pivot animation tutorial. tutorial links: startup moving your figure adding new frames playback...
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Pivot Animation Tutorial
Tutorial links:
Startup Moving your figure Adding new frames Playback Adding a figure Edit figure
Load new figures Creating your own
figure Animation Dimensions Load background Example Animations
Pivot startup screen
In Pivot you start with a stick figure. You can make a series of frames to make one animation.
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Moving your figure
You can move figures around by clicking on the yellow dot and holding your clicker down. When you have your figure where you would like it to start release the mouse click.
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Adding frames
Click on the red dots to move joints.
Click on next frame on the lower left hand side to make a new frame.
Make several frames to complete one animation.
Next Frame
Series of Frames
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Playback your animation
Click on the play button to play your animation.
Notice the repeat button is checked.
Speedup or slow down your animation by moving the arrows up or down next to the play button.
Play
Repeat
Spee
d
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Adding figures
Click on add figure to add additional figures.
Move figures by clicking on the yellow dot.(figures are places on top of other figures)
Add figure
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Edit figure
Click on colour to change color of figure.
Click on up or down arrows next to colour to change figures size.
Click on front or back to bring a figure in front or behind another figure.
Change sizeColor
Brin
g to
fro
nt/ba
ck
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Load new figures
Click on File then load figure type.
A new box will appear you may select a figure and click open.
Load figure
Choose figure
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Creating your own figure
To create your own figure click on File
Click on create figure type.
You can add straight lines or circles to make your stick figure.
Create F
igu
re T
ype
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Changing Animation dimensions
To change animation dimensions (area you are working with):
Click on Options Set width and
height Click ok
Options
Set width/height
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Load background
Click on file Click on load
background. Look in my pictures
or my gimps File type jpg
Background
Ch
oo
se
jpg
Look in my pictures or my gimp
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Example Animations
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