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Components of Pivot Animator App Creating Simple Animation
The Pivot Animator app window has various components, which are as follows: To create a simple animation in Pivot Animator, follow the given steps:
Title Bar
1 Open the Pivot Animator app.
Menu Bar
Frame Frame
Controls Panel
Player
Controls
Canvas
Background
Button
Figure
Add Figure
Button Segment
Handle
Figure
Controls Origin
Handle
Add Frame 2 Drag the Segment handle to 3 Click on the Add Frame button.
Button reposition it.
Status Bar
Similarly, you can add more frames.
Title Bar: Displays the name of the app and the current project.
Menu Bar: Contains menus for managing your project.
Frame Controls: Lets you add, delete, copy frames, or quickly navigate between frames.
Player Controls: Allows you to play, pause, stop, and loop the animation, and adjust
playback speed.
Background Button: Lets you change or add a background to your animation.
Add Figure Button: Adds new stick figures to your animation or lets you create custom
ones.
Figure Controls: Allows you to move, rotate, or resize parts of your stick figure.
Add Frame Button: Adds a new frame to the animation sequence for smooth motion.
Frame Panel: Displays all animation frames as thumbnails in a timeline.
Canvas: Refers to the area where you create and animate your stick figures. 4 Repeat step 2 and 3 to reposition the 5 Click on the
segment and add new frame according Play button.
Figure: Refers to the stick figures made of segments and joints in your animation.
to your requirement.
Segment Handle: Lets you reposition or resize a figure’s segment.
Origin Handle: Acts as the pivot point for rotating the figure. The created animation will be played.
Status Bar: Shows information like the current frame number, speed, and active tool.
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