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.
How to open the Preferences dialog box
| ‣ | Windows/Linux: Select Edit > Preferences. |
| ‣ | Mac OS X: Select Sketch > Preferences. |
| ‣ | Press Ctrl + U (Windows/Linux) or ⌘ + U (Mac OS X). |
| Task | Tab | Section | Option, button or parameter |
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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 | |
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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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In the Camera view, you can work in Line Art and Colour Art once you enable the Advanced Art mode. |
Advanced | Advanced Options |
Support Line and Colour Arts |
Refer to the Preferences Guide for complete descriptions of each option, button and parameter.