NAME

       Pencil - An animation/drawing software

SYNOPSIS

       Pencil

DESCRIPTION

       Pencil  is  an  application  for  easily  creating  animated  cartoons, and can export the
       animations to flash files.

       A Pencil document is organised in layers. There are currently four types of layers: bitmap
       image,  vector  image,  sound and camera. The Time Line window at the bottom of the screen
       shows the existing layers. By default, a new document contains a bitmap layer and a vector
       layer on top of it, but you can add and delete layers as you wish (using either the "plus"
       and "minus" buttons next to "Layers", or the menu Layer).

       Each layer has a track which enables you to change it as a function of time. This is  done
       by  inserting  keys  (the little grey rectangles) at certain frames in the track. Each key
       contains information about what the layer should show or produce at the  frame  where  the
       key  is  located.  To  add  or delete keys at a particular frame in a layer track, use the
       "plus" or "minus" buttons next to "Keys" (shortcut: type "return" to create a new  frame).
       For  image  layers  (ie bitmap and vector), each key corresponds to a different image. The
       sequence of these images creates an animation.  The current frame is indicated by the  red
       bar  and  can be changed by moving the red bar to scrub through your animation (or use the
       left and right arrows). To play the animation, use the controls in  the  time  line.  Note
       that you can loop the animation, as well as set the number of frames per seconds.

AUTHOR

       Pencil was written by Pascal Naidon.

       This        manual        page        was        copied        from        http://www.les-
       stooges.org/pascal/pencil/index.php?id=UserManual and is  written  by  Pascal  Naidon  and
       Patrick Corrieri.

                                         January 23, 2009                               Pencil(1)