


After you’ve finished with your animation it’s time to export these frames as one final animation. This works using a feature called ‘onion skin’ so it’s easy to paint simple frame-by-frame changes. From the menu, select More Motion Paths. First you create all your frames in animate mode.Select the image you want to add animation to.Watch the video above and follow the steps below to make your PowerPoint presentation more interesting. A great way to spice up your bullet points or images in a slide is to not only add animation, but to also add audio to the animation. In the View menu, the AutoPlay option will open a preview window flipping through eaxh layer as an animation frameįrom the File menu, selecting Export Layers (Onion Skin Mode) will export each layer as a numbered PNG file, starting from 000.The more interesting your PowerPoint slides are, the more engaged your audience will be. If there are any layers above, the next layer above will be shown in shades of pale green You might use folders to add and re-use background layers, to retain separate outline and colour layers, or for other purposes.įrom the View menu, turn on Onion Skin ModeĪs you add new layers, the next layer below will be shown in shades of pale red a GIF creator, a video editor, animation software, etc, depending on your output requirements).įollow up: (using AlpacaDouga to combine the output PNG sequence into an animated GIF).Ī layer folder counts as a single frame when exported, so you can use layer folders to contain multiple layers in a single frame. TVPaint trial doesnt have a time limit but you cant save or export your work.

I havent test out Plastic Animation Paper but I believe their alpha version should be free if you want to mess around with it. Note that the result is a set of PNG files (one per animation frame or one per layer), and you will have to join them together as an animation using a separate program (e.g. Here a YouTube link of blender 2d animation showcase.

A very quick introduction to the new animation feature in FireAlpaca 1.5, in response to a few questions.
