Synfig/C2/Create-a-star-animation/English
Title of script: Star animation
Author: Saurabh Gadgil
Keywords: Synfig, Group layers, Gradient animation, Color change animation, Star animation
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Opening Slide | Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on “Star animation” using Synfig. |
Learning Objectives (Slide) | In this tutorial we will learn to create
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System requirement (Slide) | To record this tutorial, I am using
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Open Synfig | Let us open Synfig. |
Documents folder | I have created a branch image in my Documents folder. |
Code files link (Slide) | The image is provided to you in the Code Files link. Let us import it. |
Go to File >> Click on Import | Go to File. Click on Import. Select Branch image. |
Select Branch folder layer | Go to Layers panel.
Select the Branch layer. Now the handle appears. |
Resize the image | Click on the orange dot and resize the image as shown. |
Click on the green dot and move it to the bottom of the canvas. | |
Go to File >> Click on Save | Let us now save our file.
I will save the file in the Desktop. <<PAUSE>> |
Change name to Star-animation >>
Click on Save |
Change the default name to Star hyphen animation.
Click on Save. |
Next let us create some stars. | |
Tool box >> Star tool >> Create 10 stars | Now go to Tool box. Click on Star tool.
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Layers panels >> Select all star layers >> Group them | Go to Layers panel. Select all the star layers using Shift key.
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Rename the layers to Stars >> Click outside the canvas | Rename the group layer to Stars.
<<PAUSE>> |
Tool box >> Gradient tool | Next let us create a gradient background.
Go to Tool box. Click on Gradient tool. |
Tool options panel >> check Create a linear gradient option | In the Tool options panel, check if Create a linear gradient option is selected. |
Drag on the canvas and create a gradient background | Click the mouse on the top of the canvas and drag it till bottom.
Observe a black and white gradient appears on the canvas. |
Parameters panel >> Gradient value | Go to Parameters panel.
Double click on the Gradient value. A dialog box appears. |
Point to the 2 Color stop icons | Observe there are 2 Color stop icons at each end in the box at the bottom. |
Point to the 2 Color stop icons | These icons indicates the 2 colors of the gradient. |
Select left Color stop icon. >> Change the color to light blue | The left Color stop icon is selected by default. Change the color to light blue. |
Select right Color stop icon >> Change the color to white | Next select the right Color stop icon. Change the color to white.
Close the dialog box. |
Observe the color change in the canvas. | |
Click on Turn on Animate edit mode icon | In the Animation panel, click on Turn on Animate editing mode icon. |
Go to 25th frame >> Add a keyframe | Go to 25th frame. Add a keyframe in the keyframes panel. |
Parameters panel >> Gradient parameter value | Go to Parameters panel.
Click on the Gradient parameter value. |
Change the left color to black and the right color to dark blue. | |
Observe waypoints are created on the Time track panel. | |
Drag the Time cursor | Drag the Time cursor between zeroth and 25th frame to observe the color change in the canvas. |
Press Ctrl and S | Press Ctrl and S keys to save our file |
Go to Layers panel >> Click on the Lower layer button twice | We need to move the gradient background to the bottom.
So, go to Layers panel. Click on the Lower layer button twice. <<PAUSE>> |
Select Star layers >> Keep Time cursor in zeroth frame | Next let us animate the alpha value of the stars. So, select the Stars group layer.
Go to Zeroth frame. |
Change the Amount of Alpha value to 0 | In the Parameters panel, double click on the value of Amount parameter.
Change the value to zero. Press Enter. Observe the stars are not visible now. |
Go to 25th frame >> Change the Amount parameter value to 0 | Go to 25th frame. Again change the Amount parameter value to 0. |
Go to 40th frame >> add a new keyframe | Go to 40th frame. In the Keyframes panel, add a new keyframe. |
Change the Amount parameter value to 1 | In the Parameters panel, change the Amount parameter value to 1. |
Go to 55th frame >> Duplicate 25th frame | Go to 55th frame. In the Keyframes panel, select the 25th frame. Click on Duplicate icon. |
go to 70th frame >> Duplicate 40th frame | Next go to 70th frame.
<<PAUSE>> |
Press Ctrl and S keys to save our file | |
Go to File >> Click on Render | Finally we will now render our animation.
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Change the extension to avi >> change the target to ffmpeg
>> Click on Render |
Change the extension to avi. Change target to ffmpeg.
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Play animation using Firefox web browser | Let us now go to the Desktop and play the animation using Firefox web browser. |
Summary (Slide) | With this, we have come to the end of this tutorial.
Let us summarize. In this tutorial, we learnt to do
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Assignment
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