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Frame | Stipple Effect documentation

Frame

< Projects

A frame is a snapshot of an animation. Multi-frame projects are considered animations, while a project with a single frame is static.

Frames are Stipple Effect projects' horizontal organizational axis. Conversely, layers make up the vertical axis. The intersection of a particular frame and a particular layer is called a cel.

Relative duration

Frames have a default relative duration of 1.0x. This number is a multiple of how long a frame is displayed during playback relative to a standard frame.

For example, if the playback speed in Stipple Effect is set to 10 frames per second, a frame with a relative duration of 1.6x will be displayed for 160 milliseconds during playback. This is because a standard frame at 10 FPS would be displayed for 100 milliseconds, and 160 is 1.6x that duration.

Frames with relative durations other than 1.0x will display an asterisk (*) following the frame number on their buttons.

Playback modes

Stipple Effect supports the following playback modes:

  • Forwards
  • Backwards
  • Loop
  • Ping-pong - playback direction changes when the first and last frames are reached

Note:

These playback modes are merely internal. When projects are exported as GIFs or videos, their frames are sequenced in ascending numerical order.

Frame actions

Add new frame

API function

Shortcut: Ctrl + F

Adds a new frame to the project directly after the current active frame. The new frame becomes the new active frame.

Duplicate frame

API function

Shortcut: Ctrl + Shift + F

Duplicates the current active frame of project and inserts the duplicate directly after the initial frame. The duplicate frame becomes the new active frame.

Remove frame

API function

Shortcut: Ctrl + Backspace

Removes the current active frame of the project. If the frame to be removed is the first frame, the active frame becomes the new first frame after the removal. Otherwise, the new active frame is the frame that preceded the frame that was removed.

Move frame back

API function

Shortcut: Ctrl + Shift + Left Arrow Key

Swaps the active frame of the project with the preceding frame.

Move frame forward

API function

Shortcut: Ctrl + Shift + Right Arrow Key

Swaps the active frame of the project with the following frame.

Frame properties menu

Shortcut: Shift + F

Opens the frame properties menu. This menu allows users to configure a frame's relative duration.

Playback actions

To first frame - Ctrl + Left Arrow Key

Previous frame - Ctrl + Shift + Space

Play / Stop - Space

Next frame - Ctrl + Space

To last frame - Ctrl + Right Arrow Key

Cycle playback mode - Ctrl + Enter

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