From there select your file name, desired quality, and you can resize the end image as needed. I tried to make this as simple as possible. Right clicking on a frame will take you to that image file in Windows Explorer. Information about the current frame is displayed in the bottom left. If I wanted to add an entirely new frame, I would do the same process only without overwriting 2.png. You can refresh without stopping the preview animation. I would make my changes in Sai, export the frame as 2.png - replacing the old one - and then click Refresh. Say I wanted to change an arm in Frame 2. To update the preview, click the Refresh button in the upper right. Once the preview is in place you can make edits to the individual frames in Sai, and update the files as needed. Stepping to a frame and then clicking play will play the animation from that frame onward. The step forward/backward buttons will advance or regress the current frame, they can be used while the preview is playing or while it’s stopped. The FPS can be adjusted while the preview is playing. Otherwise it will be loaded when you set the source.Ĭlick play to loop the frames back to you, producing the animation.

If you load the program from the same folder, it will automatically load the animation. Put the program into the same folder, or launch the program and go to File >Set Source Folder. Export each frame to a folder and name them something orderable like: The goal is to give those of us who would rather sketch in Sai (or any other program that lacks a timeline) a way to preview our animation frames without jumping through Photoshop hoops.

Specifiable file types for those of you too cool for.

Since frames are not re-loaded externally on each rendition, those of you running toasters shouldn’t get preview lag any more.

Filenames are weighted by their character ASCII values plus a base 10 positioning modifier. This means no more of that 1, 10, 2, 3… 8, 9 order crap.

Frames are now quicksorted instead of using the native default ordering.

Your preview can be as big or small as you’d like.

Preview window resizes as you scale the overall program window.

gifs! Exporting supports 4 quality levels, custom resizing, and fps control.

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