[Shahd Ahmed]

Hello!
I have been testing the software for a while, as someone that animates for fun and as a hobby, I am impressed! However, I sometimes have the habit of making an animation, then moving the frames around the screen to see which area works better. This can be time consuming, especially when you have to move every frame individually, I think it would be nice to select the frames you want, then move them around together (not one by one).
I am fully aware that Animation Paper is made to be like traditional animation, but I think the addition of this feature can help a lot!

Thanks for reading.

[Niels]

I agree Shahd! That would be a useful feature. And actually, this is one of the only things that the old PAP, but not the new AP, could do.

But I’m sure we’ll find a good way (user experience wise) to implement it into AP. It’s on our list.

Thanks for your comment!

[Shahd Ahmed]

Thank you! Looking forward to see this and all the new features!

[Tammy Zeitler]

Hi there!

I tell my students, ALL of the time, if you can’t do something with paper and pencil, then you shouldn’t be able to do it with AP. That being said, there are many tools and functions in AP that could never be done with the old school paper and pencil, there is one that has come up over and over and over again. No matter how much I teach them about scene/animation planning/layout etc. there have been times where it would have been incredibly helpful to be able to reposition an entire layer of drawings at one time, or just a few drawings at one time. After creating 100’s of drawings, the last thing the student wants to do is reposition them one by one. It’s not only time consuming, it also almost always turns out inaccurate.

Old school, we’d tear off the pegs and reposition the drawings and add a new peg strip. That was also a pain in the behind and only done if absolutely necessary. Digital software has made our job much more productive by being able to reposition or resize multiple drawings at one time.

Has a solution been found for this issue?

[Niels]

Thanks for your insight Tammy!

This is a feature that is at the top of our wishlist! We plan to have it included already in the finished 5.0, but if not, then definitely in the free update 5.1.

Best,
Niels