Chapter 2

Using the Drawing Tools

Drawing tools in VSE Animation Maker allow you to create objects or groups of objects that form a picture. By altering this picture slightly from frame to frame within a set, you create an animation.

The drawing tools in VSE Animation Maker are similar to drawing tools in other graphics or drawing programs. If you have used other graphics programs, such as MacPaint, or the drawing or painting parts of programs like ClarisWorks or Microsoft Works, you are already familiar with these tools.

If you haven't, this chapter will acquaint you. Once you can draw pictures, you are ready to learn to animate them.

Learning goals

In this chapter, you learn how to:

• Use each drawing tool
• Work with color
• Move an object or part of an object in a frame
• Remove all or part of a picture