# Conversion to 'Animation from File'

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**Category:** Synfig general discussion\
**Created:** [September 16, 2020, 11:21pm UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/conversion-to-animation-from-file/11364 "2020-09-16T23:21:45Z")\
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Finding clues in the souce code:

> <https://github.com/synfig/synfig/blob/be55081b78a5ac78af854c2e34be12de6cb6e58a/synfig-studio/ChangeLog.old#L90C1-L90C142>

> <https://github.com/synfig/synfig/blob/be55081b78a5ac78af854c2e34be12de6cb6e58a/synfig-core/src/synfig/valuenodes/valuenode_animatedfile.cpp#L115>

From looking at that cpp file, it seems that a TSV (table separated value) is an alternative to animating something from a file… and I found this:

> [@Help me please... I'm new to the group : importing TSV files](https://forums.synfig.org/t/help-me-please-im-new-to-the-group-importing-tsv-files/12656):
>
> I would like to know how to make my synfig recognize tsv files. when I try to import tsv files they just don’t show up

Then, digging more:

> <https://github.com/synfig/synfig/issues/2211>
>
> I recall somebody asking for "Animation File" converter to any parameter.
> https…://forums.synfig.org/t/conversion-to-animation-from-file/11364
> 
> The idea is not related to "Import" action, but for the already available converter that Import indirectly uses.
> User could write a TSV like:
> \`\`\`
> 0.00	1.0
> 0.30	1.5
> 0.80	1.2
> \`\`\`
> Then he could convert the Radius parameter of a Circle layer, for example, to "Animation from File", and then referring to the above TSV file. Thus, the circle radius will be animated by the file contents.
> 
> \_Originally posted by @rodolforg in https://github.com/synfig/synfig/issues/2207#issuecomment-875261013\_

> <https://github.com/synfig/synfig/pull/2240>
>
> string, Angle (degrees), bool, integer, real, time and Vector
> 
> Useful for lett…ing animation data (like object coordinates along
> time) generated by another software to be used on Synfig.
> 
> closes #2211

It should be available in Synfig 1.5

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