Categorical Help

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Introduction

• {{l|Features]]
• {{l|About]]
• {{l|License]]
• {{l|Download]]
• Building Synfig:
  • {{l|Build instructions]]
  • {{l|Gentoo Ebuilds]]
  • {{l|Mingw_installation]]
  • {{l|Windows build instructions]]
  • {{l|Subversion]]
• {{l|Gallery]]
• {{l|Contact]]

Synfig Studio Interface

• {{l|Quick Overview]]
• {{l|Short Introduction]]

• The Main Canvas
  • {{l|New Canvas Dialog|Canvas Properties]]
  • {{l|Canvas Menu Caret]]
• {{l|Toolbox|The Toolbox]]
  • {{l|Normal Tool]]
  • {{l|Smooth Move Tool]]
  • {{l|Scale Tool]]
  • {{l|Rotate Tool]]
  • {{l|Mirror Tool]]
  • {{l|Bline Tool]] (see also {{l|Creating Shapes]])
  • {{l|Circle Tool]]
  • {{l|Rectangle Tool]]
  • {{l|Gradient Tool]]
  • {{l|Polygon Tool]]
  • {{l|Draw tool]]
  • {{l|Sketch Tool]]
  • {{l|Fill Tool]]
  • {{l|Eyedrop Tool]]
  • {{l|Zoom Tool]]
  • {{l|Star Tool]]
  • {{l|Text Tool]]
  • {{l|Width tool]]
• Dockable Dialogs - These are the main ancillary windows you'll use in Synfig to manage your project data outside of the canvas window.
  • {{l|Tool Options Panel]]
  • {{l|History Panel]]
  • {{l|Canvas Browser Panel]]
  • {{l|Keyframes Panel]]
  • {{l|Layers Panel]]
  • {{l|Params Panel]]
  • {{l|Canvas MetaData Panel]]
  • {{l|Children Panel]]
  • {{l|Info Panel]]
  • {{l|Navigator Panel]]
  • {{l|Timetrack Panel]]
  • {{l|Curves Panel]]
  • {{l|Groups Panel]]
  • {{l|Palette Editor Panel]]
• Dialogs
  • {{l|Color Editor Dialog]]
  • {{l|Gradient Editor Dialog]]
  • {{l|Palette Browser]]
  • {{l|Render dialog]]
  • {{l|Preview window]] (Flipbook)

Important Concepts

• Introduction to {{l|Layer|layers and layer types]].
• {{l|Duck|Ducks]]
• The {{l|Blend Method|blend method]] attribute and layer composition.
• {{l|Types|Types of value nodes]] and their {{l|Convert|conversions]].
• {{l|Encapsulate|Encapsulation of layers.]]
• {{l|ListImporter]]
• {{l|Sub-Canvases]]
• {{l|Z Depth Parameter|Depth sorting of layers]]

Working with Synfig

• Preparation

• Creating artwork
  • {{l|Creating Shapes]]
  • {{l|Adding Layers]]
  • {{l|ListImporter|Importing image sequences]].

• Animation
  • {{l|Animation Basics]]
  • {{l|Rescale Animations]]

• Render
  • {{l|Preview|Previewing]]
  • {{l|Render options|Rendering]]

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