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pencil vs brush? pencil - centeral vector; edit path brush - contour vector; edit thickness what kind of stroke works best with cutter tool? brush -- pencil overlap is too unpredictable due to centeral vector workflow for drawing? - start with pencil - edit line shape - convert to brush - use cutter what does DrawingOptimizeFlatten do? combines connecting lines into one object how is color handled? indexed color system what does smoothing do? predicts drawing stroke to minimize bumps and squiggles. what kind of stroke does line tool make? pencil what does animate tool do? auto keyframe what does transformation tool do? performs transformation -- translate, rotate, scale what does drawing pivot tool do? moves anchor point (permanently for drawing layer) how to extend exposure right click; F5; button on toolbar two kinds of keyframe? stop motion (hold) and motion (interpolate) add/remove keyframe? right click; F6/F7; toolbar (+KF/-KF) how to open a layer's function curve editor - click + on layer to open dropdown - double click on name of function how to read function curve chart straight incline/decline = one equal movement the flatter the line, the slower the movement x axis = time / y axis = value/distance of animation curve = ease / straight line = consistent speed how to add deformation tool? right click deformation button on top (rectangle with bent rectangle) and choose deformation 3 types of deformers with rigging tool bone, curve, envelope workflow for adding bone deformer to drawing layer - select layer - click rigging tool (hammer and wrench) - click once at beginning of chain, middle, and then end - turn on transformation tool what is the circle at the center joint of a bone deformer chain? sphere of influence workflow for adding a curve deformer to a drawing layer - select layer - click rigging tool (hammer and wrench) - click and drag down/up then release - turn on transformation tool how to edit a deformer turn rigging tool on and edit how to animate with deformer click on rigging, set keyframes on deformed layers what is parenting? child receives same transformations as parent and uses parents anchor point what is a peg? like a null object; non-rendering how to add a peg to a layer command + P / + peg layer / peg button in toolbar (point in line with +) how to permanently reposition a peg pivot (4-way arrow) button in advanced animation toolbar; click transform rotate and move anchor point what is rigging? system used to animate what are types of rigging used? simple, drawing hierarchy, peg hierarchy pro/con for each rig type simple - pro: quick, basic - con: a lot of keyframes, limited animation quality peg hierarchy - pro: all animation done on pegs, keyframe animation - con: peg selection mode drawing hierarchy - pro: faster than peg reaction bc of parenting - con: more complicated describe simple rigging unparented layers; peg on each layer describe drawing hierarchy peg + parented layers describe peg hierarchy each layer has its own peg to which are parented to a master peg what is the library? holds drawings and symbols how are drawings added to library? automatically added how do we use the library in puppet animation? sub drawings, change keyframe, and change drawing what are particles? automatic effects -- snow; rain what are nodes necessary for a particle system? - drawing layer with animation drawings - planar or 3D region - sprite emitter - system composite - baker - visualizer what are commonly used particle actions? - kill - velocity - gravity