Add option to use keyframes instead of frame by frame?
Keyframes would be easier to use instead of frame by frame.(?)
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Keyframes please.
Add keyframes on the main screen
Add keyframes on the main screen so we dont need to go drawing peg board time to time , cause small time line would be more user friendly
Keyframes + Easing
i think you should add a keyframe/easing option, so tweening wouldn't be so tedious, and so it'll look smoother :)
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Jona Co-Founder & Lead Developer
We do realize that on some cases creating a frame by frame animation can be tedious for certain common tasks. We are exploring and researching ways to provide the similar benefits of keyframes without loosing the main concept that is FlipaClip. It is something you can bet we are thinking about.
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i guess that destroys the sense of the app.
traditional and cutout animation are two completely different techniques.
jona would have to larn something totally new, to create such an app.
traditional and cutout animation are two completely different techniques.
jona would have to larn something totally new, to create such an app.
Key frames are very useful in animation, and not having them significantly increases the time of making anything on this app. For example, I finished my sketch animation of a character saying hello and smiling. There are a lot of frames in between some of the movements I want to keep still, so I had to copy and paste all of those. Re-watching the animation, I realize that a small detail on the character in all of the still frames is wrong. Now I have to go back and fix every single frame that the mistake is on, but if I had keyframes, I could simply go back to that one frame and fix the problem, significantly shortening the time and improving my mental health. (Joke) But jokes aside, having key frames in this app would be very useful, and would make the app 80 times better in my opinion. I never make animatics in this app for The sole reason of no key frames. Every still shot I would have to copy and paste. And if I wanted to change it, or found I was missing/had a mistake, well you know the ordeal. Rewind time.
When I am suggesting animation apps to my friends, or people who ask me what I animate with, I always talk about how great this app is, except for the fact that it doesn’t have key frames. Almost always that is a big turnoff for animators who are serious about the time they put into project. What I am saying is that if you put keyframes into this program and advertised it, you would get a lot of mobile users onboard very quickly.
I do understand though that this program is made for everyone. You want for all ages young and old to be able to use it easily, keep it simple. That’s why I suggest that keyframes be a optional animation aid that you can turn on in project settings as you are making a new project. It’s always off if you don’t turn them on manually though, so for people who don’t know how to use them don’t have trouble. After you make the project, whatever you have chosen, stays and cannot be changed later, to avoid compilations in the app.
(side note)- A cool and useful way to show witch one of the frames is a keyframe would be to highlight the border of the frame In a color that associates with the layer that it is on. (Make sure to have separate key frames for separate layers please) and if there are multiple layers that have a keyframe on the same layer, have the colors go in a pattern. And all the frames the keyframe is affecting could have an underline of the color under it, or like a little dot.
In conclusion, adding keyframes as a optional feature would be very useful in the process of animation. It would also make me more inclined to use, and suggest the usage of this app to others interested in animation. If you could add it I personally would be very grateful. And as thank you, in any animation that I made using FlipaClip, I would add either the FlipaClip logo, or have a link to Flip a clip in the description and that’s what I use. I have a TikTok account with over 100k followers so people would notice. ”_candyoverlord_“ I also have a Instagram too where I would do the same. (Same username at this time) If you could, please consider it. Thank you