Datasheet

210 Creating Animations
cartoon flick-book). Once you've finished creating frames you can preview or
export your animation, just as you would play the frames of a movie.
To view the Frames tab:
• Unless the tab is already displayed, click the handle at the
bottom of your workspace to reveal the tab.
To clone the current frame to a new frame:
• Select a frame in the Frames tab, and choose .
The frame is added after the selected frame.
Alternatively, use the Blend Tool to automatically
create "intermediate" stopframes in steps between objects.
To generate a new blank frame:
• Choose from the Frames tab.
Any new frame appears on the Frames tab to the right of existing frames, and
then becomes the current frame. If you use the Frame Manager (accessible via
right-click) you can choose to add frames before/after any existing frame.
To navigate between frames:
• Click on any visible frame to display its objects on screen (objects can
then be edited).
- or -
Click the First, Previous, Next, or Last navigation button on the
Hintline toolbar to jump to start/end frame and navigate frame-by-
frame.
To rename a frame:
• Right-click a frame and choose Properties.... In the Name field, type
in a new frame name. The new name is shown on the Hintline toolbar.
To change frame sequence:
• Drag the selected frame to a new position in the frame order. When
the dragged frame's thumbnail creates a slightly wider space between