### Instructions for using the animation software workspace
#### Menu bar
Covers file operations (new, open, save, export projects), editing (undo, copy-paste, etc.), views (zoom, pan, display mode), and animation (keyframes, presets, timeline settings).
#### toolbar
There are selection tools for selecting elements, drawing tools (brushes, shapes, erasers) for authoring, transform tools (move, scale, rotate) to adjust elements, and fill and stroke tools for handling colors and borders.
#### Timeline
Includes layer management (new, reorder, hide, lock) and timeline tracks (frame display, keyframe manipulation, time markers) for organizing animation elements and setting animation time changes.
#### Workspace (Canvas)
It is the core area of animation creation, where you can create and edit elements and lay out scenes. It can preview the animation in real time, and check the animation effect by playing, pausing, and playing frame by frame, which is convenient for adjustment and optimization. These features work together to help you create animations efficiently.
### 动画软件工作区使用说明
#### 菜单栏
涵盖文件操作（新建、打开、保存、导出项目）、编辑（撤销、复制粘贴等）、视图（缩放、平移、显示模式）和动画（关键帧、预设、时间轴设置）相关功能。
#### 工具栏
有选择工具用于选取元素，绘图工具（画笔、形状、橡皮擦）创作，变换工具（移动、缩放、旋转）调整元素，填充和描边工具处理颜色和边框。
#### 时间轴
包括图层管理（新建、调整顺序、隐藏显示、锁定）和时间轴轨道（帧显示、关键帧操作、时间标记），用于组织动画元素和设置动画时间变化。
#### 工作区（画布）
是动画创作的核心区域，可创建和编辑元素、布置场景。能实时预览动画，通过播放、暂停、逐帧播放检查动画效果，便于调整优化。这些功能协同，助您高效创作动画。
Here's an example of how to use an animation software workspace:
### First, the menu bar
1. **File**
- New Project: Create a brand new animation project and choose from a different preset template or a blank project to start working on.
- Open Project: Browse for a local file, select an existing animation project file, and open it for editing.
- Save: Saves the animation project you are currently editing to the specified local path. It is recommended to use this feature regularly to prevent data loss.
- Save As: You can save the project to a different location with a new file name or format.
- **Export**: Export the finished animation to a variety of common video formats (such as MP4, AVI, etc.), image sequences (such as PNG sequences), or specific animation file formats for easy sharing and use.
2. **Edit**
- Undo/Redo: Undo the previous operation or re-execute the undone operation to correct errors in the authoring process.
- Copy/Paste/Cut: Use to copy, paste, or cut animation elements (such as layers, keyframes, etc.) to improve production efficiency.
- Select All: Select all editable elements in the current workspace for unified operation.
3. **View**
- Zoom: You can zoom in or out of the workspace view, making it easy to fine-tune animation details or see the overall layout.
- Pan: Moves the view of the workspace to make it easy to see the animation content in different areas.
- **Display mode**: Provide a variety of display modes, such as normal display, outline display, onion skin display, etc. The onion display allows you to view the content of multiple adjacent frames at the same time, helping to create coherent animations from frame to frame.
4. **Animation**
- Add Keyframes: Add keyframes on the Timeline for selected animation properties such as position, rotation, scale, transparency, and more, using keyframes to define changes in the animation.
- Delete Keyframes: Removes keyframes that you don't need.
- **Animation Presets**: The software comes with some preset animation effects, which can be directly applied to selected elements to speed up animation production.
- Timeline Settings: Adjust the relevant parameters of the timeline, such as frame rate, playback speed, etc. The frame rate determines the smoothness of the animation, the general frame rate for film and television animation is 24fps, and the game animation may be 30fps or 60fps.
### Second, the toolbar
1. Selection Tool: Used to select animated elements (such as layers, graphics, text, etc.) in the workspace. You can select it by clicking, marqueeping, etc., and after selecting it, you can move, scale, rotate, and other operations.
2. **Drawing Tools**
- Brush Tool: Draw free-form lines and shapes in the workspace, just like in traditional painting. You can adjust the brush size, hardness, color, and other parameters.
- Shape Tools: Draw a variety of basic geometric shapes (such as rectangles, circles, triangles, etc.) that can be used as animated elements and can be edited (e.g., by modifying rounded corners, adjusting nodes, etc.).
- Eraser Tool: Erase unwanted drawings. You can set the size, shape, and erasing mode of the eraser.
3. **Transform Tools**
- Move Tool: Moves the selected animation element precisely. You can use the arrow keys on your keyboard to fine-tune it.
- Zoom Tool: Scales the selected element. You can hold down the Shift key to keep the proportions of the element unchanged and prevent deformation.
- Rotation tool: Rotates the animation element around a specified center point, allowing you to set the rotation angle freely.
4. **Fill & Stroke Tools**
- Fill Tool: Fills a closed shape or selected area with a color or pattern. You can choose between solid colors, gradient fills, and more.
- Stroke tool: Add a border line to a graphic or path, and set properties such as the color, weight, and style of the stroke.
### 3. Timeline
1. **Layer Management**
- New Layer: Add a new layer to organize the animation elements. Different types of elements can be placed on different layers for easy management and editing. For example, you can place background elements on the bottom layer and character elements on top.
- Layer Order Adjustment: Change the order of layers by dragging them up and down to determine the level of display of elements in the picture.
- **Hide/Show Layers**: Temporarily hide or redisplay a specified layer so you can focus on animating a specific part or seeing the overall effect.
- Lock Layers: Prevent accidental manipulation of layers that have been completed or don't need to be modified.
2. **Timeline Track**
- Frame Display: Each layer has a corresponding sequence of frames on the timeline. The frames are arranged in the form of small squares, representing different moments of the animation. You can navigate through different sections of the timeline through the scroll bar.
- Keyframe Operations: Add, remove, and move keyframes on the Timeline to control changes in the animation. Transitions between keyframes are automatically animated.
- **Time Marker**: Marker points can be set on the timeline to quickly locate a specific point in time, and are often used to mark important animation events or parts that need to be adjusted repeatedly.
### 4. Workspace (Canvas)
1. Animation Element Creation and Editing: This is the main area of animation. You can create new animated elements directly on the canvas (using drawing tools, adding text, etc.), or you can edit existing elements (via the Selection and Transform tools).
2. **Scene Layout**: According to the animation script or creativity, arrange different elements on the canvas, and set their initial position, size, color and other attributes as the starting state of the animation.
3. **Live Preview**: During the production process, you can preview the animation effect on the canvas in real time via the play button. You can pause, stop, and play animations frame by frame to check the smoothness and accuracy of the animation, identify problems in time, and make adjustments.
### First, the menu bar
1. **File**
- New Project: Create a brand new animation project and choose from a different preset template or a blank project to start working on.
- Open Project: Browse for a local file, select an existing animation project file, and open it for editing.
- Save: Saves the animation project you are currently editing to the specified local path. It is recommended to use this feature regularly to prevent data loss.
- Save As: You can save the project to a different location with a new file name or format.
- **Export**: Export the finished animation to a variety of common video formats (such as MP4, AVI, etc.), image sequences (such as PNG sequences), or specific animation file formats for easy sharing and use.
2. **Edit**
- Undo/Redo: Undo the previous operation or re-execute the undone operation to correct errors in the authoring process.
- Copy/Paste/Cut: Use to copy, paste, or cut animation elements (such as layers, keyframes, etc.) to improve production efficiency.
- Select All: Select all editable elements in the current workspace for unified operation.
3. **View**
- Zoom: You can zoom in or out of the workspace view, making it easy to fine-tune animation details or see the overall layout.
- Pan: Moves the view of the workspace to make it easy to see the animation content in different areas.
- **Display mode**: Provide a variety of display modes, such as normal display, outline display, onion skin display, etc. The onion display allows you to view the content of multiple adjacent frames at the same time, helping to create coherent animations from frame to frame.
4. **Animation**
- Add Keyframes: Add keyframes on the Timeline for selected animation properties such as position, rotation, scale, transparency, and more, using keyframes to define changes in the animation.
- Delete Keyframes: Removes keyframes that you don't need.
- **Animation Presets**: The software comes with some preset animation effects, which can be directly applied to selected elements to speed up animation production.
- Timeline Settings: Adjust the relevant parameters of the timeline, such as frame rate, playback speed, etc. The frame rate determines the smoothness of the animation, the general frame rate for film and television animation is 24fps, and the game animation may be 30fps or 60fps.
### Second, the toolbar
1. Selection Tool: Used to select animated elements (such as layers, graphics, text, etc.) in the workspace. You can select it by clicking, marqueeping, etc., and after selecting it, you can move, scale, rotate, and other operations.
2. **Drawing Tools**
- Brush Tool: Draw free-form lines and shapes in the workspace, just like in traditional painting. You can adjust the brush size, hardness, color, and other parameters.
- Shape Tools: Draw a variety of basic geometric shapes (such as rectangles, circles, triangles, etc.) that can be used as animated elements and can be edited (e.g., by modifying rounded corners, adjusting nodes, etc.).
- Eraser Tool: Erase unwanted drawings. You can set the size, shape, and erasing mode of the eraser.
3. **Transform Tools**
- Move Tool: Moves the selected animation element precisely. You can use the arrow keys on your keyboard to fine-tune it.
- Zoom Tool: Scales the selected element. You can hold down the Shift key to keep the proportions of the element unchanged and prevent deformation.
- Rotation tool: Rotates the animation element around a specified center point, allowing you to set the rotation angle freely.
4. **Fill & Stroke Tools**
- Fill Tool: Fills a closed shape or selected area with a color or pattern. You can choose between solid colors, gradient fills, and more.
- Stroke tool: Add a border line to a graphic or path, and set properties such as the color, weight, and style of the stroke.
### 3. Timeline
1. **Layer Management**
- New Layer: Add a new layer to organize the animation elements. Different types of elements can be placed on different layers for easy management and editing. For example, you can place background elements on the bottom layer and character elements on top.
- Layer Order Adjustment: Change the order of layers by dragging them up and down to determine the level of display of elements in the picture.
- **Hide/Show Layers**: Temporarily hide or redisplay a specified layer so you can focus on animating a specific part or seeing the overall effect.
- Lock Layers: Prevent accidental manipulation of layers that have been completed or don't need to be modified.
2. **Timeline Track**
- Frame Display: Each layer has a corresponding sequence of frames on the timeline. The frames are arranged in the form of small squares, representing different moments of the animation. You can navigate through different sections of the timeline through the scroll bar.
- Keyframe Operations: Add, remove, and move keyframes on the Timeline to control changes in the animation. Transitions between keyframes are automatically animated.
- **Time Marker**: Marker points can be set on the timeline to quickly locate a specific point in time, and are often used to mark important animation events or parts that need to be adjusted repeatedly.
### 4. Workspace (Canvas)
1. Animation Element Creation and Editing: This is the main area of animation. You can create new animated elements directly on the canvas (using drawing tools, adding text, etc.), or you can edit existing elements (via the Selection and Transform tools).
2. **Scene Layout**: According to the animation script or creativity, arrange different elements on the canvas, and set their initial position, size, color and other attributes as the starting state of the animation.
3. **Live Preview**: During the production process, you can preview the animation effect on the canvas in real time via the play button. You can pause, stop, and play animations frame by frame to check the smoothness and accuracy of the animation, identify problems in time, and make adjustments.
以下是一份动画软件工作区的使用说明示例：
### 一、菜单栏
1. **文件**
- **新建项目**：创建一个全新的动画项目，可选择不同的预设模板或空白项目开始创作。
- **打开项目**：浏览本地文件，选择已有的动画项目文件并打开进行编辑。
- **保存**：将当前正在编辑的动画项目保存到指定的本地路径。建议定期使用此功能，防止数据丢失。
- **另存为**：可以将项目以新的文件名或格式保存到其他位置。
- **导出**：将完成的动画导出为各种常见的视频格式（如 MP4、AVI 等）、图像序列（如 PNG 序列）或特定的动画文件格式，方便分享和使用。
2. **编辑**
- **撤销/重做**：撤销上一步操作或重新执行被撤销的操作，方便修改创作过程中的错误。
- **复制/粘贴/剪切**：用于复制、粘贴或剪切动画元素（如图层、关键帧等），提高制作效率。
- **全选**：选择当前工作区中的所有可编辑元素，便于统一操作。
3. **视图**
- **缩放**：可以放大或缩小工作区视图，便于对动画细节进行精细调整或查看整体布局。
- **平移**：移动工作区的可视范围，方便查看不同区域的动画内容。
- **显示模式**：提供多种显示模式，如正常显示、轮廓显示、洋葱皮显示等。洋葱皮显示可同时查看多个相邻帧的内容，有助于制作帧与帧之间的连贯动画。
4. **动画**
- **添加关键帧**：在时间轴上为选定的动画属性（如位置、旋转、缩放、透明度等）添加关键帧，通过关键帧来定义动画的变化。
- **删除关键帧**：移除不需要的关键帧。
- **动画预设**：软件自带一些预设的动画效果，可直接应用到选定的元素上，加快动画制作速度。
- **时间轴设置**：调整时间轴的相关参数，如帧率、播放速度等。帧率决定了动画的流畅度，一般影视动画帧率为 24fps，游戏动画可能为 30fps 或 60fps。
### 二、工具栏
1. **选择工具**：用于选择工作区内的动画元素（如图层、图形、文本等）。可通过单击、框选等方式进行选择，选中后可对其进行移动、缩放、旋转等操作。
2. **绘图工具**
- **画笔工具**：像在传统绘画中一样，可在工作区绘制自由形状的线条和图形。可调整画笔大小、硬度、颜色等参数。
- **形状工具**：绘制各种基本几何形状（如矩形、圆形、三角形等），这些形状可作为动画元素使用，并且可对其进行编辑（如修改圆角、调整节点等）。
- **橡皮擦工具**：擦除不需要的绘图内容。可以设置橡皮擦的大小、形状和擦除模式。
3. **变换工具**
- **移动工具**：精确地移动选中的动画元素。可以使用键盘上的方向键进行微调。
- **缩放工具**：对选中的元素进行缩放操作。可通过按住 Shift 键来保持元素的比例不变，防止变形。
- **旋转工具**：围绕指定的中心点旋转动画元素，可自由设置旋转角度。
4. **填充和描边工具**
- **填充工具**：为封闭的图形或选定的区域填充颜色或图案。可选择纯色、渐变填充等方式。
- **描边工具**：为图形或路径添加边框线条，可设置描边的颜色、粗细、样式等属性。
### 三、时间轴
1. **图层管理**
- **新建图层**：添加新的图层来组织动画元素。不同类型的元素可放置在不同图层上，便于管理和编辑。例如，可将背景元素放在底层，角色元素放在上层。
- **图层顺序调整**：通过拖动图层来改变它们的上下顺序，决定元素在画面中的显示层次。
- **隐藏/显示图层**：暂时隐藏或重新显示指定的图层，方便专注于特定部分的动画制作或查看整体效果。
- **锁定图层**：防止不小心对已完成或不需要修改的图层进行误操作。
2. **时间轴轨道**
- **帧显示**：每个图层在时间轴上都有对应的帧序列。帧以小方格的形式排列，代表动画的不同时刻。可以通过滚动条浏览时间轴的不同部分。
- **关键帧操作**：在时间轴上添加、删除、移动关键帧来控制动画的变化。关键帧之间的过渡会自动生成动画效果。
- **时间标记**：可以在时间轴上设置标记点，方便快速定位到特定的时间点，常用于标记重要的动画事件或需要反复调整的部分。
### 四、工作区（画布）
1. **动画元素创建和编辑**：这是动画制作的主要区域。可以直接在画布上创建新的动画元素（使用绘图工具、添加文本等），也可以对已有的元素进行编辑（通过选择工具和变换工具）。
2. **场景布置**：根据动画脚本或创意，在画布上布置不同的元素，设置它们的初始位置、大小、颜色等属性，作为动画的起始状态。
3. **实时预览**：在制作过程中，可以通过播放按钮在画布上实时预览动画效果。可以暂停、停止、逐帧播放动画，以便检查动画的流畅性和准确性，及时发现问题并进行调整。
### 一、菜单栏
1. **文件**
- **新建项目**：创建一个全新的动画项目，可选择不同的预设模板或空白项目开始创作。
- **打开项目**：浏览本地文件，选择已有的动画项目文件并打开进行编辑。
- **保存**：将当前正在编辑的动画项目保存到指定的本地路径。建议定期使用此功能，防止数据丢失。
- **另存为**：可以将项目以新的文件名或格式保存到其他位置。
- **导出**：将完成的动画导出为各种常见的视频格式（如 MP4、AVI 等）、图像序列（如 PNG 序列）或特定的动画文件格式，方便分享和使用。
2. **编辑**
- **撤销/重做**：撤销上一步操作或重新执行被撤销的操作，方便修改创作过程中的错误。
- **复制/粘贴/剪切**：用于复制、粘贴或剪切动画元素（如图层、关键帧等），提高制作效率。
- **全选**：选择当前工作区中的所有可编辑元素，便于统一操作。
3. **视图**
- **缩放**：可以放大或缩小工作区视图，便于对动画细节进行精细调整或查看整体布局。
- **平移**：移动工作区的可视范围，方便查看不同区域的动画内容。
- **显示模式**：提供多种显示模式，如正常显示、轮廓显示、洋葱皮显示等。洋葱皮显示可同时查看多个相邻帧的内容，有助于制作帧与帧之间的连贯动画。
4. **动画**
- **添加关键帧**：在时间轴上为选定的动画属性（如位置、旋转、缩放、透明度等）添加关键帧，通过关键帧来定义动画的变化。
- **删除关键帧**：移除不需要的关键帧。
- **动画预设**：软件自带一些预设的动画效果，可直接应用到选定的元素上，加快动画制作速度。
- **时间轴设置**：调整时间轴的相关参数，如帧率、播放速度等。帧率决定了动画的流畅度，一般影视动画帧率为 24fps，游戏动画可能为 30fps 或 60fps。
### 二、工具栏
1. **选择工具**：用于选择工作区内的动画元素（如图层、图形、文本等）。可通过单击、框选等方式进行选择，选中后可对其进行移动、缩放、旋转等操作。
2. **绘图工具**
- **画笔工具**：像在传统绘画中一样，可在工作区绘制自由形状的线条和图形。可调整画笔大小、硬度、颜色等参数。
- **形状工具**：绘制各种基本几何形状（如矩形、圆形、三角形等），这些形状可作为动画元素使用，并且可对其进行编辑（如修改圆角、调整节点等）。
- **橡皮擦工具**：擦除不需要的绘图内容。可以设置橡皮擦的大小、形状和擦除模式。
3. **变换工具**
- **移动工具**：精确地移动选中的动画元素。可以使用键盘上的方向键进行微调。
- **缩放工具**：对选中的元素进行缩放操作。可通过按住 Shift 键来保持元素的比例不变，防止变形。
- **旋转工具**：围绕指定的中心点旋转动画元素，可自由设置旋转角度。
4. **填充和描边工具**
- **填充工具**：为封闭的图形或选定的区域填充颜色或图案。可选择纯色、渐变填充等方式。
- **描边工具**：为图形或路径添加边框线条，可设置描边的颜色、粗细、样式等属性。
### 三、时间轴
1. **图层管理**
- **新建图层**：添加新的图层来组织动画元素。不同类型的元素可放置在不同图层上，便于管理和编辑。例如，可将背景元素放在底层，角色元素放在上层。
- **图层顺序调整**：通过拖动图层来改变它们的上下顺序，决定元素在画面中的显示层次。
- **隐藏/显示图层**：暂时隐藏或重新显示指定的图层，方便专注于特定部分的动画制作或查看整体效果。
- **锁定图层**：防止不小心对已完成或不需要修改的图层进行误操作。
2. **时间轴轨道**
- **帧显示**：每个图层在时间轴上都有对应的帧序列。帧以小方格的形式排列，代表动画的不同时刻。可以通过滚动条浏览时间轴的不同部分。
- **关键帧操作**：在时间轴上添加、删除、移动关键帧来控制动画的变化。关键帧之间的过渡会自动生成动画效果。
- **时间标记**：可以在时间轴上设置标记点，方便快速定位到特定的时间点，常用于标记重要的动画事件或需要反复调整的部分。
### 四、工作区（画布）
1. **动画元素创建和编辑**：这是动画制作的主要区域。可以直接在画布上创建新的动画元素（使用绘图工具、添加文本等），也可以对已有的元素进行编辑（通过选择工具和变换工具）。
2. **场景布置**：根据动画脚本或创意，在画布上布置不同的元素，设置它们的初始位置、大小、颜色等属性，作为动画的起始状态。
3. **实时预览**：在制作过程中，可以通过播放按钮在画布上实时预览动画效果。可以暂停、停止、逐帧播放动画，以便检查动画的流畅性和准确性，及时发现问题并进行调整。
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New Valuable Player (NVP) ◆These are the next-best contributors to the community after MVPs. This is awarded to users who have not yet won an MVP award, based on the number of points they have earned. -
Official Expert ◆Chosen out of all MVP awardees, who are already proof of excellence, this is a testimony of outstanding correspondence in the community. After careful screening, they are appointed by CELSYS and assume their position.Note: Formally called “Evangelists” -
Official Moderator of CELSYS ◆Moderators are official CELSYS staff members who are fluent in Japanese as well as various other languages. Moderators are not experts on the software or illustration, so they are not able to directly answer your questions. However, moderators provide communication and language support to ensure that everyone can smoothly communicate with each other. -
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