Tutorial for Snap Dragon

Snap Dragon is a tool for building classic Cootie Catchers paper folded toys from photos and text into a PDF that can be printed and folded. Projects can be saved as PDF and Shared.

This tutorial offer tips on how to use Snap Dragon app.


1  Q & A Mode

Tap Q&A icon in the upper far right of any of the editing screens.

These projects can also be great for teaching aids, by having the inside sections pose a question and the hidden message flaps contain the answer.
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Q&A icon is in a circle, at the far right of icon row.
Snap-Dragon makes it easy to connect your questions and answers in Q&A mode, which you can get to using the Q&A icon in the toolbar of any edit screen. Use the list at the bottom to quickly run through either 4 or 8  sets of questions and answers. This list makes sure your questions and answers are lined up correctly through all the contortions and folds of a printed project.

The Wrench button will let you make an edit to all of the items in the list, such as changing the font or background color.
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Top half shows sections. Below is the questions and answers in a list.


2  3D Preview

Tap the play button on any screen, at any time, to preview.

A 3D preview of your project can be seen by clicking the play button on most screens in the app. Pinch/zoom and swipe to spin the project.  Drag the slider to see different points of the animation.
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Here the play button is just to the left of the project overview.


3   Printing

Tap the printer icon on any edit screen for a printable, shareable PDF.

Tap the Print PDF button available on most screens to get a printable PDF of your project. If your printer is not printing the full image, go to the More(…) button on the Home screen and tap “Set Print Safe Margin" to add a margin around the project. 
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Tap the printer icon to create the PDF.


4   Shortcuts

  • Orienteering icons at the top of the screen help you remember what piece you are working on in a project.

Editing images or text
  • When editing images or text, a double-tap will re-center the item, just like using the Magic Wand button.
  • Use the light horizontal and vertical guide lines to make sure images and text look straight.
  • When entering text, tap the screen (or text box) to bring up the keyboard.  Tap the screen again to dismiss the keyboard.  
  • Text will be automatically sized to fit the square, diamond or triangle shape when in the centered position.  
  • Use extra lines or spaces to affect size and placement of text. Pinch/zoom to change size and rotation of text. Drag to reposition.
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