Onion Skinning and Advanced Onion Skinning

T-ANIMPA-006-008a

You can enable the onion skin to see your previous and next drawings as reference.

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To complete this topic, you will need the following from the sample material you downloaded:

  • MO-ANIMPA-006\011-rough-key-poses

  • MO-ANIMPA-006\001-colour-model-scene

How to enable the onion skin

  1. In the Timeline view, select the layer you want to draw on and the frame in which you want to draw.

  2. Do one of the following:

    • In the Tools toolbar, click on the Onion Skin button.

    • In the Timeline view, click on the Onion Skin button left of the layer name.

    • In the top menu, select View > Onion Skin > Show Onion Skin.
    • Press Alt + O.

    Onion Skin will be enabled. By default, it will display two frames before and two drawings after the current drawing.

    Onion skinning in the Drawing View

How to add the Onion Skin view to your workspace
  1. Do one of the following:
    • In the top-right corner of a view, click on the Add View button and select Onion Skin.
    • In the top menu, select Windows > Onion Skin.

    The Onion Skin view is added to your workspace.

NOTEWhen Advanced Onion Skin is enabled, you cannot use the Onion Skin handles in the Timeline view, nor the Onion Skin Add/Remove Previous/Next Drawing buttons to adjust which drawings are displayed in the Onion Skin. You can only select the drawings to display in the Onion Skin using the Onion Skin view.

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Difficulty Level Beginner

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