Storyboarding For Animation Class Notes
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
See Storyboard Pro Workspace Cookbook
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).
- 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
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
- Storyboarding For Animation Introduction
- Storyboard Pro Panel Editing Cookbook
- Storyboard Pro Timeline Cookbook
- Storyboard Pro Workspace Cookbook
- Storyboard Pro Preferences