TFcaoschool Animating Stick Figures

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ANIMATING STICK FIGURES

To say in a simple way, moving pictures are called as Animations.

stick Figures are often used in animations because they are easy to draw
Stick
and it can be animated easily and quickly than other drawings.
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We are going special animation program called Stickfigure

to use a

Animator to do some simple animations.

It mainly uses lines
Stickfigure Animator is a free animation program.
that is great
and circles to create animations. It is a very simple program
for learning animation and good for practicing.

Launching Stickfigure Animator

To open up the program,

button.
Step 1:Click on the Start
Animator folder.
2:Click on the Pivot Stickfigure
Step
Animator option.
Step 3:Choose Pivot Stickfigure
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Exploring Stickfigure Animator

Frame Space Stickman

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There are various parts in this screen. Come let us explore them.
CANVAS: The first thing that you wil notice after launchin
StickFigure Animator is a Stickman in a large white space. This large
white space in the middle is the Canvas, where you will create your
animation.
FRAME SPACE: On the top of the page, there is a Long Empty
Space; this is where you can see each frame you create. You can call
it as store house of your created frames.

ORANGE DOT/DRAG NODE: The Stick Figure can be moved by

clicking on the orange dot and dragging it to a new position.

Pivot Node

Drag Node

RED DOTS/PIVOT NODES: The red dots be used fo

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CONTROLLER: On the left
you can see some buttons
used to control the
movement of the which are
Stickman

A Click to watch your animation

Click to stop
watching your animation

Stp Keep on playing until you click the stop button

F Repea

Controls the speed of your animation

ADD FIGURE: This button is used to insert a new figure. The

Stickman is the default figure. If you want to add the Stick Figures
you have already created, you can insert them by choosing the name
of the figure and clicking on the "Add Figure" button.

Add Figure

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button

It contains some options you

can use
CURRENT FIGURE OPTIONS:
see one by one...
for the selected frame. Let us
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Delete button
from the Canvas using Delete buttam
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You can delete the Stickman

Delete button

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Edit button
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Flip Button
The Stickman rotates at 180 degree with the help of Flip button ie it
provides mirror image.

Flip button

Before Flip
After Flip
Center Button
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Colour Button

This button provides various colors to change the Stickman's color.

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Size button
The size of the Stickman can be changed with the help of this button.

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Next Frame button

This button helps to store the created frames into the Frame space.
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Next Frame button,

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Now let us learn to do some easy
and simple animations.
First click on the File menu from the Menu bar at the ton of the

window.
Select the New option.

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Click on the Next Frame button.

Now let us give some movement for his
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First click on the red spot.
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Drag it upward a little.

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Click the Play button to view your animation.

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the File menu
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animation by clicking on
Save Animation option.
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You can also do more animation by using the examples. Click on the File
menu and choose Open Animation. Open any of the files and click on the
Play button to watch the animations.

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Conclusion:
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animations at this level. Remember Tn
Stickfigure Animator mainly uses lines and circles to create
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Moving pictures are called as Animations.

Stickfigure Animator is a free animation program.
Click Start à Pivot Stickfigure Animator folder à Pivot Stickfigure
Animator option to launch Stickfigure Animator.
The parts of the Stickfigure Animator screen are CANVAS and
FRAME SPACE.
You can delete the Stickman from the canvas using the Delete
button.
The Flip button is used to rotate the Stickman by 180.
The Center button is used to move the Stickman to the center of
the canvas.
The Size button is used to change the size of the Stickman.
The Colour button is used to change the color of the Stickman.
The Next Frame button helps to store the created frames into the
Frame space.

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I. Fill in the blanks.
1. Moving pictures are called as. ****.

2. . animator is a free animation program.

3. Click .. button to watch your animations.
4. To create a mirror image of the Stickman, we can use the
button.
5.Click on the ... ... menu to create a new program.

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II. Say True or False.

1, You cannot stop the animation.

animations
2. Click on the Repeat option to watch your
repeatedly.
3. The up/down arrow is used for controlling the speed of

your animations.
4. Click on the File menu and select New option to save your
program.

III. Answer in one word.

1. Name the software program you will use to animate
Stick Figures.
2. Which button helps to view the animation
continuously?
3. What is the default color of the Stickman?
4. Where can you create your animation in StickFigure
Animator?
5. Which node
helps you to change the shape of the
Stick Figure?
IV. Word Detective.

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v. Find who am I with the help of the clues given.

1.I can help you to view the animation.

2. I can control the speed of the animation.

3.I can make the Stickman look colourful.

4. I can rotate the Stickman in opposite direction.

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VI. Match the following.
Drag node
1. Storage of Frames
Stop button
2. Large White space
3. Black filled square Frame Space
4. Orange dot Pivot node

5. Red dot Canvas

Summative
Assessment

VII. Write short answers.

1. How will you define animation?

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2. How will you launch the

Stickfigure Animator program?
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3. What is the use of the Colour and Size

button?
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4. What is the use of "NEXT FRAME" button?

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5. Write down the buttons available in the

Controller.
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Label the marked parts.

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1.Try to animate the stickman by following the series of pictures
given below.

Step-1 Step-2 Step-3

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following
exercises given below. Make your
Mob.
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stickman to fly.

Step-1 Step-2 Step-3 Step-4

Step-5 Step-6 Step-7 Step-8

Step-9 Step-10 Step-11 Step-12

Creative Moment

1.Animate a Stickman playing Basketball.

2.Animate a running Stickman

(Walking. Jogging)

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Plug-in the missed parts!

SomeDarts of the Stickfigure Animator screen are missing. The missing
parfs
te are scattered below the screenshot. Write down the correct
hers where each of the parts fit in the Animator window
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the right word!
Complete using

Complete the sentences using picture clue

1. StickFigure Animator is a free animation....

Program Programmer

2. To open up Pivot StickFigure Animator click

Start Starter

3. The scroll bar is to control

the.. of the
animation in Stick Animator.

Sped Speed
4. The shape of the
Stick Figure can be changed using. dot.
Red
Reed

5. To pause the
animation click....
button.
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Guess the button

right!
dudesl! Here the Stickman is performing some actions. You
Heydudes!
just need
to him out for performing the actions.(Suggest the buttons/ dots
for the actions)

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1. Stickman needs to jump upward.

2. Make Stickman to see sun set.

3. To do morning exercises

4. Help the Stickman to talk with

another man.
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