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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 ==

Revision as of 11:44, 1 October 2018

Overview

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

What's new in Storyboard Pro 6

  • 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

Library

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

Preferences

See Storyboard Pro Preferences

Importing

Importing audio

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

File > Import > select the audio file

Importing sequences

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

Importing scripts

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

Selections

See Selections

Editing panels

See Storyboard Pro Panel Editing Cookbook

Timeline

See Storyboard Pro Timeline Cookbook

Camera

Pin to Camera

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

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.) [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

See also

References

  1. ↑ Snapshots Storyboard Pro 6 Documentation
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