animus

an infinite canvas for radical digital painting.

demo

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controls

mark-making

• click and drag to make marks
• hold Z and move your cursor up/down to resize the brush
• hold X and move your cursor up/down to change the shape of the brush
• hold any of the , , and/or keys and move your cursor up/down to change the , , and/or of the active color
• hold any combination of the above to change size, shape, and/or color at the same time
• hold C and click anywhere to pick up the color underneath your brush
• pinch with two fingers to zoom in/out
• drag with two fingers to pan around the canvas

animation

• press A to add a new frame
• press D to delete the current frame
• press O to toggle onionskin
• press ← / → to step between frames
  • tap out a rhythm using the arrow keys to set the playback speed
  • the last-tapped direction sets the playback direction
• press space to toggle playback
  • you can continue painting while the canvas animates

importing / exporting

• hold ⌘ (or ctrl) and press S to save your painting as a .GIF file
• hold ⌘ (or ctrl) and press O to open an existing painting from your filesystem (will clear the current canvas)