Operation Manual

226 Creating Animations
5. (Optional) For custom settings, from the right-hand of the dialog,
click a Paper or Animation properties setting and either choose a
different drop-down list option or input new values to modify.
Typically, you can change Width, Height, and Orientation settings in
the Paper category.
6. Click OK. The new document opens.
To begin a new Stopframe or Keyframe animation from scratch:
Either:
• Select New>New Stopframe Animation from the File menu.
- or -
• Select New>New Keyframe Animation from the File menu.
A new document window opens in the respective Animation mode.
To convert an existing drawing to either animation mode:
1. Choose Convert to Stopframe Animation or Convert to Keyframe
Animation from the File menu. You'll be prompted to save changes (if
any) to your existing drawing.
2. Select Yes to save your work, No to convert to an animation or Cancel
to continue working on your current drawing.
To adjust the basic layout of your animation:
1. Choose Page Setup from the context toolbar (shown with Pointer or
Rotate Tool selected).
2. Adjust your settings as described above.
3. Click OK.
You can modify page characteristics such as page size and
orientation from the Pages context toolbar.
To save an animation:
• Choose File>Save... DrawPlus saves animation documents in the
proprietary DPA format.