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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 ===
* '''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'''


==== Selecting a layer or layers across panels ====
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.


<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.
=== Selections ===
 
All the layers must have the same names (case-sensitive) in the range of panels for this to work.
 
To copy and paste a cycle:
 
# <kbd>&#8984;</kbd>+<kbd>&#8679;</kbd> SELECT original cycle
# Go to next panel.
# '''Layer''' > '''Paste Special'''
# Fill in options, e.g. loop vs ping pong, number of cycles, etc.


=== Editing thumbnails ===
See [[Storyboard_Pro_Panel_Editing_Cookbook#Selecting_and_transforming_layers_across_panels|Selections]]


==== Editing brushstrokes ====
=== Editing panels ===


'''Contour Editor''' > '''Centerline editor'''  displays a center line for brush strokes. Pencil lines always have the center line visible. PM recommended always using brushes as opposed to pencils.
See [[Storyboard Pro Panel Editing Cookbook]]


Brush strokes can also be converted to pencil lines and vice versa. Pencil lines can be edited as bezier curves, but brush strokes cannot.
=== Timeline ===


==== Special lighting ====
See [[Storyboard Pro Timeline Cookbook]]
 
# Create a new layer in a panel as an overlay (OL).
# Use the '''Rectangle''' tool to create a rectangle bigger than the frame.
# Fill the rectangle with a semi-transparent color (save the color including the transparency in the color palette for consistency).
# Cut out any necessary elements out of the rectangle, e.g. lit windows.
 
==== Filling line drawings ====
 
Select the layer containing the line drawing to fill.
 
'''Layer''' menu > '''Generate Auto-Matte''' ( <kbd>&#8984;M</kbd> )
 
Options for tolerance and color are available in the dialog.
 
==== Tool presets ====
 
These are brushes that create new layers when they are used, e.g. a blue brush that creates a "ROUGH" layer when it's used.
 
'''Windows''' > ''''Toolbars''' > '''Tool Presets'''
 
It's located in the horizontal toolbar strip along the top of the window by default.
 
=== Transformations ===
 
==== Transforming a layer ====
 
# Click figure icon to the right of layer thumbnail
# Change the icon to "running man" icon
# Now keyframing is available for the layer. Insert a keyframe on the layer to maintain the current size & location at that frame.
# Move to a new frame and move the layer to create a new keyframe and create the transition between the two keyframes.


=== Camera ===
=== Camera ===
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==== Controlling which frames to include in PDFs ====
==== Controlling which frames to include in PDFs ====


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.)
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.) <ref>[https://docs.toonboom.com/help/storyboard-pro-6/storyboard/export/add-snapshot-markers.html Snapshots] Storyboard Pro 6 Documentation</ref>


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


'''Library''' tab (next to '''Tool Properties''')
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.


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.
== Notes ==


This is a good way to reuse walk cycles, for example.
=== See also ===


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


* [[Storyboarding For Animation Introduction]]
=== References ===
<references />


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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
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