Frames
Figma-style vector artboards on the board. Draw shapes, place text, animate between states.
Magerie only. Not in Magerie Draft.
A Frame is a vector artboard on the board. Draw shapes and text on it, drop images into it, and its picture flows out of an Image port like any other node. Add states and it animates between them.
Make one#
Open the Omni menu (Tab), type "Frame". A white rectangle appears. Resize it by its edges, or set Width and Height in its Options tab. Color sets the background. Clip contents trims anything that spills over.
Anything you draw with its center inside the Frame joins it. Drag a stray shape onto it and it joins. Drag the Frame and everything travels with it.
Draw#
| Tool | Key | Draws |
|---|---|---|
| Rectangle | R | Drag. Shift for a square. |
| Ellipse | O | Drag. Shift for a circle. |
| Line | Y | Drag. Shift snaps to 45 degrees. |
| Path | N | Freehand. Your stroke becomes an editable curve on release. |
| Text | T | Click, type. |
Alt-drop an Image node onto a Frame to place a copy of its pixels as a member. The copy stands on its own: delete the source node and the member keeps its picture.
Edit#
Pointer (V). Click to select, Shift-click to add, drag on empty board to marquee. Drag a shape to move it.
A single selected shape shows its points. Drag a point to move it, drag a handle to reshape the curve, Alt breaks the handle pair. Delete removes the shape.
A small bar floats above the selection with a fill chip and a stroke chip. Fill: swatches, picker, or none. Stroke: color, Width, Cap, Join, Dash. The brush chip opens Stamp Stroke, which paints the outline with your current brush onto the Image node beneath.
The Hierarchy tab lists every member. Select rows and press Group. Rows have an eye (per state) and drag to reorder. Groups also lock.
Annotate#
Pen (P) draws freehand ink over anything. Five colors, three sizes, in the left rail. Laser (G) draws a glowing stroke that fades in under a second. Nothing is saved.
States#
Open the States tab. The strip shows state 1 and a +. Press +: state 2 is a copy. Move, scale, fade, or hide members. Every edit lands in the selected state. Click thumbnails to flip between them.
Select state 2 or later and the panel shows its transition: Duration, Bounce, Stagger and Stagger from (First to last, Last to first, Center out, Edges in, Random), Enter/Exit (Fade, Fade + scale, Slide up / down / left / right), and Hold. Defaults are good.
With two or more states the panel grows a transport. Press Play and members glide between states. Render Video bakes it to a video output for the Timeline.
Output#
Wire the Frame's Image port into any filter, blend, or Image Exporter. It renders at 2x. There is no SVG export.