Synfig User’s Manual

✍ Scribed by The Synfig Group, Joking Reaper

• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 423
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This document is a transformation from the User’s Manual presented
in the official wiki page of Synfig (http://wiki.synfig.org/Category:
Manual), as it was presented on the date July 07, 2016. There is no guaran-
tee with this book. It can be incomplete, outdated, or with errors. It is the
responsibility of the reader the use he gives to this book, and it’s contents.
Almost all the links presented in this book take to pages that are already
printed somewhere in this book, however, it is also the responsibility of the
reader to notice if there is a link in this book that takes you to a web
page that has not been printed in the book. To be sure, notice the table of
contents and use it asa guide to understand the subjects presented, and the
pages printed here.
The present version of Synfig is 1.0.2 (at the moment of writing this book), however, there is no guarantee
that the contents of this book are updated to this version.

✦ Table of Contents

 Introduction
    Overview
Diving In
    Getting Started
    Animation Basics
    Adding Layers
    Creating Shapes
    Animating Shapes
    Basic Bone Tutorial
Interface
    Quick Overview
    Interface
Artwork Import
    Import external files
    GIMP Import
    Quinema: pixelar animation tools
    Import Image Layer
    Image Sequence Import
    SVG Import
Artwork Construction
    Spline Tool
    Outline Layer
    Region Layer
    Color Editor
    Draw Tool
    Brush Tool
    Width Tool
    Group Layer
    Switch Group Layer
    Children Lock
    Gradient Tool
    Gradient Editor
    Blend Method
    Masking
    Sets
    Guides
    Grid
Data Linking
    Linking
    Library Panel
    Export
    Convert
    Sewing Splines
    Link to Spline
    ValueNodes
    Reusing Exported Value Nodes
    Switching Scenes
Advanced ...
    Slideshows
    Duplicate Layer
    Brushes
    Plugins
    Audio Synchronisation
Animation
    Keyframe
    Time Track Panel
    Waypoint
    Reuse Animations
    Editing Lock Keyframes
    Onion Skin
    Following a Spline
    Z-Depth
    Time Loop Layer
    Rescale Animations
    Time Offset Parameter
Animation Techniques
    Morphing
    Cut-out
Output
    Preview
    Render options
    Render Dialog
    SVG export
Configuring Synfig
    Preferences Dialog
    Unit System
    Image_Dimensions
    Canvas Properties
    Environment Variables
Appendix
    Synfig Studio vs Synfig
    Synfig CLI syntax
    Doc:Build Instructions
    How Do I...
    FAQ
    Window_Manager_Hints (merge to FAQ?)
    Keyboard Shortcuts
    Mouse Shortcuts
    Examples

✦ Subjects

Computer, animation, synfig, art, images