Paint Mode

Change Mode

Frame-by-Frame

Make your own frame-by-frame animations. Draw a frame, hit next, draw another frame, and so on. View the frames using +/, or the next/previous buttons.

To see your animation in full, exit paint mode, tweak the painting, and select an animation type from the frame-by-frame page. Then press to play it.

Make your own frame-by-frame animations. Draw a frame, hit next, draw another frame, and so on. View the frames using the next/previous buttons.

To see your animation, exit paint mode, tweak the painting, and select an animation type from the frame-by-frame page.

Then use start time and your frame-by-frame will play.

Previous

Go to the previous frame.

Next

Go to the next frame.

+Insert

Insert a frame.

Delete

Delete current frame.

Onion Skinning

Turn onion skinning on or off. In traditional animation, where transparent paper ("onion skin") is used, you can see the previous frames underneath the one you're drawing.

Here you can choose which frames you want to see by cycling through the options to the right, and they will appear in translucent form to help you work.

Onion Skinning > Back

Showing the previous frame.

Onion Skinning > Forward

Showing the next frame.

Onion Skinning > Both

Showing previous and next frames.

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