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question about basic drawing
Jan 13 2008, 10:15 PM EST
I'd like to create a "pencil layer" and then later go over it with ink and then just be able to hide the pencils. Is there a way to have multiple layers on one element? If this is in the manual, I'd love to know what to search on because I have searched and googled as well. Maybe I'm just not using the proper terminology. Thanks!
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1. RE: question about basic drawing
Jan 14 2008, 10:37 AM EST
You can have drawing objects stacked in a single element (pencil rough & inked cleanup) but that approach is not the most productive for cleanup inking. They aren't independent layers. You can "group" your pencil rough lines before you start inking over them and then after inking you can select that rough drawing object group and delete it. It is better to create a 'sketching or roughing out" element for your "pencil" work and then create a second element for your cleanup inking. Then you just uncheck the sketching element in both the timeline, which removes it from being rendered, and in the exposure sheet , which hides it from being seem on the auto-light table in drawing view. Some people delete sketching elements when they have finished inking but I prefer just unchecking the element. There is less risk of making a mistake and deleting some thing you might want or need later. I find that saving my rough animation work is often useful and I even sometimes find that I need to do a similar sequence again and can copy the rough sketch element into a new scene or project and make a few minor changes and save myself significant time. I hope this gives you some insight into the process. -JK 2 out of 2 found this valuable. Do you? |
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2. RE: question about basic drawing
Jan 14 2008, 1:02 PM EST
Thanks, that did work for me. One other thing that's got me stumped is when I'm working in camera view I can't see my onion skins over the art on the other frames. I thought it wasn't working at all, but then I noticed that I could see the outlines behind the other layers. Is there an option I can adjust to change this?
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3. RE: question about basic drawing
Jan 14 2008, 6:51 PM EST
You can un-check element tracks in the timeline to make those elements temporarily not visible in camera view. That way you can just focus on the elements you need to see during onion skinning. Then when you finish you can re-check the hidden elements and they will be visible again. I hope I understood your question. -JK
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