Cartoon Builder
there are two Cartoon Builder activities: one by WorldWideWorkshop (below) and another by Avallain Basic Skills (see Comic Maker).
Description & Goals
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| l10n: | missing |
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Summary
Cartoon Builder allows you to create your own cell-animation sequences, by positioning and manipulating a playful cartoon character inside a filmstrip, and by using provided media assets -- backgrounds, characters in multiple poses, sound effects. You can play the sequence at different speeds, and save it. “Make Your Own” functionality lets you produce original cartoons that incorporate character poses, backgrounds and sounds you made yourself using other XO applications (Paint, Camera, Microphone, etc.)
This is a WorldWideWorkshop project - see the WorldWideWorkshop wiki page.
- see also Comic Maker
Beta 1.2 Update: Cartoon Builder now runs in Build 542; no other functionality updates.
Functionality:
- Can place 6 character poses in the filmstrip by selecting the cell/frame and then select the character pose you want to go in it.
- Character, Background and Sound selectors (Scroll through background options using "Back" and "Forward" buttons. The one in view will be used in the cartoon.)
- Three starter characters (Space Blob, Elephant, Turkey), 12+ starter backgrounds, and four starter sounds
- "Add Character," "Add Background," "Add Sound," "Open" and "Save"
- Changing the animation speed -- fast and slow range
- Clear All (removes images from all cells of the filmstrip)
- Play/Pause
- Saving/loading animations (locally on the XO)
- Can take drawings created with the XO Paint activity and make them into poses and background images in Cartoon Builder.
- Can take photos with the XO camera and use the photo files as images in Cartoon Builder.
- Can take sounds recorded with the XO microphone, TamTam, or other sources and use them in Cartoon Builder.