Synfig/C2/Overview-of-Synfig/English-timed
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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
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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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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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10:56 | This is Arthi along with animation team from IIT Bombay, signing off. Thanks for watching. |