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Params - Parameters may be saved and loaded later using these buttons. Reset restores the default (no-op) settings.

Background - Set the background color of animation and saved TIFFs. If Alpha is selected, TIFFs will be transparent.

#Frames - The number of individual frames in the movie. When saving TIFFs, the number of the first one saved. This is useful when you want to make additional scenes.

Frame - The movie's clipping rectangle and size of the output TIFFs. Select the objects in your movie and click "Current" to box in your objects. Use the arrows to adjust width, height and origin of box.

Start, Max, Loop - Start: The beginning scale (in percent), translation (in points) or rotation (in degrees). If Loop is checked, Max represents the value for the middle frame, if unchecked, Max is the last frame's values. Loop makes the object return to it's Start values if checked.

Interp - You set how rapidly each frame changes with the interpolation matrix: Linear, exponential, sinusoidal and logarithmic. Scale, Translation and Rotation each have their own method.

Slow Motion - When checked, see the animation in "Slow Mo."

Continuous - Check Continuous when you want your animation to play itself over and over again. Click on your document to stop the animation.

View Animation - See what the animation looks like, given the current settings. Nothing "really" will happen to your drawing - it's just temporary.

Save Animation - Save the movie. A Save panel will come up and allow you to name the movie. That is actually a ".anim" directory containing each of the frames, numbered sequentially, starting with "start num" - which is 0 by default. This will automatically launch GIFfun and your default browser, if GIFfun is installed. Please see the Stone Design website for more info: www.stone.com
Help - Brings up these pages about the Animator tool.
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