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Storyboard: Tips and Tricks
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  1. sb001_How To Get Layers To Appear In The "Drawing Workspace"
    Select the border between the drawing area and the thumbnail area and drag it higher. The layers will appear in the thumnail view once there is sufficient space to display them.  

  2. sb002_How To View Your Storyboard Project In Real Time
      1) To view your entire project in realtime:
         In Storyboard select Menu->File->Export to Movie...
         Select "Quick Time Movie (*.mov) and select options Note: It may be preferable to choose Quarter Size depending on the length &...

  3. sb003_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 so that they end up being one single layer. Although simple to use there are some nuances that we will explain in the following article about the options avail...

  4. sb004_How To Export to EDL for Final Cut Pro
    In order to export to EDL for Final Cut Pro you must first go to the Menu->Edit->Preferences and on the "Export" tab, uncheck the option "Optimize Still Image Sequence". Next select Menu->File->Export... ->EDL/AAF and select the desired options. 

  5. sb005_How To Edit The Footer For Export To PDF
    1) From the menu select Storyboard->Properties 
         In the field labeled "Project Copyright" enter the desired text
      
    2) From the menu select File->Export to PDF...
         In the "Export to PDF window, click "Edit Format"
    &...

  6. sb006_How To Optimize Your Project When Working With Textured Line
    When drawing using textured lines you may notice that the screen refresh slows down after a while. 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. ...

  7. sb007_Editing Textures and Gradients
    There currently isn't any texture editing tool in Storyboard but it is actually possible to manipulate gradient even if you cannot move the support. Here is the procedure to follow to get it done:   1. First create the image you want to fill with a gradient texture.



    2. Create...

  8. sb008_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 export i...

  9. sb009_How to integrate different storyboards into a single projet
    If you have multiple storyboard artists that work on the same show and want to put their different storyboards together in a single projet you can assign each storyboardist with a range of scene, for example, 1 to 200, 201 to 500, etc.  All of them do their boards and you copy and paste the dif...