This is a very crude, not completely debugged animation program. 15 full screen buffers can be "played" in sequence.
Drawing capabilities. Very Limited. Cursor acts as pencil. Click and Drag to draw in any frame. Click on extreme left of screen to toggle betweenpencil and eraser.
Menus.
File - Open Anirama File. Reads an Ainirama File and fills in all frames.
File - Open Paint File. Allows a Macpaint file to be read into the current frame. See Frame menu.
File - Create Blocked Image
Uses Frame #1 as reference and fills in remaining frames with similar images but at lower resolutions using gray scales. Gives a really neat effect when played back using Cycle Frames. Be prepared to wait quite a while (10-15 minutes) for all buffers to be filled in. This effect is the reason the program was originally created. Be sure to Save the Anirama File after performing this command just so you dont have wait again. I suggest you download a few neat digitized MacPaint images and then create the blocked images from them.
File - Save Anirama File. Saves all frames to a file in a compacted form.
File - QuitSelf explanatory. Make sure any saves are done before you quit because it doesn't give you a second chance.
Cycle - Cycle Frames. Repeatadly display frames 1 thru 15 then reverse and show frames 15 thru 1 according to the timing setup in the Delays menu. Terminate by clicking mouse except when Delays are on mouse clicks in which case hit any key on keyboard.
Delays - Seconds between Frames. Check 1 to control the amount of delay after each frame is displayed.
Delays - Seconds after reversing. Check 1 to control the amount of delay after all frames are displayed.
Frame - Copy and advance. Copies Frame N to Frame N+1 and changes Current Frame to N+1. Useful when creating cartoon like sequences so you can just copy a frame and make a few alterations in the next frame.
Frame - Clear. Clears the Current Frame
Frame - 1 .. 15.. Changes the current Frame to any of 1 thru 15.
Copy To - All. Copies current frame to all frames.
Copy To - 1 .. 15. Copies current frame to frame N.
Menu - Hide Menu - Hit any key to restore. Useful when you want to draw or erase the part of a frame which is under the menu.
Note that I dont plan to fix any bugs or improve this program. I just thought that someone might find it an entertaining diversion as well as a very cheap introduction to animation. Have Fun!
