Interface and Basics

Master frame-by-frame animation in a clean and simple interface.

Activate

Invoke the Animation Assist interface.

Open a canvas and ensure your tools are expanded by tapping the ellipsis. From here, tap on Actions (wrench icon) → Canvas, and tap Animation Assist.

The Animation Assist interface is now active.

To exit the Animation Assist interface, repeat the process above

Animation Assist Screen

Master animation fast with a visual Timeline of your frames, onion-skinning to help you track your progress, instant playback, and versatile settings.

When you invoke Animation Assist, the screen will zoom to display your whole artwork. This will allow you to see your entire animation.

All existing layers and layer groups in your canvas are now shown in Animation Assist as frames in the Timeline.

Your canvas displays your currently selected animation frame (denoted by blue line underneath) at full opacity.

When you first open Animation Assist, Onion skin frames are switched on by default.

Draw and paint on your canvas as normal. Your changes will affect the currently selected frame in your Timeline.

The Timeline represents every frame of your animation as a thumbnail.

It is like the Layers interface, but turned sideways. The bottom layer of your Layers interface will be the far left frame in the Timeline. This shows the frames in chronological order from left to right.

You can navigate through the Timeline in a few ways:

1. Tap a frame to jump to it

2. Drag the timeline back and forth

3. Flick the timeline for rapid scroll

4. Your currently selected frame is underlined in blue.

Live playback lets you preview your animation without interrupting your workflow.

To preview your animation, tap Play. You can stop the playback by tapping your canvas, your Timeline, or by tapping Pause.

Add a blank frame to your animation.

Tap Add Frame at any time to add a blank frame to the right of your current frame in the Timeline.

Summons options for your animation, which will appear from the bottom of your screen.

These include things like looping/ping-pong, etc.

They are described in detail in Animation → Settings.

Denoted by a blue line underneath, your current frame is the one you're seeing and working on.

Tap your current frame to bring up your frame options (described in Animation → Frame Options), and tap any other frame to jump to that.