# My first synfig animation (tank tracks experiment)

**URL:** <https://forums.synfig.org/t/my-first-synfig-animation-tank-tracks-experiment/3776>\
**Category:** Work in progress\
**Created:** [February 15, 2016, 7:54am UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/my-first-synfig-animation-tank-tracks-experiment/3776 "2016-02-15T07:54:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![razvanc](https://forums.synfig.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/d07c76/32.png) [@razvanc](https://forums.synfig.org/u/razvanc)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2016, 7:54am UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/my-first-synfig-animation-tank-tracks-experiment/3776/1 "2016-02-15T07:54:26Z")

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Hi guys, I’m new here, downloaded synfig yesterday, played with it for about 2 hours and this is what I ended up with:

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/razvanc87/projectile-jam-art/master/synfig/output/tank_tracks_01.gif)

Ultimately I want to see if I can use synfig as a tool for game assets. I’m in the middle of a project with GODOT and need to make a military vehicle type of thing maybe with some complex, but minimalist looking like wheels, hahah. This is my first test and I think it works for both tracks and stuff like chainsaws, conveyer belts etc. Thanks for this awesome project!

My game project page if anyone is interested can be found [here](https://github.com/razvanc87/projectile-jam). I have [a separate repository](https://github.com/razvanc87/projectile-jam-art/tree/master) for assets, where I’ll be developing with synfig uand other great open source software, but all info is there, including the steps to create this unfinished “tank tracks” experiment.

Update #1: so as it turns out, if I want to add a little distortion with the Noise Distort Layer… it breaks 😕  
Update #2: added a different variation, by changing the dimensions of the Rectangle Region Layer, also struggled a lot with that Noise Distort Layer, finally managed to output the image, turns out it was all for nothing, cause you can’t see it anyway 🙂

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/razvanc87/projectile-jam-art/master/synfig/output/tank_tracks_02.gif)