Selecting Artwork in Several Drawings

You can use the Select tool to select and manipulate artwork in several drawings in the same layer at the same time. There are two approaches to doing this, both of which are options available in the Tool Properties view:

• Apply to All Frames: When you draw a lasso or marquee in the Drawing views, it will select strokes in that area in all of the exposed drawings in the current layer.
• Apply to Onion Skin Range: When you draw a lasso or marquee in the Drawing views, it will select strokes in that area in all of the drawings currently displayed in the Onion Skin. This method allows you to select and manipulate artwork in a specific range of drawings, and allows you to see the artwork you selected in the Drawing view.

How to select artwork in a specific range of drawings

1. In the thumbnails list, select a drawing somewhere in the middle of the range that you want to edit.

2. In the Tools toolbar, click on the Onion Skin button to enable Onion Skin.

3. Using the Options in the View > Onion Skin menu, adjust the amount of previous and next drawings displayed in the Onion Skin until all the drawings you want to pain simultaneously are displayed.

   The drawings included in the Onion Skin range will appear in red and green in the Drawing view.

4. In the Tools toolbar, select the Select tool.

5. In the Tool Properties view, click and hold on the Apply to All Frames button and, in the pop-up menu, select Apply to Onion Skin Range.

   NOTE If this button is already set to Apply to Onion Skin Range, simply click on it to toggle it on.

6. In the Drawing view, draw a lasso or marquee around the artwork you want to select.

   Strokes in the current drawing and in the drawings displayed in the Onion Skin that fit inside the lasso or marquee you drew will be selected.

How to select artwork in all exposed drawings in a layer

1. In the thumbnails list, select any drawing.

2. In the Tools toolbar, select the Select tool.

3. In the Tool Properties view, click on the Apply to All Frames button to enable the Apply to All Frames mode.

   NOTE If this button is currently set to Apply to Onion Skin Range mode, click and hold on the button to open its pop-up menu and select Apply to All Frames.

4. In the Drawing view, draw a lasso or marquee around the artwork you want to select.

   Strokes in the current drawing as well as in all other drawings exposed in the current layer that fit inside the lasso or marquee you drew will be selected.