Synfig/C2/Draw-a-Toy-train/English-timed

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 left 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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