Documentation

Everything you need to get animating. Search across the whole guide, or pick a category below. Press / to jump to the search from anywhere on this page.

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3 topics

Getting started

What Khuwari is, how to open it, and how project files work.

5 topics

The interface

The assets panel, the preview, the timeline, the selection panel and layers.

5 topics

Keyframes

Adding, selecting, moving, resizing, timing, replacing and deleting frames.

6 topics

Gaps & interpolation

Machine learning, squash and stretch, no interpolation, motion blur and regeneration.

5 topics

Color layers

Color dots that fill the layer above, with thresholds, grow, gradients and timing.

4 topics

Onion skinning

Seeing the frames around the current one, and configuring the ghosts.

9 topics

Paint

The built-in drawing tool: brushes, layers, color, selection, transform and saving drawings into your animation.

1 topic

Blend modes

16 blend modes per keyframe, from multiply to luminosity.

6 topics

Camera

Non-destructive pan, zoom and rotation, plus lens and film effects like fisheye, film grain, chromatic aberration, vignette and handheld shake - every value keyframed on its own track.

4 topics

Audio

A reference audio track that plays in sync with your timeline.

4 topics

Undo & redo

Step your edits back and forward, in the timeline and in the paint tool.

2 topics

Export

PNG sequences, GIFs, video in five containers and exporting the current frame.

4 topics

Settings

FPS, snapping, aspect ratios and the working size.

2 topics

Keyboard shortcuts

Playback and editing shortcuts, and when they are ignored.

1 topic

Privacy

How Khuwari stays local and what never leaves your machine.