Synfig/C2/Overview-of-Synfig/English-timed
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| Time | Narration |
| 00:01 | Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on Overview and Installation of Synfig. |
| 00:08 | In this tutorial, we will learn about: Interface of Synfig |
| 00:13 | Drawing and animating in Synfig and the content available in various tutorials under this series |
| 00:22 | To record this tutorial, I am using: Ubuntu Linux OS version 16.04 |
| 00:30 | Synfig version 1.0.2 |
| 00:35 | To follow this tutorial, you should have knowledge of Inkscape |
| 00:40 | And Principles of animation |
| 00:43 | First, let us learn about Synfig. |
| 00:46 | Synfig is a 2D animation software. It is a free open source software. |
| 00:53 | Next, let us learn some of the features of Synfig. |
| 00:57 | It works on Linux, Windows and Mac Operating System |
| 01:02 | It can draw various shapes and Creates text animation |
| 01:07 | It can import png images and animate those images |
| 01:12 | It creates Cutout animation |
| 01:16 | It also creates Character walk cycle
The Output can be rendered in gif, avi and various other formats |
| 01:26 | Synfig can be used by 2D Animators |
| 01:30 | School and college students who are interested in animation. |
| 01:34 | Next we will see how to install Synfig on Ubuntu OS. |
| 01:39 | To follow the installation procedure, you need to be connected to the Internet. |
| 01:44 | Open the terminal by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T keys together. |
| 01:50 | Now in the terminal type sudo space apt hyphen get install synfigstudio and press Enter.
Enter the system password if required. |
| 02:07 | It will display a message of how much disk space will be occupied. |
| 02:13 | Type Y and press Enter to confirm this.
This will install Synfig. |
| 02:18 | Let us check whether the Synfig is installed successfully. |
| 02:22 | In the terminal, type synfigstudio and press Enter. |
| 02:28 | We can see the Synfig console opens. |
| 02:31 | Now let us learn the installation of Synfig on Windows operating system. |
| 02:37 | To follow the installation procedure, you need to be connected to the Internet.
Open your default web browser. |
| 02:45 | In the address bar, type the url: https://www.synfig.org/download-stable
Press Enter. |
| 03:02 | In Choose your OS drop down box, select your OS details - Windows 64bit / Windows 32bit.
I’ll select Windows 64bit. |
| 03:15 | In Name a fair price field, type 0(zero) and press GET SYNFIG.
A popup window appears. |
| 03:23 | Type your email-id as shown. Click on Continue |
| 03:29 | Next, select your location in dropdown box and press Continue.
Click on Complete Checkout. |
| 03:37 | You will get an email from Paddle help@paddle.com
Check your email and click on Download button in the mail. |
| 03:47 | A popup window appears. Click on Save. |
| 03:51 | Go to Downloads folder and double click on .exe file of Synfig. |
| 03:57 | A pop up window appears. Click on Run button.
Synfig Studio Setup window appears. |
| 04:04 | In License Agreement section, choose I Agree.
Click on Next and then on Install. |
| 04:14 | Click on Close. Synfig is now successfully installed. |
| 04:20 | To check, click on Windows button and type Synfig.
You can see Synfig opens up. |
| 04:28 | Now, we will briefly go through the individual tutorials in this series. |
| 04:33 | The first tutorial in this series is “Bouncing ball animation”. |
| 04:38 | Here we will learn to Use Synfig interface
Draw a ball in Synfig |
| 04:45 | Add keyframes and waypoints |
| 04:48 | Do a ball animation with squash effect. Render the animation in gif format |
| 04:54 | Here is a glimpse of the tutorial. |
| @04:56 Add the audio of Bouncing ball tutorial from 05:44 to 05:51 | |
| 05:03 | The next tutorial is “E-card animation. |
| 05:08 | This will help us to Import png images
Animate the images, Do text animation |
| 05:17 | Also we will learn to Preview the animation and Render the animation in avi format |
| 05:24 | Let me play this tutorial. |
| @05:26 Add the audio of E-card animation tutorial from 02:56 to 03:03 | |
| 05:34 | The next tutorial is “Create a Star animation” |
| 05:38 | In this tutorial, we will learn to create Gradient color animation, Group layers and Star animation |
| 05:48 | Here is a glimpse of the tutorial. |
| @05:51 - Add the audio of Create a Star animation tutorial from 03:36 to 03:44 | |
| 06:00 | The next tutorial is “Draw a toy train” |
| 06:04 | In this tutorial, we will learn to Draw basic shapes
Color the shapes |
| 06:11 | Group & duplicate objects and Align shapes using Guideline |
| 06:17 | Let's have a look at this tutorial. |
| @06:19 Add the audio of Draw a toy train from 04:20 to 04:29 | |
| 06:28 | The next tutorial is about “Animate a toy train”. |
| 06:33 | In this tutorial we will learn to animate the toy train which we created in the previous tutorial. |
| 06:40 | Here is a glimpse of the tutorial. |
| @06:44 -Add the audio of Animate a toy train from 02:47 to 02:56 | |
| 06:55 | The next tutorial is “Plant animation” |
| 07:00 | Here we will learn to- Add a vertex using Insert item |
| 07:05 | Use Split tangent option
Use Mark active point as off option |
| 07:12 | Animate the shapes |
| 07:14 | Here is a glimpse of the tutorial. |
| @07:17 Add the audio from Plant Animation tutorial from 10:51 to 10:57 | |
| 07:24 | The next tutorial is “Logo animation” |
| 07:28 | In this tutorial we will learn to- Use Mirror tool |
| 07:32 | Animate a logo, Create Spherize effect |
| 07:38 | Let us have a look at this tutorial |
| @07:41 Add the audio from Logo animation tutorial from 05:01 to 05:09 | |
| 07:51 | The next tutorial is “Basic bone animation” |
| 07:55 | Here, we will learn to Add and attach bones to character |
| 07:59 | Animate the character using Skeleton option |
| 08:03 | Here is a glimpse of the tutorial. |
| @08:07 Add the audio of Basic bone animation tutorial from 05:38 to 05:48
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| 08:18 | The next tutorial is "Cutout animation". |
| 08:22 | In this tutorial we will learn to Use the Cutout tool on an image and
Animate the cutout shapes |
| 08:30 | Here is a glimpse of the tutorial. |
| @08:34 Add the Audio of Cutout Animation tutorial from 03:53 to 04:01 | |
| 08:43 | The next tutorial is "Rocket animation".
In this tutorial we will learn to create Fire effect, Noise Gradient and Feather effect |
| 08:56 | Here is a glimpse of the tutorial. |
| @09:00- Add the Audio of Rocket Animation from 03:10 to 03:20 | |
| 09:12 | The next tutorial is to create "Underwater animation". |
| 09:17 | In this tutorial we will learn to Import PNGs and SVGs |
| 09:23 | Animate the image using Distortion effect |
| 09:27 | Add Noise gradient and Use Random option for random animation |
| 09:32 | Using the above, we will learn to create an underwater animation. |
| 09:36 | Here is the glimpse of the tutorial |
| @09:39 Add the audio of Underwater Animation from 02:37 to 02:45 | |
| 09:47 | This brings us to the end of this tutorial. Let us summarize. |
| 09:52 | In this tutorial, we learnt about Synfig and saw glimpses of the tutorials in this series. |
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