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'''Title of script:''' Animate a toy train

'''Author:''' Arthi. A

'''Keywords:''' Synfig, Change angle parameter, Create a Moving train animation



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| style="background-color:#ffffff;border:0.5pt solid #000001;padding-top:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0.0375in;padding-right:0.0382in;"| Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on “'''Animate a toy train” '''using '''Synfig.'''

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| style="background-color:#ffffff;border:0.5pt solid #000001;padding-top:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0.0375in;padding-right:0.0382in;"| In this tutorial we will learn to animate the toy train which we created earlier.

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* '''Ubuntu Linux''' 14.04 OS
* '''Synfig''' version 1.0.2

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| style="background-color:#ffffff;border:0.5pt solid #000001;padding-top:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0.0375in;padding-right:0.0382in;"| Let’s open our '''Train Synfig''' file.

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| style="background-color:#ffffff;border:0.5pt solid #000001;padding-top:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0.0375in;padding-right:0.0382in;"| Please open your '''Train Synfig '''file which you saved on your system.

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| style="background-color:#ffffff;border:0.5pt solid #000001;padding-top:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0.0375in;padding-right:0.0382in;"| Let us start with the animation.

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| style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:0.5pt solid #000001;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000001;border-left:0.5pt solid #000001;border-right:none;padding-top:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0.0375in;padding-right:0.075in;"| Right click on the '''Wheel folder layer'''
| style="background-color:#ffffff;border:0.5pt solid #000001;padding-top:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0.0375in;padding-right:0.0382in;"| Click on the drop down list of '''Engine group layer.'''


Right-click on the any of the '''Wheel group layer. '''


Select the '''Star '''layer.

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| style="background-color:#ffffff;border:0.5pt solid #000001;padding-top:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0.0375in;padding-right:0.0382in;"| Again right-click and click on''' New layer. '''


Then click on '''Transform '''and on''' Rotate.'''

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| style="background-color:#ffffff;border:0.5pt solid #000001;padding-top:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0.0375in;padding-right:0.0382in;"| Now the '''Rotate effect''' has been applied to the wheel.


Move the anchor point to the centre of the wheel.

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| style="background-color:#ffffff;border:0.5pt solid #000001;padding-top:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0.0375in;padding-right:0.0382in;"| In the '''Animation panel,''' click on '''Turn on animate editing mode''' icon.

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| style="background-color:#ffffff;border:0.5pt solid #000001;padding-top:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0.0375in;padding-right:0.0382in;"| Type 24 in the '''Current frame''' box.

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| style="background-color:#ffffff;border:0.5pt solid #000001;padding-top:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0.0375in;padding-right:0.0382in;"| Go to the '''Parameters panel.'''

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| style="background-color:#ffffff;border:0.5pt solid #000001;padding-top:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0.0375in;padding-right:0.0382in;"| Double-click on the value of '''Amount parameter '''and change the value to 360.


Observe that '''waypoints''' are created on the '''Time track panel.'''

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| style="background-color:#ffffff;border:0.5pt solid #000001;padding-top:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0.0375in;padding-right:0.0382in;"| Click and drag the '''Time cursor''' between the 2 '''waypoints '''and''' '''check the rotation of the wheel.


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| style="background-color:#ffffff;border:0.5pt solid #000001;padding-top:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0.0375in;padding-right:0.0382in;"| Save the file by pressing '''Ctrl + S'''. 

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| style="background-color:#ffffff;border:0.5pt solid #000001;padding-top:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0.0375in;padding-right:0.0382in;"| Let us now create a time loop for this rotation effect.

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| style="background-color:#ffffff;border:0.5pt solid #000001;padding-top:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0.0375in;padding-right:0.0382in;"| Right-click on '''Rotate effect layer '''and''' '''click on''' New layer.'''

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| style="background-color:#ffffff;border:0.5pt solid #000001;padding-top:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0.0375in;padding-right:0.0382in;"| Then click on '''Other '''and on''' Time Loop.'''

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| style="background-color:#ffffff;border:0.5pt solid #000001;padding-top:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0.0375in;padding-right:0.0382in;"| In the '''Parameters panel,''' tick the checkbox of '''Only For Positive Duration.'''


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| style="background-color:#ffffff;border:0.5pt solid #000001;padding-top:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0.0375in;padding-right:0.0382in;"| Next, let us add the '''Rotate & TIme Loop''' effects to all the wheels.

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| style="background-color:#ffffff;border:0.5pt solid #000001;padding-top:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0.0375in;padding-right:0.0382in;"| So, select both the effect layers using the '''Shift key. '''


And press''' Ctrl '''and''' C '''keys to copy the layers.

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| style="background-color:#ffffff;border:0.5pt solid #000001;padding-top:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0.0375in;padding-right:0.0382in;"| Now, click on the Wheel-1 group layer. '''


Press '''Ctrl '''and''' V''' keys to paste the layers.

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| style="background-color:#ffffff;border:0.5pt solid #000001;padding-top:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0.0375in;padding-right:0.0382in;"| Repeat the same process for all the wheels.


Now the rotation effect has been applied to all the wheels of the toy train.


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| style="background-color:#ffffff;border:0.5pt solid #000001;padding-top:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0.0375in;padding-right:0.0382in;"| Save the file once again by pressing '''Ctrl + S'''.

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| style="background-color:#ffffff;border:0.5pt solid #000001;padding-top:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0.0375in;padding-right:0.0382in;"| Let us now animate the train.

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| style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:0.5pt solid #000001;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000001;border-left:0.5pt solid #000001;border-right:none;padding-top:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0.0375in;padding-right:0.075in;"| Select all the group layers except '''Rail''' >> Rename as '''Train'''
| style="background-color:#ffffff;border:0.5pt solid #000001;padding-top:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0.0375in;padding-right:0.0382in;"| Select all the group layers except '''Rail.'''


Group them together and rename the group layer as '''Train.'''

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| style="background-color:#ffffff;border:0.5pt solid #000001;padding-top:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0.0375in;padding-right:0.0382in;"| Make sure that the '''Time cursor''' is in the zeroth frame.

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| style="background-color:#ffffff;border:0.5pt solid #000001;padding-top:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0.0375in;padding-right:0.0382in;"| Using Shift key, drag the train outside the '''canvas''' towards the right.

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| style="background-color:#ffffff;border:0.5pt solid #000001;padding-top:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0.0375in;padding-right:0.0382in;"| Move the '''Time cursor '''to the 100th frame. 


Using '''Shift key, '''drag the train to the left side outside the '''canvas'''.


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Press '''Ctrl + S '''
| style="background-color:#ffffff;border:0.5pt solid #000001;padding-top:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0.0375in;padding-right:0.0382in;"| Click on '''Turn off animate editing mode''' icon.


Save the file by pressing '''Ctrl + S'''. 

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| style="background-color:#ffffff;border:0.5pt solid #000001;padding-top:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0.0375in;padding-right:0.0382in;"| Let us now render the animation. 


For this, go to '''File '''and click on '''Render.'''

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| style="background-color:#ffffff;border:0.5pt solid #000001;padding-top:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0.0375in;padding-right:0.0382in;"| In the '''File name '''field, change the extension to '''avi '''and change the''' Target''' to''' ffmpeg.'''

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| style="background-color:#ffffff;border:0.5pt solid #000001;padding-top:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0.0375in;padding-right:0.0382in;"| Increase''' '''the quality to 9 and click on the '''Render''' button.

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| style="background-color:#ffffff;border:0.5pt solid #000001;padding-top:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0.0375in;padding-right:0.0382in;"| Now go to '''Desktop. '''


Right click on the''' avi''' file and play using''' Firefox web browser.''' 

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| style="background-color:#ffffff;border:0.5pt solid #000001;padding-top:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0.0375in;padding-right:0.0382in;"| We can now see the Toy train animation.

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| style="background-color:#ffffff;border:0.5pt solid #000001;padding-top:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0.0375in;padding-right:0.0382in;"| With this we have come to the end of this tutorial. 


Let us summarize. In this tutorial we learnt to animate a '''Toy train'''.

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| style="background-color:#ffffff;border:0.5pt solid #000001;padding-top:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0.0375in;padding-right:0.0382in;"| Here is an assignment for you-

* Animate the bus created in an earlier assignment by following the steps shown in this tutorial.

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