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==Welcome to the Synfig wiki!==
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This wiki is the main documentation for the [http://www.synfig.org/ Synfig Project], a 2D animation and design program. The wiki documentation is divided in three main sections: {{l|User Documentation}} (for the users of the animation program), {{l|Developer Documentation}} (for the people developing the code of the program) and {{l|Writer Documentation}} (for the people that wish to keep this wiki up to date).
  
'''This page in other languages:''' [[Main Page|English (en)]] | [[Main Page.ru|Русский (ru)]] | [[Main Page.tr|Türkçe (tr)]]
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Below is a list of all the items for each category of documentation.
  
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* '''{{l|User Documentation}}'''
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** {{l|Category:Manual|Manual}}. The Manual is a step by step walkthrough of the main aspects of Synfig Studio and the workflow to do animations with it. An (''outdated'') snapshot is available for [https://archive.org/download/CategoryManual/Category_Manual.pdf offline viewing]
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** {{l|Category:Tutorials|Tutorials}}. Each tutorial is an independent guide that illustrates how to proceed to achieve a particular task.
'''Animation in the free world'''
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** {{l|Category:Reference|Reference}}. This is an exhaustive list of all the individual aspects of Synfig (GUI and command line). Use it when you need details on a particular aspect of the program.
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** {{l|Category:Glossary|Glossary}}. Some parts of the documentation have Synfig-specific naming or concepts. Research them here.
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* '''{{l|Developer Documentation}}'''
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* '''{{l|Writer Documentation}}'''
  
Two-dimensional animation has long been the domain of proprietary software. That changes with the introduction of Synfig, an free software/open source tool for producing feature-film quality animation with fewer people and resources. [[About|Read more...]]
 
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[[FAQ]]<br/>
 
[[About]]<br/>
 
[[Gallery]]<br/>
 
[[Feature_list|Features]]<br/>
 
[[Download]]<br/>
 
[[Screenshots]]<br/>
 
[[Related Projects]]<br/>
 
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'''Synfig [[News|news]] & [[Press|press]]!'''<br/>
 
[[News/2008-01-02|Synfig Irregular News]]<br/>
 
[[Communication|Forums are online!]]<br/>
 
[[News/2007-10-11|Synfig Irregular News]]<br/>
 
[[Releases/0.61.07|Synfig release 0.61.07]]<br/>
 
[[Releases/0.61.07-rc1|Synfig release 0.61.07-rc1]]<br/>
 
[[Meetings/2007-07|Synfig meeting that was cancelled]]<br/>
 
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'''Beautiful art inspires the community'''
 
  
The community is inspired by the art you produce. Thank you to all who produce the art in the [[gallery]], at
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'''To all writers and translators'''
[http://youtube.com/results?search_query=synfig&search_sort=video_date_uploaded YouTube], [http://www.videoplayer.es/tag/synfig/ VideoPlayer.es],  [http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=synfig&so=1 Google Video], [http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/synfig/ Flickr] and around the web. You might like to read some [[Animation Ideas|animation ideas]], contribute to the [[DemoReel|demo reel]] or [[Communication|share your work with us]].
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Please read the hints at {{l|Writer Documentation}}.
[http://www.bridgetone.com/voria/movies/prologue.mov http://img.youtube.com/vi/wwSZZivjQMo/default.jpg]<br>
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Prologue<br>
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by [[History|Voria Studios]]
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[http://synfig.org/files/voria/pirates.png http://synfig.org/files/voria/pirates-t.jpg]<br>
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Pirates of Voria<br>
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by [[History|Voria Studios]]
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'''Beautiful art needs beautiful support'''
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Artists need information about how Synfig works in order to be able to inspire us with their animations. Help document the Synfig interface, write tutorials, help people on IRC and in the forums and more. [[Documentation|Read more...]]
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[[FAQ]]<br/>
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[[How do I|Tips]]<br/>
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[[Press]]
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[[Tutorials]]<br/>
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[[Feature_list|Features]]<br/>
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[[Events]]<br>
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[[Meetings]]<br>
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[[Communication|IRC, lists, forums]]
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[[Wiki_Wish_List|Wiki wishlist]]<br>
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[[Special:Allpages|All pages]]<br>
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[[Special:Shortpages|Short pages]]<br>
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[[:Category:Blank_Pages|Blank pages]]<br>
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[[Special:Wantedpages|Wanted pages]]<br>
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[[Special:Lonelypages|Orphaned pages]]<br>
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[[Special:Wantedcategories|Wanted categories]]<br>
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[[Special:Uncategorizedpages|Uncategorised pages]]
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'''Beautiful art needs beautiful code'''
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Free software and open source development is nothing without an active community, so come join Synfig. We need bug fixers, general developers, bug reporters, beta testers, artists to inspire us and more. Your contributions are welcome, needed and appreciated. [[Development|Read more...]]
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[[Bugs]]<br>
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[[Events]]<br>
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[[License]]<br>
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[[Releases]]<br>
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[[Source code]]<br>
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[http://synfig.org/api/ Source docs]<br>
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[[Build instructions]]<br><br>
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[http://www.ohloh.net/projects/4832 http://www.ohloh.net/projects/4832/badge.gif]
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[http://sf.net/projects/synfig Project]<br>
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[[Release]]<br>
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[[Meetings]]<br>
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[[Roadmap]]<br>
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[[Wish list]]<br>
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[[Software_roadmap|Long-term aims]]<br>
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[[GoogleSoC|Google Summer of Code]]
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<div id="oldlayout">Welcome to the Synfig [[wikipedia:wiki|Wiki]]!</div>
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== Synfig == 
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[http://www.synfig.com/ website] | [http://sourceforge.net/projects/synfig/ project] | [http://www.synfig.com/download/ download] | [[Bugs|bugs]] | [[News|draft news]] | [http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=144022 email] | [irc://irc.freenode.net/synfig irc] (logs [http://jabber.deepdarc.com/logs.php/%23synfig%40freenode.irc.deepdarc.com 1] [http://dooglus.rincevent.net/synfig/logs/ 2], [xmpp:%23synfig@freenode.irc.deepdarc.com?join jabber], [[Meet The Regulars|meet the regulars]]) | [http://www.synfig.com/2005/11/28/subversion-repository/ svn] ([http://cia.vc/stats/project/synfig logs])| [[License|licence]] (GPL >= 2)
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== Documentation ==
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* source: [[Build instructions|build]] | [[Source Outline|outline]] | [[Source Glossary|glossary]] | [http://kibi.dyndns.org:8083/~dooglus/gitweb.pl?p=synfig browse source code]
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* general: [[FAQ|faq]] | [[synfig Core options|command-line]] | [[Tutorials|tutorials]] | [[Keyboard Shortcuts|keyboard]] | [[How do I|tips]] | [[Categorical Help|help by categories]] | [[Feature list|features]] | [[Gallery|gallery]] | [[Screenshots|screenshots]]
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== Links of Interest ==
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* [[GoogleSoC | stuff related to Google's Summer of Code]]
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* [[Synfig Goals | Project Goals and Intent]] &mdash; ''fixme!''
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* Roadmaps: [[Roadmap|specific release goals]] [[Software roadmap|longer-term aims]]
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* [[Wish list]] - What would you like to see implemented in Synfig?
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Latest revision as of 20:33, 21 June 2016

Welcome to the Synfig wiki!

This wiki is the main documentation for the Synfig Project, a 2D animation and design program. The wiki documentation is divided in three main sections: User Documentation (for the users of the animation program), Developer Documentation (for the people developing the code of the program) and Writer Documentation (for the people that wish to keep this wiki up to date).

Below is a list of all the items for each category of documentation.

  • User Documentation
    • Manual. The Manual is a step by step walkthrough of the main aspects of Synfig Studio and the workflow to do animations with it. An (outdated) snapshot is available for offline viewing
    • Tutorials. Each tutorial is an independent guide that illustrates how to proceed to achieve a particular task.
    • Reference. This is an exhaustive list of all the individual aspects of Synfig (GUI and command line). Use it when you need details on a particular aspect of the program.
    • Glossary. Some parts of the documentation have Synfig-specific naming or concepts. Research them here.
  • Developer Documentation
  • Writer Documentation


To all writers and translators

Please read the hints at Writer Documentation.