Animanatee

	Animanatee
	File:Animanateeds.PNG
General
Author(s)	DekuTree64
Type	Multimedia
Version	1.5b
Licence	Mixed
Links
	[Media:Animanatee15bds.zip Download]
	Website

Features

2D Animation Tool for the DS
Tools: Brush (1-16 pixels), Eraser, Fill, Color Picker, Pointer locator
Half-tone: Brush paints solid, halftone (checkerboard) or quartertone
Pressure sensitivity setting for the Brush
59 color slots (plus an alpha color)
Fill tool sensitivity (bridge 1 or 2 pixel gaps)
Canvas: 2-layered (Background & Foreground)
Merge both layers into the active one
Copy an entire layer (BG or FG) and paste this in the active layer (whether BG or FG)
Scroll active layer (virtual torus)
Onion skinning: show previous, next or both frames of the Foreground grayed-out style
Zoom in 2x, 4x, 8x or 16x
Mask and Reverse Mask a color
Adjustable framerate
Exports animation as .avi

Control

START - File menu

L or R Shoulder buttons - Tools menu

Left or Y - Previous Frame

Right or A - Next Frame

Hold Up or X - Fill/Erase/ColorPicker

Hold Down or B - Cursor/Grab

Video

Problems and Known Issues

Animation show won't save, the error message says "Device Not Found"

File Convert

Animanatee converter

Animanatee files (Animation00-Animation99.anm) can be turned into .avi files either internally (Start/Save As/Export AVI) or externally through a small command-line executable that takes the Animationxx.anm file as input and outputs an Animationxx.avi file. This .avi file can be uploaded to eg YouTube without any issues.

Animanatee produces an uncompressed AVI file. Open it with Microsoft GIF Animator and save as .gif. Alternatively use "SUPER".

Convert .anm files to .avi from windows

Changelog

1.5b

Preview is now loaded one frame at a time, to reduce memory usage (this was effectively cutting the maximum animation size in half).

Possible update:

One more layer.
Less stylus jumping.
A Mario Paint style music sequencer.
Playing a wav/mp3/etc. file along with the animation.
Recording a sound track with the microphone.
Stamps.
Save calibration settings to a config file.