Onion Skins and Scratch

LilGloGlo_76

-PhoenixAnimates- wrote:
secretagent123 wrote:
KevinCreator wrote:
secretagent123 wrote:
No support. Scratch's primary purpose is not animating. To use this tool use animation software and import the frames to scratch.
Currently, society thinks that children are idiots who cannot tell the difference between an orange and an apple. This is NOT so, children have an immense capacity to learn, understand, and perform activities or functions DAY TO DAY. Don't tell me that “new scratchers” (usually kids) can't understand what a stupid “onion skin” button is for.
That's not what I am saying. Scratch is not animating software. I am perfectly aware that everyone would be able to understand the feature however, this feature should not be added for reasons in the earlier sentance.
Wick editor is not technically an animation software and it has onion skin

I think that the Wick Editor is an animation software/website.

Yeetoburro1

bywok wrote:
Why hasn't Scratch decided whether or not they should add this yet? It's been 7 years and the only time they've talked on this thread is to close it down because this guy kept arguing with us.

*debating

-WoollyBear-

LilGloGlo_76 wrote:
-PhoenixAnimates- wrote:
secretagent123 wrote:
KevinCreator wrote:
secretagent123 wrote:
snip!

I think that the Wick Editor is an animation software/website.

If I'm not mistaken, Wick is similar to Scratch in that it was initially intended for games, but over time gained a host of animators using it. Though I'm really not familiar with the program, so I can't say either way.

LilGloGlo_76

-WoollyBear- wrote:
LilGloGlo_76 wrote:
-PhoenixAnimates- wrote:
secretagent123 wrote:
KevinCreator wrote:
secretagent123 wrote:
snip!

I think that the Wick Editor is an animation software/website.

If I'm not mistaken, Wick is similar to Scratch in that it was initially intended for games, but over time gained a host of animators using it. Though I'm really not familiar with the program, so I can't say either way.

I'm pretty sure it is for animation, but you can still throw in some code.

StevenTheSquare

What on Earth is an “onion skin”? You should explain better in your suggestion

Last edited by StevenTheSquare (Dec. 28, 2020 23:15:33)

gosoccerboy5

StevenTheSquare wrote:
What on Earth is an “onion skin”? You should explain better in your suggestion

The OP wrote:
For those who don't know what an onion skin is, it's the option to show a ghost image of the previous costume on the drawing screen, without it actually being part of that costume. It's very useful for animation.

lapisi

StevenTheSquare wrote:
What on Earth is an “onion skin”? You should explain better in your suggestion

it's a transparent form of the previous costume/frame that can be used as reference when drawing the next costume/frame

the2000

StevenTheSquare wrote:
What on Earth is an “onion skin”? You should explain better in your suggestion

Maybe you would know if you read the suggestion…

gosoccerboy5 wrote:
The OP wrote:
For those who don't know what an onion skin is, it's the option to show a ghost image of the previous costume on the drawing screen, without it actually being part of that costume. It's very useful for animation.

Anyway support if I haven't already. This feature is so useful and all of the workarounds take so long to do. Though considering that this thread has been running for almost eight years, it seems like ST is too lazy to work on it

hisshami

Support

Jas_The_Man

It would be cool for the ST to add that! It is possible since Scratch Add-ons has that feature, so the ST could totally do that.

Vaibhs11

scratch isn't exactly for animation but
support if
toggle button
then it's easy for animators and programmers

bywok

Vaibhs11 wrote:
scratch isn't exactly for animation but
support if
toggle button
then it's easy for animators and programmers

Yay thanks for supporting. Honestly I wish there was some sort of voting system for if people support or not, and if it reached, oh, 100 votes or somethin the scratch team woudl consider it. would make things easier.

lapisi

bywok wrote:
Vaibhs11 wrote:
scratch isn't exactly for animation but
support if
toggle button
then it's easy for animators and programmers
Yay thanks for supporting. Honestly I wish there was some sort of voting system for if people support or not, and if it reached, oh, 100 votes or somethin the scratch team woudl consider it. would make things easier.

but suggestions aren't based on how many supporters there are

bywok

Never mind this started a huge argument and I want it to end. sorry that I had an idea guys

Last edited by bywok (Jan. 25, 2021 17:42:10)

lapisi

bywok wrote:
lapisi wrote:
but suggestions aren't based on how many supporters there are
bywok wrote:
Yay thanks for supporting. Honestly I wish there was some sort of voting system for if people support or not, and if it reached, oh, 100 votes or somethin the scratch team woudl consider it. would make things easier.
I know but I think 100 votes in the forums are a ton of votes. Also I'm not saying they had to add it every time that happened, I'm saying they would review it and see if it's necessary.

but some suggestions were added but didn't have that many supporters

-WoollyBear-

lapisi wrote:
bywok wrote:
lapisi wrote:
but suggestions aren't based on how many supporters there are
bywok wrote:
Yay thanks for supporting. Honestly I wish there was some sort of voting system for if people support or not, and if it reached, oh, 100 votes or somethin the scratch team woudl consider it. would make things easier.
I know but I think 100 votes in the forums are a ton of votes. Also I'm not saying they had to add it every time that happened, I'm saying they would review it and see if it's necessary.
but some suggestions were added but didn't have that many supporters

ST doesn't dictate what suggestions to put in based on how many supports it has. They consider any and all suggestions regardless of support count if they think it would be a good fit for the site. Supports are more a way to gauge community interest and also a way to keep the topic active with more ideas and opinions. Now let's please stay on-topic, so this discussion doesn't get closed.

the2000

-WoollyBear- wrote:
Now let's please stay on-topic, so this discussion doesn't get closed.

That's not how closing works. ST wouldn't close any thread, let alone one that has survived for eight years, just because people starting going off-topic at one point. At most they would steer the conversation back to the original direction.

Edit: Ayy, king of the page! (Also, yes, I do acknowledge the irony in this post. It was just bugging me, sorry

)

Last edited by the2000 (Jan. 24, 2021 21:32:40)

-PhoenixAnimates-

focus. on. the. original. post.

or else I will be super mad, just from this point forward, just stick to the OP

gosoccerboy5

the2000 wrote:
That's not how closing works. ST wouldn't close any thread, let alone one that has survived for eight years, just because people starting going off-topic at one point. At most they would steer the conversation back to the original direction.

I hate to go too far offtopic (ironic

) but the Transformations Extension suggestion was recently closed for a few hours due to unconstructiveness, but later in the day it was reopened I believe (or was it the day after?)

Anyways, sorry if I've posted here before, but this seems a little advanced. You might be able to do this with clones and ghost effect. I'm not sure about the benefits of this suggestion as I've never animated anything, but it sounds cool.

-WoollyBear-

gosoccerboy5 wrote:
Anyways, sorry if I've posted here before, but this seems a little advanced. You might be able to do this with clones and ghost effect. I'm not sure about the benefits of this suggestion as I've never animated anything, but it sounds cool.

It wouldn't be very advanced, probably not any more complicated as Flipnote if you've ever used that. This feature would take place inside the costume editor, so clones and ghosts are not a viable workaround. The benefits basically are smoother animation and ease of use.

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