Adobe 65036570 - Director - PC User Manual page 139

A. Registration point
Two preceding cast members shown with onion skinning and registration points
The specified number of cast members appear as dimmed images behind the current cast member. The order is
determined by the position in the cast.
Create a new cast member by tracing over a single cast member as a background image
1 Open the Paint window, and select View > Onion Skin to open the Onion Skin toolbar.
In the Paint window, open the cast member that you want to use as the reference image or background.
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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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4 To set the background image, click the Set Background button on the Onion Skin toolbar.
To create a new cast member, click the New Cast Member button in the Paint window.
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Click the Show Background button on the Onion Skin toolbar.
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The original cast member appears as a dimmed image in the Paint window. You can paint on top of the original
cast member's image.
Paint the new cast member, using the background image as a reference.
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Use a series of images as a background while painting a series of foreground images
In the Cast window, arrange the series of cast members you want to use as your background.
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Cast members in the foreground and the background series must be adjacent to each other in the cast.
Open the Paint window, and select View > Onion Skin to open the Onion Skin toolbar.
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3 If necessary, click the Toggle Onion Skinning button on the Onion Skin toolbar to activate onion skinning.
Make sure all values in the Onion Skin toolbar are set to 0.
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