User:Rakesh/Tupi

Introduction

Tupi (formerly KTooN) is a software application for the design and creation of 2D animation. This tool, inspired by and for animators, is being developed by an open community. It is covered under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2, meaning that Tupi is free and open-source software. After Tupi was forked from KToon, KToon's official website was changed to redirect to the website for Tupi.

Basic information

ICT Competency	It is a generic visual resource creation and editing tool.
Educational application and relevance	You can use this tool to create short 2D animations, modify image sequencing as per your academic requirements. You can mix multiple visual formats such as images, graphics together to create educational resources. It will help teachers and students to teach and learn things easily.
Version	Tupi version 0.2 git02
Other similar applications	Pencil2D Pencil2D is an animation/drawing software which lets you create traditional hand-drawn animation (cartoon) using both bitmap and vector graphics. It is free and open source cross-platform audio editor. Synfig An industry quality software designed for 2D animations Blender 3D design and animation tool
The application on mobiles and tablets	No application for mobile platform
Development and community help	Tupi Tutorial on YouTube is available on tupi youtube Official Website

Overview of Features

One of the main objectives of this project from the beginning has been to provide an easy user experience, starting at the design of the GUI which allows the creation of simple animations in only 5 steps.

Despite still being in early development, the software includes many features:

Modular user-friendly interface[clarification needed]
Animation and preview modules
Basic tools for vector illustration
Timeline and exposure sheet
Import of Bitmap images (useful for Stop Motion animation)
Export to various formats (Ogg Theora, AVI, MPEG, SWF and a sequence of PNG images)

Installation

The application is part of the Ubuntu custom distribution.
In case you do not find it on your computer, you can install by typing Audacity on top search bar in Software Centre.
If you would like to install through the terminal follow these steps below:
1. Open terminal by clicking Applications->System Tools->Terminal or through Keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Alt+T
2. In the terminal window, type below command and press enter to start the installation by providing your machine password:
3. sudo apt-get install audacity

Working with the application

Obtaining Audio from different sources

Audio file can be obtained from many different sources such as audio recorders in phone, camera or laptops. Audio recording in laptops can be done using Audacity which is explained in Step 3 below. Similarly audio can be recorded in other recording devices and transferred to a laptop to edit them using Audacity. Importing audio files from different sources to the laptop is explained in Step 8 of Learn Ubuntu page.