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== Components ==
== Components ==


=== Library ===
See [[Storyboard Pro Workspace Cookbook]]
 
'''Library''' tab is found next to the '''Tool Properties''' tab.
 
Allows you to drag layers into the '''Library''' panel to save them as templates (including any transformations).
 
=== Tool Presets toolbar ===
 
'''Window''' > '''Toolbars''' > '''Tool Presets'''
 
Brushes with preset colors that create new layers when used, e.g. a blue brush that creates a new layer named "ROUGH" when used.


== Cookbook ==
== Cookbook ==
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=== Preferences ===
=== Preferences ===


==== Default layer layout ====
See [[Storyboard Pro Preferences]]
 
To create a default layer layout for new panels: '''Layer''' > '''Set Layer Layout As Default'''. E.g. if you wanted a specific set up in terms of a set number of layers with specific names.


=== Importing ===
=== Importing ===
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==== Importing scripts ====
==== Importing scripts ====


SBP 6 supports importing Final Draft scripts (`.fdx` format only).
[[file:Sbp-import-fdx.png|right]]SBP 6 supports importing Final Draft scripts (`.fdx` format only).
 
=== Selections ===


==== Selecting a layer or layers across panels ====
* '''Window''' > '''Storyboard''' to open '''Storyboard''' panel if it isn't already open.
* '''Storyboard''' panel, at the top right of the script pane, click the utility dropdown menu > '''Import Final Draft script'''


<kbd>&#8984;</kbd>+<kbd>&#8679;</kbd> + click on layer, then click on same layer in a different panel, or click on another layer in a different panel to select multiple layers.
Click and drag the tabs of the panels to rearrange them, e.g. if it's easier to have the '''Storyboard''' and '''Panel''' panels side-by-side in order to copy and paste dialog from '''Storyboard''' to '''Panel''', drag the '''Storyboard''' tab until the '''Storyboard''' panel undocks and then move it over the right edge of the SBP application window until a blue rectangle appears. Then the '''Storyboard''' can be docked to the side of the other panels.


All the layers must have the same names (case-sensitive) in the range of panels for this to work.
=== Selections ===
 
To copy and paste a cycle:


# <kbd>&#8984;</kbd>+<kbd>&#8679;</kbd> SELECT original cycle
See [[Storyboard_Pro_Panel_Editing_Cookbook#Selecting_and_transforming_layers_across_panels|Selections]]
# Go to next panel.
# '''Layer''' > '''Paste Special'''
# Fill in options, e.g. loop vs ping pong, number of cycles, etc.


=== Editing panels ===
=== Editing panels ===
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When a snapshot is added to a panel, the first panel will no longer be included in the exported PDF storyboard unless a snapshot is manually added at the first frame of panel.
When a snapshot is added to a panel, the first panel will no longer be included in the exported PDF storyboard unless a snapshot is manually added at the first frame of panel.
==== Libraries ====
'''Library''' tab (next to '''Tool Properties''')
Drag layers from the '''Stage View''' into the '''Library''' panel to save as a template (including any transformations.) The templates in the library are then available to other storyboard projects.
This is a good way to reuse walk cycles, for example.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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* [[Storyboarding For Animation Introduction]]
* [[Storyboarding For Animation Introduction]]
* [[Storyboard Pro Panel Editing Cookbook]]
* [[Storyboard Pro Timeline Cookbook]]
* [[Storyboard Pro Timeline Cookbook]]
* [[Storyboard Pro Workspace Cookbook]]
* [[Storyboard Pro Preferences]]


=== References ===
=== References ===

Latest revision as of 12:01, 1 October 2018

Overview[edit]

Class notes from Storyboarding for Animation at LA Figurative Art Academy with Pete Michels, Spring 2018.

What's new in Storyboard Pro 6[edit]

  • Import video or image sequence as video.
  • Import FinalDraft script, FDX format only.
  • Auto-matte layer fills in line work with solid color so layers underneath don't show through. Layer > Generate Auto-Matte
  • Tool Presets -- A toolbar containing brushes of certain colors that will create new layers when used, e.g. a "Revisions" brush that is a red brush that creates a new layer named "Revisions" when used.

Components[edit]

See Storyboard Pro Workspace Cookbook

Cookbook[edit]

Preferences[edit]

See Storyboard Pro Preferences

Importing[edit]

Importing audio[edit]

First make sure that an audio track is selected in the Timeline.

File > Import > select the audio file

Importing sequences[edit]

SBP 6 supports importing video or image sequences (which are then treated as video.)

Importing scripts[edit]

SBP 6 supports importing Final Draft scripts (.fdx format only).

  • Window > Storyboard to open Storyboard panel if it isn't already open.
  • Storyboard panel, at the top right of the script pane, click the utility dropdown menu > Import Final Draft script

Click and drag the tabs of the panels to rearrange them, e.g. if it's easier to have the Storyboard and Panel panels side-by-side in order to copy and paste dialog from Storyboard to Panel, drag the Storyboard tab until the Storyboard panel undocks and then move it over the right edge of the SBP application window until a blue rectangle appears. Then the Storyboard can be docked to the side of the other panels.

Selections[edit]

See Selections

Editing panels[edit]

See Storyboard Pro Panel Editing Cookbook

Timeline[edit]

See Storyboard Pro Timeline Cookbook

Camera[edit]

Pin to Camera[edit]

Pin to Camera (not sure where the function is located/controlled) can be used to emulate a heads-up display that tracks camera movement.

Exporting[edit]

Controlling which frames to include in PDFs[edit]

With a transformation applied to a layer, Storyboard > Add Snapshot. This instructs SBP to export that frame when exporting to PDF. (By default, the first frame in each panel in the timeline is exported.) [1]

Each frame within a panel that has a snapshot will be included as a separate panel in the exported PDF storyboard.

When a snapshot is added to a panel, the first panel will no longer be included in the exported PDF storyboard unless a snapshot is manually added at the first frame of panel.

Notes[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. Snapshots Storyboard Pro 6 Documentation