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There were 17 questions found in this category:
  1. How can I remove excess overshoots from lines? (Cutter tools)
    How can I remove excess overshoots from lines? (Cutter tools)For example, when you draw a paperless animation, you sometimes need remove any excess from the lines to produce a more natural look.
    Now, if you cross two brush lines and want to have a nice clean intersection without any overshoo...

  2. How can I blend the colours?
    How can I blend the colours? Glossary
    Line art & Colour art: Toon Boom Digital Pro is divided into two layers of the drawing mode, the line art and the color art. You can draw and paint either in one layer, however, there are some benefits having a drawing lines in the line art and the pa...

  3. How can I calculate the Field of View (FOV)? Where can I change the FOV manually?
    How can I calculate the FOV? Where can I change the FOV manually? (Field of View) GLOSSARY
    AR (Aspect Ratio): AR  = (# or pixels in width)/ (# or pixels in height). For example, If the Resolution is 720 x 540, the AR (Aspect Ratio) is 720/540 = 1.33333333 Now the formula for the FOV is ...

  4. How can I import bitmap effects from outside program? (External module)
    Can I import bitmap effects from outside program? (External module)GLOSSARY
    External Program: This is where you enter the command line of the external module that you want to bring it in. This field can include a full or relative path to the executable file. For example:
    mogrify -spread $NU...

  5. How can I import my drawings into Digital Pro and use the same name I used for my drawing?
    How can I import my drawings into Digital Pro and use the same name I used for my drawing? GLOSSARY
    Import Drawing option: This option is in Xsheet view, click on the menu button and select,  File > Import > Drawings. You can also use the toolbar Icon by adding 'Import Drawings' icon ...

  6. How can I only see wanted drawings or key drawings in the camera/drawing view?
    How can I see only wanted drawings or key drawings in the camera/drawing view?   There are many ways of flipping through specific drawings (key drawings) only in the Camera/Drawing Views. Here are some examples of how you can manage this by sending only the desired drawings or using Mark ...

  7. How can I reverse the order of existing drawings (Sequence Fill)?
    How can I reverse the order of existing drawings (Sequence Fill)? GLOSSARY
    Sequence Fill: Use the Sequence Fill dialog box to label cells in a column in the Xsheet View. This dialog box can help you automate labelling repetitive timing effects, such as cycles.

    If you just want to re...

  8. How can I select and remove only the unwanted colour? Or how can I only unpaint selected colour for all drawings? (Protect color)
    How can I select and remove the unwanted colour only? Or how can I only unpaint selected colour for all drawings? (Protect Colour).GLOSSARY
    Apply All drawings: This option all locked drawings (drawings that are able to modify) in a column with one action. This options works with certain tools ...

  9. How can I simultaneously render two different resolutions in the same file format?
    How can I simultaneously render two different resolutions in the same file format? Scale-Output module: The Scale-Output Module scales the output of an operation to the desired resolution. You can use this module to scale the resolution of a composite operation for output to anamorphic projectio...

  10. How do Digital Pro and Storyboard Pro dongles interact with each other?
    If you have purchased both Toon Boom Storyboard Pro and Digital Pro separately and have individual dongles for each, you may encounter the following situation:

    The application that reads the dongle (HASP) is not able to read more then one dongle correctly the same time.

    If both dong...

  11. How to add the Control Point to the trajectory of a peg
    How to add the Control Point to the trajectory of a peg.

    Here is some extra information completing the current documentation explaining how to use Control Points to modify the trajectory of pegs without having to add any specific keyframe.

    The  first thing you need to make sur...

  12. How to download updates for Toon Boom products?
    Patches and updates are announced on our website or in the newsletter upon release.
    To obtain an update or patch for Toon Boom products, you must have a legitimate copy of the product.

    All patches and updates are available on the Toon Boom website (toonboom.com) by doing the following:
    ...

  13. How to lock a character’s foot to the ground, when you have done interpolation between keyframes
    How to lock a cutout character’s foot to the ground, when you have done interpolation between keyframes. After you have done your keyframe posing, and have kept your feet grounded using the Onion Skinning, you will notice that once you add interpolation between the keyframes (Motion Keyframes)...

  14. What is the best way to add a hat to my character model template? (Props)
    What is the best way to add a hat to my character model template? (Props) In general, all the props are in a separate master template and used when it is needed for cut out animation. So to add a hat to an existing template character, you should create a props template and add a hat for that cha...

  15. When should I use Pencil lines instead of Brush lines?
    Sometimes you may find it to be more efficient to use a pencil line when you are designing your characters. A pencil line will be more useful as you define the shape of the character since it is has a single centre line. The other advantage of the pencil is that you can change the thickness of t...

  16. Where can I download the patch for my software?
    There are two ways to obtain your update patch, which method you use depends on how you obtained your software license.  If you have registered your software online (the license was not given to you by our licensor) do the following: Login in to the Member section of our websi...

  17. Why is my morphing not working (Mouth shape)? (Basic morphing)
    Why my morphing is not working (Mouth shape)? (Basic morphing) GLOSSARY
    Colour ID: Each colour contains a unique ID number. This  distinguishes colours as different even though they may use the same RGBA values. Having an unique Colour ID lets you change the colour of one object and not ...


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