Animation
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Animation
This section is divided as follows:
How to Play an Animation
When you load a Flip Boom Draw demo project, you can play it back to see the animation. See How to Load a Demo Project.
To play the animation:
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Tap on the Play  button. The animation will play over and over in a loop until you tap the Stop  button. |
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Tap the Close button to go back to the drawing interface. |
You can play every animation this way.
How to Stop the Animation Playback
When you play an animation, it will play in loop until you stop it.
To stop the animation playback:
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Tap the Stop button. |
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Tap the Close button to go back to the drawing interface. |
How to Change the Playback Speed
You can make your animation play faster or slower.
To change the playback speed:
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Tap on the Play button. The animation will play over and over in a loop until you tap the Stop button. |
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Move the Speed  slider toward the left to slow the playback down or toward the right to speed up the playback speed. |
How to Add a New Page
To animate an object, you need to draw it in slightly different positions over several pages. Once you have done your first drawing, such as a ball, you need to add a new page and draw a new ball in a different location. This gives the illusion of movement when playing back all the pages.
To add a new page:
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Draw something on the canvas such as a ball on the ground. |
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In the Page view, tap on the next page. If you are at the end of your animation, a new page is automatically added and you can create your new drawing. |
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On the canvas, draw your second object, such as a ball, in a slightly different position. If you position the ball higher up on the canvas, it will give the illusion of moving upwards. |
How to Duplicate a Page
You can easily make duplicate of a page in your animation, this will save you having to draw it again.
To duplicate a page and add it to your animation:
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In the page view, select the page to duplicate. |
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From the bottom of the screen, slide your finder upwards. |
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In the Settings bar that just appeared, tap on the Duplicate  button. |
A duplicate of the page is placed after the one which you chose to duplicate.
How to Delete a Page
You can delete a page in your animation.
To deletea page:
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In the page view, select the page to delete. |
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From the bottom of the screen, slide your finder upwards. |
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In the Settings bar that just appeared, tap on the Delete button. |
The selected page is deleted.
How to Add a Page in the Page View
You can add new pages in the Page view between existing drawings.
To insert a new page:
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In the Page view, select the drawing you want to add a page after. |
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From the bottom of the screen, slide your finder upwards. |
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In the Settings bar that just appeared, tap on the Insert After button. |
A blank page is placed after the one which you chose to duplicate.
How to See the Previous Page
When you animate an object that moves over time, it is useful to check the correct position of your drawing by comparing its current location with its position on the previous page.
To see your previous page:
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Tap on the Show Previous Page  button to enable or disable the option. |
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Animate your drawings. |