Synfig/C2/Draw-a-Toy-train/English-timed
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| Time | Narration |
| 00:01 | Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on “Draw aToy train” using Synfig. |
| 00:06 | In this tutorial, we will learn to: |
| 00:09 | draw basic shapes, color the shapes, group & duplicate objects and |
| 00:14 | align shapes using Guideline. |
| 00:17 | To record this tutorial, I am using: |
| 00:20 | Ubuntu Linux 14.04 OS, |
| 00:24 | Synfig version 1.0.2 |
| 00:27 | Let us open Synfig. |
| 00:29 | First, we will draw the compartment of the toy train. |
| 00:33 | For this, select the Rectangle tool. |
| 00:36 | In the Tool options, check if Create a region layer is selected. |
| 00:42 | Now, draw a rectangle on the canvas. |
| 00:46 | Change the layer name to Part-1. |
| 00:50 | Go to the Parameters panel and change the color to green. |
| 00:56 | Click on the Transform tool now. |
| 00:58 | Then click outside the canvas to deselect the shape. |
| 01:02 | Remember to do this step after drawing any shape on the canvas. |
| 01:07 | Let us save our file. |
| 01:09 | Go to File. Click on Save as. |
| 01:13 | Change the filename to Toy-Train-animation. |
| 01:18 | Save it in your Desktop. |
| 01:21 | Now, select the Rectangle tool once again. |
| 01:26 | Draw a rectangle in the centre of the previous rectangle as shown. |
| 01:32 | This will be the window of the train. |
| 01:35 | Let’s rename this layer as Window. |
| 01:41 | Next, click on the Polygon tool. |
| 01:43 | In Tool options, check if Create a region layer option is selected. |
| 01:50 | Draw a trapezium above the rectangle as shown. |
| 01:54 | Click on the starting point to close the trapezium. |
| 01:59 | Rename this layer as Part-2. |
| 02:03 | I will change the color to red. |
| 02:07 | Now, select the Transform tool. |
| 02:10 | Go to Layers panel. |
| 02:12 | Select all the layers and group them. |
| 02:15 | Rename the group layer as Compartment-3. |
| 02:20 | Resize the layer using the orange dot of the handle. |
| 02:24 | Move it to the right of the canvas using the green dot of the handle. |
| 02:30 | Save the file by pressing Ctrl and S keys. |
| 02:35 | Next, let us draw the wheel of the train. |
| 02:38 | Remember to click outside the canvas to deselect the shape after drawing any shape. |
| 02:44 | Select the Circle tool. |
| 02:46 | In Tool options, Create a region layer should be selected. |
| 02:50 | Draw a circle as shown and change the color to dark blue. |
| 02:56 | Now select the Star tool. |
| 02:59 | In Tool options, Create a star layer should be selected. |
| 03:05 | Keep the cursor in the centre of the circle and draw a star. |
| 03:09 | Now, select the Transform tool. |
| 03:12 | Observe there is 1 handle and 2 dots. |
| 03:16 | Click and drag the green dot of the handle to change the position of the shape. |
| 03:22 | Use the blue dot in the handle for rotation. |
| 03:26 | The middle green dot allows adjustment of the outer edge of the star shape. |
| 03:31 | The last dot is used for resizing. |
| 03:34 | Select both the star and the circle layers. |
| 03:37 | Group them and then rename as Wheel-1. |
| 03:41 | Resize this group layer and place it below the compartment. |
| 03:47 | Now duplicate the Wheel-1 group layer. |
| 03:50 | Rename as Wheel-2 and move to the other end of the compartment. |
| 03:56 | Now select all the group layers. |
| 03:59 | Group them again and rename as Compartment-3. |
| 04:04 | Now click on the Duplicate icon twice. |
| 04:08 | Rename the duplicated group layers as Compartment-2 & Compartment-1 respectively. |
| 04:17 | Select Compartment-2 group layer. |
| 04:20 | Use the Shift key and drag the middle green dot of the handle. |
| 04:24 | Do likewise for the Compartment-1 group layer. |
| 04:30 | Save the file by pressing Ctrl and S keys. |
| 04:34 | Next, let us draw the engine. |
| 04:36 | Click outside the Canvas |
| 04:39 | Select the Circle tool and draw a circle as shown. |
| 04:43 | Rename the layer as Engine-part-1. |
| 04:47 | Change the color to pink. |
| 04:50 | Then click on the Rectangle tool and draw a rectangle on the top of the circle covering half of it. |
| 04:59 | Rename the layer as Engine-part-2 and change the color to yellow. |
| 05:06 | Draw one more rectangle on the top of the current rectangle. |
| 05:10 | Rename the layer as Engine-part-3 and change the color to green. |
| 05:17 | Using the same rectangle tool, draw the window as shown. |
| 05:22 | Rename the layer as Engine-window. |
| 05:26 | Select the layers of the engine and group them. |
| 05:29 | Then rename as Engine. |
| 05:32 | Save the file by pressing Ctrl and S keys. |
| 05:37 | Click on any one of the compartment’s drop down list. |
| 05:40 | Select and copy both Wheel-1 and Wheel-2 group layers. |
| 05:45 | Paste in the Engine group layer. |
| 05:49 | Using Shift key drag these wheels to the bottom of the engine. |
| 05:54 | Now, drag a guideline from the top ruler and place it at the bottom of the compartments. |
| 06:03 | This guideline will help us to align the compartments & engine in a straight line. |
| 06:10 | Next, move & align the Engine next to Compartment-1. |
| 06:16 | Then draw a rectangle to link all the compartments. |
| 06:20 | Rename the layer as Belt and change the color to black. |
| 06:27 | Move the Belt layer to the bottom of the Layers list. |
| 06:31 | Lastly, let us draw the rail. |
| 06:33 | Click on the Rectangle tool. |
| 06:36 | Draw a rectangle below the wheel, as demonstrated here. |
| 06:40 | Change the layer name as Rail and change the color to black. |
| 06:47 | Now the train drawing is complete. |
| 06:50 | Lastly, press Ctrl + S to save our file once again. |
| 06:56 | With this, we have come to the end of this tutorial. |
| 07:00 | Let us summarize. In this tutorial, we learnt to: |
| 07:04 | draw basic shapes, |
| 07:06 | color the shapes, |
| 07:08 | group & duplicate objects and |
| 07:10 | align shapes using the Guideline. |
| 07:13 | Here is an assignment for you- |
| 07:14 | draw a bus in Synfig as explained in this tutorial. |
| 07:20 | Your completed assignment should look like this. |
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