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Links to useful information, Tips and Tricks, Tutorials and other ways you can increase your animation skills.

There were 11 questions found in this category:
  1. Editing Textures and Gradients
    Currently, there isn't any texture editing tool in Storyboard, but it is possible to manipulate gradients even if you cannot move the support. The following procedure explains how:   1. First create the image you want to fill with a gradient texture.



    2. Create your gradient...


  2. 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...


  3. 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:
    ...


  4. How to edit the footer for export to PDF
    1. From the main menu, select Storyboard > Properties, enter the copyright text in the Project Copyright field.
     
    2. From the main menu, select File > Export to PDF.

    3. In the Export to PDF window, click Edit Format, in the  Footer tab, select your text options.
    ...


  5. How to export to EDL for Final Cut Pro
    To export to EDL for Final Cut Pro follow these steps:

    1. Go to Menu > Edit > Preferences.

    2. Open the Export tab and uncheck the Optimize Still Image Sequence option.

    3. Select Menu > File > Export... > EDL/AAF and select the desired options....


  6. How to integrate different storyboards into a single project
    When there are several storyboard artists working on the same show, it is possible to put each of their storyboards into one project.

    This can be done by assigning each storyboard artist a specific range within a scene, for example 1 - 200, 201 - 500 and so on. Each storyboard artist crea...


  7. How to Merge Layers

    How to use Merge Layers and what are the differences in the settings:

    The main use of the Merge layer feature is to combine multiple layers into a single layer. This simple process has some nuances that we explain in the following article about the available options.

    The first a...


  8. How to optimize your project when working with Textured Line
    You may encounter the following situation:

    The screen refresh time may become increasingly longer as you draw using textured lines.

    We recommend that once you are satisfied with the result at a certain point, you flatten the lines in order to optimize the image and save memory. ...


  9. How to view your Storyboard Project in real time
    To view your entire project in real time:

    1. In Storyboard select Menu > File > Export to Movie.
    2. Select QuickTime Movie (*.mov) and select Options.

    NOTE: It may be preferable to choose Quarter Size depending on the length of the project and the resources available on your...


  10. Storyboard Pro - Creating a Multiple Point Camera Movement
    Objective: To create camera movements using several different camera positions.
     
    Method: This involves creating a scene with one less panel than there are camera moves.
    The idea is to use the same imagery and framing over several panels; then make use of the Copy Camera Start/End Pos...


  11. Using Snapshots to Control Thumbnails for Timeline PDF Output
    When you create a panel (or shot) you are presented with a thumbnail of the image at its default position. If you have added a transform, this may not be the definitive image that you wish to show in the timeline. Furthermore you may wish to show additional imagery for the transform for PDF expo...


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