The Basics
Pivot is simple. At least, when you know what you're doing.
Step 1: Selecting Figures
Selecting a stick figure is literally the first part of animation. Before you do anything else, you must do this. "But how do I know if my figure is selected?" asks a beginner. Well, as you can see in the picture below, the selected stick has red nodes and an orange origin node. The stick that isn't selected has blue nodes. Got it? Let's move on.
Vocab:
node - the circle at the end of a segment
origin node - the node that moves the whole figure, rather than just a limb
segment - a part of the stickfigure
Selecting a stick figure is literally the first part of animation. Before you do anything else, you must do this. "But how do I know if my figure is selected?" asks a beginner. Well, as you can see in the picture below, the selected stick has red nodes and an orange origin node. The stick that isn't selected has blue nodes. Got it? Let's move on.
Vocab:
node - the circle at the end of a segment
origin node - the node that moves the whole figure, rather than just a limb
segment - a part of the stickfigure
Step 2: Moving Your Stick
This is the simplest part of animation. You hover over the node you want to move with your cursor, and then you hold left-click and drag it to where you want it to be. Then let go of left-click. To move the entire stick, simply do the same process with the orange origin node.
This is the simplest part of animation. You hover over the node you want to move with your cursor, and then you hold left-click and drag it to where you want it to be. Then let go of left-click. To move the entire stick, simply do the same process with the orange origin node.
Step 3: Resizing your Stick