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Creative Arts · Paint Meadow
Animation Desk
Draw frames, turn on onion skin and play your animation.
- Grades
- 2–8
- Free
- Create as much as you like
- Session
- 5–30 minutes
What it is
Draw frames on a timeline, see the last frame faintly with onion skin, pick a speed and play your animation in a loop. Pixel frames from Pixel Studio work here too.
What children learn
Sequencing and motion: small changes between frames make movement.
What it teaches
- Visual storytelling
How to play
Draw on the frame, add a frame with +, turn on onion skin to see the last one, and press Play. Comma and period change frames; arrow keys and Enter draw with the keyboard.
Plays with: Touch Mouse Keyboard Pen
Accessibility
- Fully playable with a keyboard
- Calm mode with reduced motion
- No timers or time pressure
- Quiet mode turns off sound effects
Level maps
Tracks and levels
Each track is made for a grade range. Start anywhere that fits — you don't have to play the younger tracks first. As a guest, your stars are saved on this device.
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