Slice & Stitch
Cutout Animator v2
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Video FPS
24fps
30fps
60fps
Tool
Select
Brush
Paint
Erase
Size
30
Hard
70
View
Bones
Pivots
BBox
Grid
Onion
Adjacent KF
±1 frame
±3 frames
±5 frames
Solo
BG
Transparent
White
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Custom Color
Image…
Cover
Contain
Stretch
Match Canvas
Snap
Grid
1px
4px
8px
16px
32px
64px
Angle
1°
5°
15°
22.5°
45°
90°
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px
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Preset:
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1:1 · 1024
16:9 · 1920×1080
9:16 · 1080×1920
16:9 · 1280×720
9:16 · 720×1280
4:3 · 800×600
1:1 · 2048
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Guides:
Show
+ Vert
+ Horiz
Clear
v2 polished
Frame
/
FPS
Loop
On
Easing
Linear
Ease In
Ease Out
Ease In-Out
None — instant (step)
+ Keyframe
− Keyframe
Paste
Clear
Sequence
0 / 60
Add New Layer
Name
Attached Bone
Bone the layer rotates around. Will become editable in Phase 2.
Parent Layer
— None (root) —
Auto-detect pivot from alpha bounds
⚖ Normalize — Match Scale
Reference layer (= 100%)
Other poses are matched to this layer's size.
Method
Automatic (alpha measure)
Semi-automatic (mark head)
Auto measure
√Area — orientation-independent (recommended)
Height
Width
√Area matches lying + standing poses more consistently.
Anchor (alignment)
Center (recommended)
Bottom-center (feet)
Top-center (head)
Poses align to this point — so they don't jump within the frame.
Size only — keep position (scale in place)
For 2 characters on screen at once: match sizes but don't move them.
For each image layer, click the
top of the head
then the
chin
. Poses are matched by head size and aligned from the
head center
.
Cancel:
Esc
.
⚠ These layers have a
parent
:
.
Parent transform inheritance can break the result (pose shifts/shrinks unexpectedly).
Skip parented layers (recommended)
🎞 Pose Sequence — Sprite Sequence
Auto-creates
visibility keyframes
that show the selected poses in order — only 1 pose visible at a time. Order = layer list order (top → bottom).
Poses to include
Default duration — apply to all (frames)
Changing this applies to all poses; you can also set each pose's duration individually above.
⚠ The existing
keyframes will be deleted and rebuilt. (Undo to revert.)
Keyboard Shortcuts
Tools
V
Select tool
B
Brush tool
X
Swap Paint↔Erase
[
]
Brush size −/+
Mouse Wheel
Brush size (over canvas)
Shift+Wheel
Brush hardness
Layers
Del
Delete selected layer
Ctrl+D
Duplicate layer
Ctrl+↑/↓
Reorder layer
Ctrl+Z
Mask undo (in Brush)
Animation
Space
Play / Pause
K
Add/update keyframe
←
→
Frame ±1
,
.
Prev/next keyframe
Transform (during drag)
Shift
Invert snap (toggle while dragging)
Shift+Corner
Uniform scale
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