Animation & Drawing by Do Ink
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that Animation & Drawing by Do Ink is a versatile tool that allows kids to make animations. It includes a database of ready-made drawings that can be used to quickly create animations as well as a drawing tool so more advanced animators can create original animations. Kids can share their creations through Dropbox or Google Drive by logging in to those accounts and giving access to the app, or they can save them to the device's camera roll and share from there. A written tutorial is available in-app, and video tutorials are online and are easier to follow for kids just getting started with animation.What kids can learn
Kids get almost immediate satisfaction creating their first animation using drawings from the library, and the design is flexible enough to grow with kids as they become expert animators.
Work is saved automatically to the gallery, and saved creations can be edited or copied so kids can continuing improving them.
Thorough tutorials walk kids through the whole process of creating animations and drawings; in-app video tutorials would make the process easier for beginners. Creations can be easily shared.
What's it about?
ANIMATION & DRAWING BY DO INK opens into the gallery, which includes any saved work and a couple of ready-made examples. The gallery includes clips of completed animations, drawings of still images, and compositions of animations. Kids click the plus sign to create a new drawing or composition and can access the gallery to pull in more drawings or compositions to add to the new composition. The help screen progresses from "first steps" in how to create a composition using existing drawings to how to how to use the shapes, color, and vector path tools to create more advanced, original animations. Do Ink animations can be exported for use in Green Screen by Do Ink presentations, too.
Is it any good?
Animation & Drawing by Do Ink can work for beginners and experts alike: Beginners can create an impressive animation in just a few minutes and experts can create custom animations with original drawings using advanced features. However, beginners may have a moment of panic when looking at that white screen surround by tools, so the tutorials are a must. Unfortunately, the in-app tutorial is all text and lengthy enough that some kids might give up. Having the video tutorials in-app would be nice, but it is helpful to watch the tutorial on a different screen while playing around with the app on another. The library of clip-art-like images is impressive, but no worries if something is missing because that's what the drawing tool is for. Saving and sharing creations is easy, too.
Families can talk about...
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Families can talk about how animation has changed with technology -- from each sketch being hand drawn for every movement to using a tool like this to easily create animation.
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If the written tutorial is hard to follow, show kids the tutorial videos available on the Do Ink website.
App details
| Device: | iPad |
| Price: | $4.99 |
| Pricing structure: | Paid |
| Release date: | April 8, 2015 |
| Category: | Education |
| Topics: | Arts and dance |
| Size: | 8.90 MB |
| Publisher: | DK Pictures, Inc. |
| Version: | 4.2 |
| Minimum software requirements: | iOS 7.0 or later |
