© 2022 Ken Perlin

A simple animated drawing program

Instructions:

  • Draw shapes by drawing paths
  • Click to toggle animation mode
  • When in animation mode, drag a shape to create a motion path
    (You can create multiple motion paths for the same shape)
  • In the timeline, drag left/right to move a motion path in time
  • Type → to play / pause
  • Type ← to jump back to starting time
  • Type ↑ to set start time for a shape
    (or duplicate the shape if the cursor is on the shape path)
  • Type ↓ to set end time for a shape
  • Press SHIFT key and drag in timeline to slide timeline
  • Press SHIFT and drag a shape to move it
  • Type on the keyboard to create text
  • Type CTRL-z to undo
  • Type CTRL-y to redo
  • Type Backslash key to clear the drawing
  • Type option (Alt) key to cycle through colors