Secondary Animation
Once your rough animation is correct, you can start adding extra details, such as arms, clothes or hair.
You can add the extra details on the same layer with the same colour or you can also create a new colour so that you can always see your original sketch.
If you want to keep your rough animation as it is to avoid any mistakes, you can add an extra drawing element and use the Light Table feature to draw over the first drawing element. This technique can also be used if you want to reuse your rough animation for other characters. For example, if you have a rough walk-cycle, you can reuse it for another character and add its personal features in a new layer. This way, you only need to animate the secondary animation instead of the whole body again.
How to create secondary animation on the same layer
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In the Xsheet View, select the cell in which you want to add new details. |
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In the Colour view, create a new colour (give it the same name and add the prefix _2 or _sec, for example) or select the same rough colour as before. |
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In the Drawing Tools toolbar, select your drawing tool. |
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In the Camera or Drawing view, draw the secondary animation. |
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Do one of the following: |
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In the Xsheet View, select the next cell in which you want to draw. |
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In the Camera, Drawing or Xsheet view, press F and G to navigate between your drawings. |
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Do one of the following: |
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In the top, Drawing View or Camera View menu, select View > Onion Skin > Show Onion Skin. |
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In the Timeline view menu, select Onion Skin > Show Onion Skin. |
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Extend the onion skin. |
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In the Camera or Drawing view, draw the secondary animation. |
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Use the Flip and Easy Flipping toolbars to review your animation. You can also use the Playback toolbar to play the animation in real time. |
How to create your secondary animation on an extra layer
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In the top menu, Xsheet view or Timeline view, add a new drawing element and name it properly. |
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In the Timeline or Xsheet view, select the rough layer's timing. |
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Copy the timing and in the top menu, select Edit > Paste Special or Ctrl + B (Windows/Linux) or ⌘ + B (Mac OS X). |
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Choose Never create drawing files from the options to paste the timing but not the drawing files. |
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In the Drawing view, enable the Light Table. |
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Do one of the following: |
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In the Xsheet view, click the Columns List Panel button to view and disable columns. |
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In the Timeline view, on its left-hand side, disable the extra columns. |
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In the Xsheet View, select the cell where you want to add the new details. |
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In the Colour Palette, create a new colour (give it the same name and add the prefix _2 or _sec, for example) or select the same rough colour as before. |
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In the Drawing Tools toolbar, select your drawing tool. |
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In the Drawing or Camera view, draw the secondary animation. |
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Do one of the following: |
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In the Xsheet View, select the next cell in which you want to draw. |
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In the Camera, Drawing or Xsheet view, press F and G to navigate between your drawings. |
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Do one of the following: |
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In the top, Drawing View or Camera View menu, select View > Onion Skin > Show Onion Skin. |
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In the Timeline view menu, select Onion Skin > Show Onion Skin. |
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Extend the onion skin. |
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In the Camera or Drawing view, draw the secondary animation. |
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Use the Flip and Easy Flipping toolbars to review your animation. |
You can also use the Playback toolbar to play the animation in real time.