Paperless Animation Preferences
When working in paperless animation, there are some preferences you can set in the Preferences dialog box to make your work easier and faster.
‣ | Windows/Linux: Select Edit > Preferences. |
‣ | Mac OS X: Select Stage Draw > Preferences. |
‣ | Press Ctrl + U (Windows/Linux) or ⌘ + U (Mac OS X). |
Task | Tab | Section | Option, button or parameter |
If you use the Shift and Trace feature frequently, you can assign custom shortcuts. |
Shortcuts | Drawing Mode |
Shift and Trace Drawing Move Down Shift and Trace Drawing Move Up Shift and Trace Drawing Reset Position Shift and Trace Drawing Toggle Peg State Shift and Trace Drawing Toggle Visibility Shift and Trace Move Tool Shift and Trace Rotate Tool Shift and Trace Scale Tool Shift and Trace Toggle Manipulator Shift and Trace Toggle View |
You can change the colours for the onion skin and other elements. You can also change the colour of the key and breakdown markers displayed in the Timeline view. |
General | Colours | Edit Colours |
Drawing | Colours | Edit Colours | |
When naming your drawings in the Xsheet or Timeline view, you can set a preference to name your drawings based on their frame positions, which facilitates the creation of key poses (for example, a drawing created on frame 1 is named "1", a drawing created on frame 5 is named "5"). |
Exposure Sheet | Drawing Creation | Use Current Frame as Drawing Name |
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Advanced | Advanced Options |
Support Line and Colour Arts |
Refer to the Preferences Guide for complete descriptions of each option, button and parameter.