2017

Animating Graphics
Use the Channel Editor and Shape Animation controls to animate Paint graphics. You can animate the
position, display, and shape of a graphic. To display the Channel Editor, click the Animation button and
swipe the cursor across the bottom of the screen.
Animation Parameters
The following parameters can be animated for every object:
■ Position, rotation, and size
■ Brush attributes
■ Gradient orientation, transparency, and colour
■ Colour (red, green, and blue channels)
■ Wireframe width
■ Range and Softness of a fill object
■ Transparency
■ Size, Kerning and Italics for a text object
NOTE In Paint, the commands in the Tools box can be performed on animation curves only. To modify a keyframe
by editing the object in the image window, you must use the editing commands in the Graphics menu.
Shape Animation
To animate the shape of an object, you must create keyframes with the Shape Animation controls. Each
shape you define becomes a keyframe in the Shape channel of the Channel Editor. The difference between
the keyframes is interpolated and the shape animation is created.
The Shape channel is used to identify the number and location of shape keyframes in a clip. Use the shape
curve to control the rate at which an object changes to a new shape. The following figure shows the Shape
channel for an object that changes from shape 1 in frame 1, to shape 2 in frame 8, and shape 1 in frame 15.
To animate the shape of an object:
1 Create an object.
Paint Tool | 937