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Workspace: It is the main working area where we create, design and create animations. It is
               also called Paint area.
                 Paint Area Actions Toolbar:  This toolbar  has commands perform  various  actions  while

               drawing on the workspace such as, Undo, Redo, Copy, Paste, Delete, etc.
                Modules Tab: The modules tab contains the tabs required to create animations, view the

               animation and get updates related to the software. The Modules Tab contains the three tabs:
                  Animation Module: This module contains the area where you can draw each frame of
                 your animation project. It contains various tools and onion skin support to embed in the

                 project.
                  Player Module: This module helps us preview the animation that we have created while
                 designing.

                  News Module: This module displays all the latest news about the project. It also informs
                 you when a new version of Tupi2D has been released.

                Left Side Bar: This component has three expandable panels that are related to Animation
               module.

                  Color Palette       : This panel contains the options to manage colours. Using this palette,
                 you can set the colour of the brush, fill colour in the objects and set colours of the pen,
                 pencil or for all the drawing tools including the background of the workspace.

                  Pen Properties       : This panel contains all the settings related to the pen tool. It helps
                 change the size and texture of the stroke. You can also  define the path of the pen.

                  Library      : This panel contains the library of all the visual/audio objects of your animation
                 projects. It also helps us import external items like images (JPG, PNG, GIF and SVG files)
                 directly to the workspace.

                Right Side Bar: This component contains two expandable panels related to the animation
               process which focusses on frames and scenes.

                  Scenes Manager          : This panel allows you to handle various scenes of your project. We
                 can perform the operations like create, remove and rename scenes under this option.

                  Exposure Sheet         : This panel contains the set of frames for each scene of your project.
                 From this panel you can handle the frames and layers that compose your scenes.

                Exposure Sheet: This component contains the Timeline panel. It is a standard tool to manage
               layers and frames. It helps in adding, editing and removing the frames and layers from all your
               scenes in the animation project.

                Expanded Panel: Whenever we create a new project, then by default exposure sheet panel
               is expanded. This option contains buttons to add, remove layers, frames, and scenes in the
               project.




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