Import (bring your work from anywhere)

DoodLoop is built to fit alongside the apps you already use, not to lock you in. You can bring in a whole project, use any image as a reference to trace over, or drop in a video to rotoscope. Here is how to move your work across from the tools you know.

Whole projects: FlipaClip

Already have animations in FlipaClip? DoodLoop imports them with their layers intact, so you can keep working right where you left off.

1. Get the .fc file onto your iPad (AirDrop it, or save it to the Files app, for example to iCloud Drive or On My iPad).
2. In DoodLoop, tap the Import button on the home screen.
3. Browse to the .fc file and pick it.

DoodLoop reads the canvas size, frame rate, frames, and layers, and turns the project into a native DoodLoop file you fully own. A big project can take a moment to import; a progress bar shows how it is going.

What comes across

Your frames, layers, and drawings import faithfully. A solid background becomes the canvas color. Some FlipaClip-specific layer effects (certain blend modes) may come in as Normal, your artwork itself is always preserved exactly.

Artwork from a drawing app: Procreate, Photoshop, Krita, Clip Studio

Coming from a painting or illustration app? Export your artwork as an image (PNG or JPEG) and bring it in as a layer to trace over or build on.

1. In your other app, export the piece as a PNG or JPEG to your photo library or the Files app. (In Procreate: Actions › Share › PNG. In Photoshop, Krita, Clip Studio, or Affinity: Export to PNG.)
2. In DoodLoop, open a project and tap Import in the editor's top bar.
3. Choose Photo and pick the image.

Put it on its own layer, lower the opacity, and animate on a layer above. This is the quickest way to carry a character design or a finished frame from another app into DoodLoop and start moving it.

Motion from a video or animation app: rotoscope

Anything you can export as a video can become a rotoscope guide, frames from another animation app, footage of real motion, or a screen recording.

1. Export or save the clip as a video (MP4 or MOV) to your photo library or the Files app. (For example, export an animation from another app as a movie, or use a live-action clip you filmed.)
2. In DoodLoop, tap Import in the editor's top bar and choose Video (rotoscope).
3. DoodLoop lays the footage onto a dimmed Rotoscope layer, one frame per frame, so you can trace the motion on layers above.

Importing photos and camera

You can also bring a photo straight in as reference (something to trace over) or as part of your scene. Tap Import in the editor's top bar and pick:

• Camera: snap a photo right now and draw over it. The first time, iPad asks permission to use the camera. (Camera isn't available in the Simulator.)
• Photo: choose an image from your photo library. The first time, iPad asks permission to access your photos.

Put the photo on its own layer, lower its opacity, and draw over it on a layer above, a great way to learn animation by tracing real motion.