The idea for an animating tool was scrapped in version 0.7, but since then, I've been wanting to create an animating tool. Since this is version 1.0 Alpha now, I cannot implement this option until it is finished, I've decided to start working on a completely separate project! I call it Notecard.

 Notecard is going to be similar to Flipnote Studio, but with way more features! It will allow for up to 50 second long animations of PNG or JPG images with audio and music. I also plan to make an HTML-based text overlay system for subtitles, speech, transitions, and whatever you need! My only fear with Notecard is performance. Since I cannot convert the animation into a standard video file, I will have to create a custom file that only allows Notecard to read it, meaning each individual asset will have their data stored into the video, meaning the asset will be forced to load and unload in between each frame, which may cause lag and audio desyncing. I may have a workaround for this, but that may cause the video to take more time to load, and will consume more memory than loading it when needed.

I also have a way to add at least 1 MP3 audio file to play throughout the video. I have also came up with the idea of programmable events. Since I have to create my own file to play the video from, I can add whatever I want to it, meaning I can make a system that allows users to program events into their video. For example, the user can program an image to move however they need it to, or they can program instructions to start or stop a track whenever a certain point in the video is reached (such as a certain frame). Users can do this to edit their video without needing to separately edit their video, so they can animate, edit, and program all at the same time. I also plan on making a file size limit so users cannot make a video with spammed 4K images, which would cause extreme lag. This limit will probably be 5 MB.

I also plan on adding MIDI compatibility to videos. What I mean by this is users can create music that takes up very little space in their video, so they do not have to import a large MP3 file. I know how to do this since I was messing around with MIDI stuff in the past. If I were to guess how much the average video size would be for Notecard, it would probably be between 50 KB and 200 KB.

I don't have a planned released date for Notecard, but if you want to see previews and sneak-peaks, I might post some on my Youtube channel.

The images shown above are very early prototypes and there are some placeholders. Image 2 shows the editor at the time of this post. The word "Timeline" is a mistake at the bottom of image 2. It should be "Video Frames" instead. Most buttons at the top of the toolbar will be replaced with icons instead of text to maintain user accessibility. Most buttons do not work at the moment either. Loading is very slow due to many assets being completely unloaded instead of temporarily stored.