empty page next to the current page.
Add Background Page Add a background page previous to the current page.
Select Page From Start the page selection. A red square mark appears on the start page.
Select Page To End the page selection. A red square mark appears on the selected pages. All the objects in the selected pages can be edited together.
Reset Page Selection Reset the page selection.
Copy Selected Page Copy the selected pages to the Memory Tool.
Delete Selected Page Delete the selected pages.
Page Size Set the Stage size.


View

Play Play animation
Play in Window Size Play animation in the window size
Stop Stop animation
Repeat Set repeat animation or not.
Zoom In Zoom In
Zoom Out Zoom Out
Zoom to fit page Zoom the page to fit the stage
Show Background Show background or hide background
Show Onion Skin Show Onion Skin or hide Onion Skin
Show Grid Show Grid or hide Grid
Smoothing Line Swith smoothing


Object

Change text Change the selected text.
Font Change the font of the selected text and the current font.
Text Align/
Left
Align the selected text to the left.
Text Align/
Center
Align the selected text to the center.
Text Align/
Right
Align the selected text to the right.
Edit All Texts Edit all the texts in all the pages at once.
Align Objects/
Points on 1 point
Change all of the selected objects or selected points to the center point.
Align Objects/
Points on Grid
Move all points of the selected objects to the nearest points on grid.
Align Objects/
Align Left Edges
Align the selected objects as the left sides of them fit together. Move one selected object to the left side of the stage.
Align Objects/
Align Right Edges
Align the selected objects as the right sides of them fit together. Move one selected object to the right side of the stage.
Align Objects/
Align Top Edges
Align the selected objects as the top sides of them fit together. Move one selected object to the top of the stage.
Align Objects/
Align Bottom Edges
Align the selected objects as the bottom sides of them fit together. Move one selected object to the bottom of the stage.
Align Objects/
Align Vertical axis
Align the selected objects as the vertical axis of them fit together. Move a selected object to the center of the stage vertically.
Align Objects/
Align Horizontal axis
Align the selected objects as the horizontal axis of them fit together. Move a selected object to the center of the stage horizontally.
Align Objects/
Align Center point
Align the selected objects as the center point of them fit together. Move a selected object to the center of the stage.
Align Objects/
Same Horizontal gaps
Align the selected objects as the horizontal gaps are the same.
Align Objects/
Same Vertical gaps
Align the selected objects as the vertical gaps are the same.
Stacking Order/
Raise
Raise the stacking order of the selected objects.
Stacking Order/
Lower
Lower the stacking order of the selected objects.
Stacking Order/
Raise to Top
Raise the stacking order of the selected objects to the top.
Stacking Order/
Lower to Bottom
Raise the stacking order of the selected objects to the bottom.
Stroke Style/
Closed Stroke
Close the edge of the selected polygons.
Stroke Style/
Open Stroke
Open the edge of the selected polygons.
Stroke Style/
Wide
Make the selected lines or selected points thicker.
Stroke Style/
Narrow
Make the selected lines or selected points thinner.
Corner/
Round
Change the shape of the points of the selected polygons to the round corner.
Corner/
Sharp
Change the shape of the points of the selected polygons to the sharp corner.
Group Group the selected objects together.
Ungroup Ungroup the selected objects.
Stroke Order Switch the two playing mode, simple drawing and showing stroke order. Check mark shows if all selected strokes or groups are set to 'Stroke Order'. If the group is set to 'Stroke Order', the strokes in the group will be drawn by stacking order.
Visible Set the selected objects to be visible while the current page appears in the animation.
Invisivle Set the selected objects to be invisible while the current page appears in the animation.
In-Between Shape Change the shape of the selected objects to become in-Between shape between the next page and the previous page. The in-Between objects are called 'Ghost'. The shape and the all of the attributes of 'Ghost' are blended automatically in-between the linked objects in the next page and the linked objects in the previous page.

If some points are selected, only the selected points will be changed to In-Between Shape.


Input

Text Input a text on the current page.
Sound/Music Input a sound or a music on the current page. The sound or the music will be played when the current page appears in the animation.
Image/Photo Input a photo or a picture on the current page.
9VA/SVG/WMF Input a 9VA animation or SVG/WMF picture on the current page. The animation in the page of animation is called 'AnimeCast'.
Make AnimeCast of Clip Input 'AnimeCast' of figures or pages in the Memory Tool. You can add any name to the AnimeCast. If the name already exists, [-Number] will be added automatically.
Pause Button Input a 'Pause button' on the current page. The animation will be stopped when the current page appears in the animation. The animation will be started again when the 'Pause button' is clicked.
Turn Input a 'Turn' command on the current page. The animation will go back and forth when the current page appears in the animation.
Loop Input a 'Loop' command on the current page. The animation will repeat when the current page appears in the animation.
Zoom Frame Input a 'Zoom Frame' command on the current page. The 'Zoom Frame' area will be enlarged to full screen when the current page appears in the animation.

Caution:
  • Background can't be enlarged.
  • 'Zoom Frame' in 'AnimeCast' is ignored.
No Zoom Input a 'No Zoom' command on the current page. 'No Zoom' is a special 'Zoom Frame' that has the same area as the stage.
Replacement List... Load the text you wrote the string you want to replace.

Replacement List: Write the texts to be searched on the left side and the texts to be replaced on the right side in the following format.
  • "#search characters"="replacement characters";
  • Both search characters and replacement characters are up to 240 characters.
You can use '\n'(new line) in the replacement characters as follows.
  • "#search characters"="The first line.\nThe second line.\nThe third line. ";
You can not use '\n'(new line) in the search characters. (Replaced when the first line matches.)
  • The characters enclosed by /* */ and the characters from // to the end of the line are ignored as comments.
  • If there are the multiple same search characters, the after replacement will become valid.
Optimize AnimeCasts Optimize AnimeCasts to reduce the data size.


Help

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Begin to use 9VAe Show 'Begin to use 9VAe'
Play with face (Training)/
Waraemon
Nakinosuke
Animekko
Waraemon Parts
Munch
Transform
Remix
Open the sample animation.
Waraemon

Remix

Customize:
  • Put the animation file which is named as "_en00xxxx.eva" into the folder "9va/9va_data". Then the first menu item will be changed to 'xxxx'.
  • Put the animation file which is named as "_en01...eva", "_en02...eva" in order to replace the second or third menu item.
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