Animation Creator for iPHONE & IPOD TOUCH
Animation creator allows you to make animations on iphone screen with as much accuracy as you want. You can zoom in the image and make minute changes. The software has drawing tools, color palettes, color sliders, shadowing and frame management which can be greatly helpful in making the animation as per your imagination. I will cover the procedure to use it shortly. One flaw of the software is that you cannot export your animations …. OOPS. Yes, this is true but the developers say that this will be fixed in coming versions, so no need to panic. Make your animations and save them till the new release if you want to export them.
Now, coming to the method of use. Here is a simple method to create new animation:
Step 1: Open up the application and tap on “New” button as shown below:
Step 2: Type the name of the project and then tap “Done”.
Step 3: Tap on the project you just created and you will see the white space all over your iphone. You can drag your finger across the screen to make the image. Here, I felt confused the first time I used the software…hey where are the menus? Well, I went to red-software developers site and as per their claim, this has been done in order to maximize the drawing experience without annoying buttons lingering on the top and the bottom. It seems to be a valid reason, then where will I get the menus? It’s in the help ! Just touch the iphone screen with three fingers at the same time and here you go, you will get the menu as shown in the following snapshot:
Anyways, just make the first animation image and then press “Add” button in the menu to add a new one.
Image: First animation snap
Image: Second snap
As you can see, when you create a next snap of your animation, the first snap appears as a shadow. Don’t confuse it, it’s just for your ease.
Step 4: Tap play button in the menu to see what you made! You can add as many frames as you like.
If you have iphone 3GS, then good news is that Animation Maker can support up to 24FPS in 3GS as compared to 12FPS supported on 2G/3G.
Watch the following video to see the above processes in action!! Enjoy your time with animation making.
( Write an email to the author of this post at adnan@techskipper.com ).
Popularity: 3% [?]
animation, animation creator, animation maker, IPHONE