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Creating frame-by-frame animation

In Corel Painter, you can build animations one frame at a time. Then, when you

complete a series of frames, also known as a frame stack, you can preview them as a

movie.

The first step in creating a new animation is to create a movie. You can specify options

such as the number of frames and the frame size. You can also choose how many onion

skin layers you want to display. Onion skinning allows you to see multiple frames at the

same time. You can view up to five frames at a time: the current frame and four other

frames adjacent to it. This will help you determine where the next frame of motion

should be drawn. For more information, see “Using onion skinning” on page 797.

Once you create a movie file, a blank frame displays in the document window so you

can begin adding content by using brushes, and other tools. Once you complete a

frame, you can use the navigation tools in the Frame stacks panel to display the next

frame in the sequence, or whichever frame you want to work on next. You can play back

the animation over and over as you create it, to be sure you have the correct flow of

movement. The Frame stack panel must stay open when creating or editing movies. For

more information, see “Editing frame content” on page 796.

In Corel Painter, movies are saved to the Painter framestack file format (.FRM), which

stores a series of images, each equal in size and resolution.

To create a new movie

1 Choose Movie  New Movie.

2 Type a filename in the Movie Name text box.

3 In the Canvas Settings area, type values in the Width and Height boxes.

The standard digital video frame is 640 by 480 pixels, which is a 4:3 aspect ratio.

Many people work at sizes consistent with this aspect ratio.

4 Type a value in the Resolution box.

5 In the Movie Settings area, type a value in the Number Of Frames box.

You can also add, or remove, frames at a later time.

6 In the Layers Of Onion Skin area, enable the number of onion skin layers that

you want.

The number of onion skin layers determines the number of frames displayed in the

Frame Stacks panel. For more information, see “Using onion skinning” on

page 797.

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