In order to check the animation, go to “View” at the top menu and select “Auto Replay”. (For Mac users, command ＋ up arrow key and command ＋ down arrow key.) When moving between the previous and subsequent frames, Ctrl + up arrow key and Ctrl + down arrow key is convenient.
This will help creating an animated cartoon or a flip book to see several frames at once.
Then, only active layer will appear, and the previous and subsequent layers will appear with a shade of red and green. Go to “View” at the top menu and select “Onion Skin Mode”. All three layers will get blended onto canvas, so three balls are visible. But, by handling layers as frames, it enables to create an animation.Īs shown below, for example, there are slightly shifted balls drawn in three different layers. Diagram：Preview the previous and subsequent framesįireAlpaca does not specialize in creating an animation, therefore it is not equipped with a tool to manage frames. Onion Skin tool is used to preview the previous and subsequent drawings with a translucent mode. This will help creating an animated cartoon or a flip book to see several frames at once. In the View menu, the AutoPlay option will open a preview window flipping through eaxh layer as an animation frameįrom the File menu, selecting Export Layers (Onion Skin Mode) will export each layer as a numbered PNG file, starting from 000.A new function called Onion Skin is equipped from FireAlpaca 1.5.1. If there are any layers above, the next layer above will be shown in shades of pale green You might use folders to add and re-use background layers, to retain separate outline and colour layers, or for other purposes.įrom the View menu, turn on Onion Skin ModeĪs you add new layers, the next layer below will be shown in shades of pale red a GIF creator, a video editor, animation software, etc, depending on your output requirements).įollow up: (using AlpacaDouga to combine the output PNG sequence into an animated GIF).Ī layer folder counts as a single frame when exported, so you can use layer folders to contain multiple layers in a single frame. Note that the result is a set of PNG files (one per animation frame or one per layer), and you will have to join them together as an animation using a separate program (e.g. A very quick introduction to the new animation feature in FireAlpaca 1.5, in response to a few questions.
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