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Spintoon — Quick Start
Spintoon lets you draw animations by controlling time while you draw.
Drawing
Just draw — by default AutoFlow is on, so time advances automatically while your pen is down. Lift the pen and time stops. The speed shown on the wheel (e.g. 1.0x) controls how fast time flows.
Time Wheel
The circle on the left is your time position. Touch it to pause playback and scrub time manually — drag up to go forward, down to go back. The closer to the center you grab, the faster it moves.
Controls Around the Wheel
Buttons are arranged like a clock: Play/Pause at 3 o'clock starts animation playback. AutoFlow at 4 o'clock toggles automatic time flow while drawing. Speed buttons at 1 and 2 adjust playback/drawing speed. Undo/Redo at 9 and 10. Rewind at 11:30 jumps to the start. Resize at 5:30 and 6:30 changes wheel size. Move at 8 lets you drag the wheel to a comfortable spot.
Tools Panel (Right Side)
The vertical panel on the right has your drawing tools. Pencil is the default draw tool. Clock is Time Shift — tap a stroke then drag up/down to move it earlier or later in the animation. Below the tools: brush size buttons, color palette (drag your finger across to pick), and a preview circle showing current brush.
Presets
The three squares at the top of the tools panel are brush presets. Long-press to save your current color and size. Tap to instantly switch to that preset.
Color Picker
Touch anywhere in the color grid and drag — a preview bubble follows your finger showing the color at your current brush size. Release to select.
File Menu
Tap the Spintoon logo in the top-left corner. New creates a blank project. Open loads a .spintoon file. Save exports your project with all stroke data. Export GIF renders the animation. Export Process creates a timelapse of your drawing process followed by the final animation.
Touch Drawing
The finger icon in the top-right toggles whether touch input draws. Turn it off when you want to use fingers only for the time wheel.
Tips
You can draw during playback — strokes land on whatever frame is currently showing. Use Play + drawing for loop-style animation. The wheel and tools panel can both be repositioned by activating their move buttons.