User Guide

Enter the number of frames for the rotation in the

edit box, choose Clockwise or Counterclockwise

and click on OK: the rotated frames will be inserted

after the image you are editing.

• Select all / Unselect. Usual functions to select or

deselect the images.

• Cut / Copy / Paste / Delete. Clipboard functions

that work as usual.

• The navigation bar

This bar allows you to navigate through the frames of an animation. The “+” button adds a

new frame in the animation, and the “-“ button deletes the current frame. The slider is a very

handy tool to create animations: it allows you to superimpose the previous or next frame to

the current frame. You can easily draw the animation based on the previous frame.

• The hot-spot

The notion of hot-spot is important to master for animated objects. The

hot-spot of an object is the point that corresponds to the on screen

coordinates of the object. For example, the hot-spot of a ball or a race-

car seen from above will be in the middle of the object, whereas the hot-

spot of a walking character in a platform game will be between its feet.

Hot-spots are also important for rotations: the rotations are calculated

around the hot-spot, it is important to position the hot-spot properly

before attempting a rotation.

To edit the hot-spot of a frame, click on the “View hot-spot” button in the

animation editor. This will display a dot in the frame, and you can use the mouse to position

it correctly. You can also enter the co-ordinates directly in the edit zones, or click on one of

the pre-set positions available.

To set the hot-spot position in all the frames contained in the current direction, hold down the

ALT key while positioning the hot-spot.

• The action point

The action point is similar to the hot-spot. When you do a “Shoot” action in the event editor,

the bullet is created at the position of the action point: it is therefore important to position the

action point properly before doing a Shoot action.

To position the action point click on the “View action point” icon in the animation editor.