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Using onion skinning
Onion skinning derives its name from a technique used by conventional animators, who would draw on thin onion
skin paper so that they could see through it to one or more of the previous images in the animation.
With onion skinning in Director, you can create or edit animated sequences of cast members in the Paint window,
using other cast members as a reference. Reference images appear dimmed in the background. When you work in
the Paint window, you can view not only the current cast member that you're painting but also one or more cast
members that are blended into the image.
Use onion skinning to do the following:
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Trace over an image or create a series of images all in register (aligned) with a particular image.
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See previous images in the sequence, and use those images as a reference while you are drawing new ones.
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Create a series of images based on another parallel animation. The series of images serves as the background
while you paint a series of foreground images.
Onion skinning uses registration points to align the current cast member with the previous ones you selected. Be
careful not to move registration points for cast members after onion skinning. If you do, the cast members might not
line up the way you want. For more information, see
You must have created some cast members to use onion skinning.
Activate onion skinning
Open the Paint window, and select View > Onion Skin. The Onion Skin toolbar appears.
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A. Toggle Onion Skinning B. Following Cast Member C. Preceding Cast Member
Click the Toggle Onion Skinning button at the far left of the toolbar to enable onion skinning.
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Define the number of preceding or following cast members to display
Open the Paint window, and select View > Onion Skin. The Onion Skin toolbar appears.
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If necessary, click the Toggle Onion Skinning button on the Onion Skin toolbar to activate onion skinning.
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Specify the number of preceding or following cast members you want to display.
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To specify the number of preceding cast members to display, enter a number in the Preceding Cast Members
text box.
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To specify the number of following cast members to display, enter a number in the Following Cast Members
text box.
Changing registration
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