Synfig/C2/Overview-of-Synfig/English

Title of script: Overview of Synfig

Author: Arthi & Shital

Keywords: Synfig, Drawing and animating in Synfig, Video tutorial

Visual Cue	Narration
Slide:	Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on Overview and Installation of Synfig.
Slide: Learning objectives	In this tutorial, we will learn about: Interface of Synfig Drawing and animating in Synfig and the content available in various tutorials under this series
Slide: System Requirements	To record this tutorial, I am using: Ubuntu Linux OS version 16.04 Synfig OS version 1.0.2
Slide: Pre-requisites	To follow this tutorial, you should have knowledge of Inkscape Principles of animation
Slide: Synfig	First, let us learn about Synfig. Synfig is a 2D animation software. It is a free open source software.
Slide: Features of Synfig	Next, let us learn some of the features of Synfig. It works on Linux, Windows and Mac OS It can draw various shapes Creates text animation
Slide: Features of Synfig	It can import png images and animate those images Creates Cutout animation It also creates Character walk cycle Output can be rendered in gif, avi and various other formats
Slide: Who can use Synfig?	Synfig can be used by 2D Animators School and college students who are interested in animation.
Slide: Installation of Synfig on Ubuntu OS	Next we will see how to install Synfig on Ubuntu Linux OS.
	To follow the installation procedure, you need to be connected to the internet.
Press Ctrl + Alt + T together	Open the terminal by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T keys together.
Type sudo apt-get install synfigstudio Press Enter. Enter the system password if required.	Now in the terminal type sudo apt-get install synfigstudio and press Enter. Enter the system password if required.
Disk space message appears	It will display a message of how much disk space will be occupied.
Type Y and press Enter	Type Y and press Enter to confirm this. This will install Synfig. <<PAUSE>>
	Let us check whether the Synfig is installed successfully.
Type synfigstudio and press Enter	In the terminal, type synfigstudio and press Enter.
	We can see the Synfig console opens.
Slide: Installation of Synfig on Windows OS	Now let us learn the installation of Synfig on Windows operating system.
Open your default web browser	To follow the installation procedure, you need to be connected to the internet. Open your default web browser.
In the address bar>>type "https://www.synfig.org/download-stable" Press Enter	In the address bar, type the url: https://www.synfig.org/download-stable Press Enter.
Select windows 64bit / windows 32bit	In Choose your OS drop down box, select your OS details - Windows 64bit / Windows 32bit. I’ll select Windows 64bit.
Type 0(zero) Press GET SYNFIG Type your email-id and press Continue	In Name a fair price field, type 0(zero) and press GET SYNFIG. A popup window appears. Type your email-id as shown. Click on Continue
Select your location in dropdown box and press Continue. Click on Complete Checkout	Next, select your location in dropdown box and press Continue. Click on Complete Checkout.
Check your email <help@paddle.com> Click on Download	You will get an email from Paddle <help@paddle.com> Check your email and click on Download button in the mail.
Click on Save Go to Downloads folder >> Double click on .exe file of synfig.	A popup window appears. Click on Save. Go to Downloads folder and double click on .exe file of Synfig.
Click on Run button	A pop up window appears. Click on Run button. Synfig Studio Setup window appears.
In License Agreement section, choose I Agree. Click on Next. Click on Install.	In License Agreement section, choose I Agree. Click on Next and then on Install.
Click on Close.	Click on Close. Synfig is now successfully installed.
Windows >> Synfig	To check, click on Windows button and type Synfig. You can see Synfig opens up.
	Now, we will briefly go through the individual tutorials in this series.
Slide: Bouncing ball animation	The first tutorial in this series is “Bouncing ball animation”. Here we will learn to Use Synfig interface Draw a ball in Synfig Add keyframes and waypoints Do a ball animation with squash effect Render the animation in gif format
Show “Bouncing ball animation” tutorial	Here is a glimpse of the tutorial.
Slide: E-card animation	The next tutorial is “E-card animation. This will help us to Import png images Animate the images Do text animation Also we will learn to Preview the animation Render the animation in avi format
Show “E-card aniamtion” tutorial	Let me play this tutorial.
	The next tutorial is “Create a Star animation”
Slide: Create a Star animation	In this tutorial, we will learn to create Gradient color animation Group layers Star animation
Show “Create a Star animation” tutorial	Here is a glimpse of the tutorial.
Slide: “Draw a toy train”	The next tutorial is “Draw a toy train” In this tutorial, we will learn to Draw basic shapes Color the shapes Group & duplicate objects and Align shapes using Guideline
Show “Draw a toy train” tutorial	Let's have a look at this tutorial.
Slide: “Animate a toy train”	The next tutorial is about “Animate a toy train”. In this tutorial we will learn to animate the toy train which we created in the previous tutorial.
Show Animate a toy train tutorial	Here is a glimpse of the tutorial.
Slide: Plant animation	The next tutorial is “Plant animation” Here we will learn to- Add a vertex using Insert item Use Split tangent option Use Mark active point as off option Animate the shapes
Show Plant animation tutorial	Here is a glimpse of the tutorial.
Logo animation	The next tutorial is “Logo animation” In this tutorial we will learn to- Use Mirror tool Animate a logo Create Spherize effect
Show Logo animation tutorial	Let us have a look at this tutorial
Basic bone animation	The next tutorial is “Basic bone animation” Here, we will learn to Add and attach bones to character Animate the character using Skeleton option
Show Basic bone animation tutorial	Here is a glimpse of the tutorial.
	The next tutorial is Cutout animation. In this tutorial we will learn to Use the Cutout tool on an image and Animate the cutout shapes
Show Cut out animation tutorial	Here is a glimpse of the tutorial.
	This brings us to the end of this tutorial. Let us summarize.
Slide: Summary	In this tutorial, we learnt about Synfig and saw glimpses of the tutorials in this series.
Slide: About Spoken Tutorial project	The video at the following link summarizes the Spoken Tutorial project. Please download and watch it.
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Slide: Acknowledgement	Spoken Tutorial project is funded by NMEICT, MHRD, Government of India. More information on this mission is available at this link.
	This is Arthi along with animation team from IIT Bombay, signing off. Thanks for watching.

Contributors and Content Editors

Arthi, Nancyvarkey