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Storyboard Pro

Getting Started Guide

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Publication Date
01-15-2020
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents
Table of Contents

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Chapter 1: Introduction

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Chapter 2: How to Create a Project8

Chapter 3: About the User Interface

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Views

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Stage & Camera Views

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Layers Panel

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Thumbnails View

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Timeline View

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Panel View

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Storyboard View

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Tool Properties View

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Toolbars

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Tools Toolbar

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Storyboard Toolbar

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Playback Toolbar

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Top Menu

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Navigating the Interface

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Chapter 4: How to Add Scenes and Panels

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Creating Scenes

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Creating Panels

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Creating Sequences

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Reordering Panels

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Chapter 5: How to Import a Script and Add Captions

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Importing a Script

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Adding Captions

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Creating a Project from a Final Draft Script

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Chapter 6: How to Add and Manage Layers

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Layer Types

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Adding Layers

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Deleting Layers

39Grouping Layers

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Hiding and Showing Layers

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Locking and Unlocking Layers

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Chapter 7: How to Draw and Paint

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How to Draw42

How to Paint

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About Art Styles, Drawing Tools and Layer Types

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Chapter 8: How to Create an Animatic

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Setting the Panel Duration

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Animating Layers

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Animating the Camera

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Adding Transitions

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Adding Sound

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Importing Sound Clips

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Adding Audio Tracks

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Adding Images and Videos

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Importing Image or Video Clips

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Adding Video Tracks

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Chapter 9: How to Work in 3D

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Converting a Scene to 3D

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Resetting a Scene to 2D

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Viewing Objects from the Top and Side

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Positioning 2D Elements in 3D Space

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Importing 3D Models

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Manipulating 3D Objects

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Previewing 3D Scenes

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Chapter 10: How to Create and Import Templates

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Creating Layer Templates

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Importing Layer Templates

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Creating Panel Templates

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Importing Panel Templates

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Chapter 11: How to Export your Project82

Exporting a PDF

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Exporting a Movie

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Exporting to Harmony

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Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 1: Introduction
Storyboard Pro is a full-featured storyboard and animatic creation software for animated features, TV series,
projects mixing 2D and 3D, live action productions, video games, or events with advanced features.
In this Getting Started Guide, you will learn the basics of how to use the main features in Storyboard Pro, which
will quickly bring you up to speed. Refer to the complete Toon Boom Storyboard Pro documentation available
online at docs.toonboom.com to learn about all the tools and options, as well as more advanced techniques.

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Chapter 2: How to Create a Project
When you open Storyboard Pro for the first time, two dialogs appear. The first one provides links for:l

Learning how to use Storyboard Pro.

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Details on what's new in this version of Storyboard Pro.

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Joining the Toon Boom Forum, where you can exchange with other Storyboard Pro users, ask questions,and get answers to your questions.

When you close the first Welcome screen, the second one displays, in which you can create and open projects.

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Once in the main application window, you can return to the Welcome Screen by selecting Help >Show Welcome Screen from the top menu.

How to create a project from the Welcome screen
1. In the Project Name field, type the name of the project. This name will appear as the file name.
2. In the Project Directory field, specify the location of your new project.
3. In the Project Title field, type the name of the project title. It is a good idea to use the Project Namefor the Project Title. You can also type in the name of the Project Subtitle, but it is not mandatory.
These titles will appear in the PDF exports of your storyboard.
4. In the Camera Size menu, choose the resolution for your project.

5. Click Create Project.

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Chapter 3: About the User Interface
When you start Storyboard Pro for the first time, the default workspace is displayed. It contains all of the mainelements you need for creating a storyboard.

Views
The Storyboard Pro user interface is mainly comprised of views, which are sections of the workspace with a
specific purpose and a set of functionalities. Each view has a tab over it, and can be docked into the main
application window or made to float over it, in its own window.

How to add a view to your workspace as a tab
1. In the top-right corner of an existing view, click the10

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2. Select the desired view from the list.
The view appears as a new tab, in the section of your workspace where you added it.

How to add a view to your workspace as a window
1. Open the Windows menu.

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2. In the Windows menu, select the view you wish to add.
The view will appear as a new window over Storyboard Pro's main application window.

How to dock a view window to your workspace
1. Click and drag the floating view by its tab and do one of the following:lDrop the window over another tab to add it to that set of tabs.

lDrop the window above, below or beside an existing view. When you get close to theedge of a view, a cyan rectangle appears, indicating where the view will be docked.

Stage & Camera Views
The Stage view is the main view in Storyboard Pro. It is used to view and edit the selected panel. You can draw
on layers in the panel, manipulate elements in it as well as create and visualize camera movements.

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The Camera view is a lot like the Stage view, and it is not necessary to use it if you only intend to work in 2D.
However, if you intend to work with 3D models, to position elements at different distances from the camera or
rotate layers in 3D, the difference becomes important: When working in 3D, the Stage view allows you to view
the stage from any point of view in the 3D space, whereas the Camera view always previews the stage fromthe point of view of the camera lens, which means it accurately represents what will appear when you export
your storyboard.

Layers Panel
The Layers panel displays in a section to the right of both the Stage and Camera views. It allows you to add,
delete, duplicate, group, reorder, hide, unhide, lock or unlock layers, to enable or disable animation on layers, tochange a layer's opacity and to select which layer to draw on, to manipulate or to animate.

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Thumbnails View
The Thumbnails view displays all the panels in your storyboard, in chronological order, from left to right. Using
this view, you can navigate through your storyboard, rearrange panels and scenes, and select which panel todisplay and edit in the Stage or Camera view.

Timeline View
The Timeline view is the view to use instead of the Thumbnails view when you want to make an animatic. An
animatic is a video based on your storyboard, in which each panel is timed to appear for roughly the length of
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timing in your movie. Just like the Thumbnails view, the Timeline view allows you to create and to manage
panels and scenes. It also allows you, among other things, to decide how much time each scene and each panel
takes in the animatic, to animate camera movements, to animate layers and to add sound clips, images andvideos to your animatic.

Panel View
The Panel view displays the basic information about the currently selected panel. It also allows to view and edit
captions in the current panel, as well as to add sketches or voice annotations to the panel.

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Storyboard View
The Storyboard view displays basic information about your project. It also allows you to write, import, view andedit the script for your storyboard.

Tool Properties View
The Tool Properties view contains the options and operations available for the currently selected tool. Whenyou select a tool in the Tools toolbar, the Tool Properties view updates to display its available options.

Toolbars
The Storyboard Pro interface contains toolbars that quicky give you you access many useful tools. You can add,
move and remove toolbars in your workspace. Some toolbars have optional buttons that are hidden by default,

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but which can be added.
The most important toolbars in Storyboard Pro are the Tools toolbar, Storyboard toolbar and Playback toolbar.

Tools Toolbar
The Tools toolbar contains the main tools you need to work in Storyboard Pro.
In the default workspace, this toolbar located on the left-most side of the interface. A small triangle at thelower-right corner of a tool indicates that additional tools can be selected in a pop-up menu. To access thesetools, either click and hold on the tool button, or select the tool then click on it again.

Storyboard Toolbar
The Storyboard toolbar contains all of the basic commands related to adding and deleting panels, scenes, andtransitions, as well as switching between the 2D and 3D workspaces.
In the default workspace, this toolbar is located at the top of the interface.

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Playback Toolbar
The Playback toolbar lets you play back your storyboard. When you create an animatic with transitions andsound, you can play it back in real time in the Stage view to check the timing.
In the default workspace, this toolbar is located at the top of the interface.

Top Menu
The top menu contains most of the commands available in Storyboard Pro. Depending on the view you're
working in and the selected element, some commands are available and others not. The top menu is always
located at the very top of the interface.

Here is a short introduction to the purpose of every menu in the top menu:
Menu

Description

Storyboard
Pro

Allows you to access the About dialog as well as the Preferences dialog. This menu is available on
macOS only.

FileContains items related to creating, saving, exporting and importing your projects.

Edit

Contains commands for cutting, copying and pasting selected panels or layers, for selecting panels
or drawings and for grouping or ungrouping layers. On Windows, it is also the location of thePreferences menu.

View

Allows you to pan, zoom or rotate the current view, reset it to its default point of view, to enable ordisable certain view modes such as the Onion Skin or the Light Table.

Play

Allows you to play and pause the animatic as well as to navigate the panels and scenes of yourstoryboard.

Storyboard

Allows you to manage your project's scenes, panels and sequences, to add transitions, markers,
snapshots and to track the changes made to the project. It is also where the Project Properties
dialog can be accessed.

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Menu

Description

Layer

Contains a wide set of commands to manage the drawing layers in the current panel, as well as
effects you can apply on layers.

CameraContains a few commands to help manage the position and animation of the camera in a scene.

Clips

Contains commands for editing and previewing video and sound clips.

CaptionAllows you to add, remove, search through and set the format for captions.

Tools

Allows you to select one of the tools in the Tools toolbar as well as to arrange, transform andconvert the shapes and lines that compose your drawings.

Windows

Allows you to switch between workspaces, to manage workspaces, and to access the different
views and toolbars available in Storyboard Pro.

Help

Allows you to access documentation, the Toon Boom forums, to opt in or out of the Customer
Experience Improvement program and to check for updates. On Windows, it is also where you canaccess the About dialog.

Navigating the Interface
Toon Boom Storyboard Pro lets you zoom in, zoom out, rotate, pan and reset views for easy navigation of theinterface.
The navigation commands in the table below can be used in the following views, with some exceptions:
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Stage

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CameralTimelinelFunction EditorlSide and Top

Command

ActionAccess Methods

View > Zoom In
Zoom In

Press 2Zooms in the view.

Roll the mouse wheel up (except in the Timeline

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Command

ActionAccess Methods

view)
View > Zoom Out
Zoom Out

Press 1

Zooms out the view.

Roll the mouse wheel down (except in theTimeline view)
Roll the middle mouse button up or down.
Zoom In or Out

Zooms in or out of the view.

Hold down the Spacebar and the middle mousebutton while dragging the mouse up or down.

Pan

Moves the view horizontally or
vertically.

Hold down the Spacebar and drag in the direction
you want to pan the view.

Reset Pan

Resets the view’s pan to its default
position.

View > Reset Pan

Reset View

Resets the view to its default
position.

View > Reset View

Reset Rotation

Resets the view’s rotation to its
default position.

View > Reset Rotation

Reset Zoom

Resets the view’s zoom to its
default position.

View > Reset Zoom

Rotate View

Rotates the view left or right.

While holding Ctrl + Alt (Windows) or ⌘ + Alt(Mac OS X), click and drag the rotating disc torotate it clockwise or counterclockwise.

3D Rotate View

Rotates the view in any direction.
This is only available in the Stageview, if the scene is 3D-enabled.

While holding Ctrl + Shift (Windows) or Shift +⌘ (Mac OS X), click and drag the stage to rotate
it in any direction.

Rotate 30 CW

Rotates the Camera view 30 degrees
clockwise, like an animation table.

View > Rotate View CWPress Shift + N

Press Shift + M

Press Shift + X

Press Shift + Z

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Command

ActionAccess Methods

Rotate 30 CCW

Rotates the Camera view 30 degrees
counter-clockwise, like an animationtable.

View > Rotate View CCW

View > Toggle Full Screen

Toggle Full Screen

Toggles between making the main
application window full screen andrestoring it to its original size.

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Press C

Ctrl + Alt + Shift + F (Windows) or ⌘ + Alt +Shift + F (Mac OS X)

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Chapter 4: How to Add Scenes and Panels
The basic structure of a storyboard consists of scenes, each of which are composed of one or several panels. A
panel is a drawing that represents an action in the script. Panels and scenes in a storyboard are ordered inchronological order, from left to right.
An animation project typically requires creating a new scene every time the layout needs to be changed. Thismeans for example that you need to create a new scene in your storyboard each time a change in camera angle
requires to use a different drawing or rendition of the background, as well as each time the script takes theaction to a different setting.
You can create the basic structure of your storyboard by adding a scene for each scene your script requires,
then adding a panel for each action in each scene that needs to be visually represented.
NOTE
In live action terminology, this definition of a scene is actually referred to as a shot. A scene in live
action is actually a sequence of shots occurring in the same setting.
If you are working on a storyboard intended for a live action movie, you can make Storyboard Pro
use live action terminology by selecting the Live Action terminology style option in the General tabof the Preferences dialog. For readability, this guide will mainly use animation terminology.

Creating Scenes
A new project will contain one scene, with a single panel in it. Creating a new scene will always automaticallycreate it with one panel inside it.

How to add a scene to the storyboard
1. Select any panel in the last scene of your storyboard.
2. Do one of the following:l

In the Storyboard toolbar, click the New Scenel

Right-click on a panel and select New Scene.

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In the top menu, select Storyboard > New > New Scene.

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A new scene, containing one blank panel, is added after the current scene.

Each scene is assigned a number. When you create a scene at the end of your project, Storyboard Pro
automatically assigns it the number that comes right after the number of the last scene. If you try to insert ascene between two existing scenes, you will be prompted to indicate how this new scene should be named,
and if scenes after the new scene should be re-numbered.

How to insert a scene between two existing scenes
1. Select any panel the scene after which the new scene should be inserted.
2. Do one of the following:l

In the Storyboard toolbar, click the New Scene

button.

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Right-click on a panel and select New Scene.

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In the top menu, select Storyboard > New > New Scene.

The Rename Scene dialog appears.

3. Do one of the following:l

If you want the new scene to have a suffix, to indicate that it was inserted between existing
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name of the currently selected scene followed by a letter suffix. For example, if you tried
inserting a scene before scenes 2 and 3, Storyboard Pro will name the new scene 2_A by
default.
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If you want the scene to have the number after the number of the currently selected scene,
and to renumber all subsequent scenes accordingly, enter this number in the New Name
field. For example, if you're inserting a scene between scenes 2 and 3, type 3 in the New
Name field. Then, in the Renaming Rule for Subsequent Scene dropdown menu, selectRenumber Scenes.

4. If you intend to use the same options whenever you insert a scene, check the Do not show this
dialog automatically option.
5. Click OK.
A new scene, containing one blank panel, is added after the current scene, numbered according to
your selected settings.

Creating Panels
A panel is used to visually represent an action in a scene.. You should add as many panels to a scene as
necessary to explicitly describe each action in that scene.

How to add a panel to a scene
1. In the Thumbnails view, select the panel after which you want to insert a new panel.

2. Do one of the following:l

In the Storyboard toolbar, click the New Panell

Select Storyboard > New > New Panel.

lPress P.

button.

A new panel is added to the storyboard and is part of the same scene as the current panel.

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Creating Sequences
A sequence is a way of grouping scenes together. Using them is optional, but they can help organize yourstoryboard. For example, you can use sequences to group scenes that are part of the same setting together.
When you start building a storyboard, by default, your scenes will not be part of any sequence. To use
sequences in your project, you can take one of the two following approaches:l

After you have created all the scenes that should be part of your first sequence, simply use the New
Sequence command to create your next scene. All the scenes that are already in your project will begrouped together in the first sequence of your project, and a new scene, which will kick off the second
sequence, will be added at the end of your project.
From that point on, you can use the New Sequence command whenever you have to create a scene thatshould start off another sequence.

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After you have created all the scenes required for your project, you can split your storyboard intosequences by selecting scenes that should be part of the same sequence, grouping them together in a
new sequence, and repeating the process until every scene is in the appropriate sequence.

How to create a new sequence
1. Do one of the following:l

In the Storyboard toolbar, click the New Sequencel

Select Storyboard > New > New Sequence.

button.

A new scene is added to your project and is now the starting point of a new sequence.

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If this is the first sequence you add to a project, all scenes prior to it will be combined into a separate
sequence. Violet-coloured sequence markers will also become visible in both the Thumbnails andTimeline views.

How to create a new sequence from a selection
1. In the Thumbnails or Timeline view, select all the scenes you want to put into a new sequence. To dothis, while holding Shift, click on the first scene to be part of the new sequence, then on the lastscene to be part of the new sequence. This selects every scene between the scenes you clicked on,
inclusively.

2. Do one of the following:a. In the top menu, select Storyboard > New > New Sequence from Selection.
b. Right-click on the selection, then select New Sequence from Selection.
Your selection becomes a new sequence.
If this is the first sequence you add to your project, all the scenes before the selection will be grouped
together into a separate sequence, and all the scenes after the selection will be grouped together
into another sequence. Violet-coloured sequence markers will become visible in both theThumbnails and Timeline views.

NOTE
Sequences must include whole scenes. If you only select some of the panels in a scene, thewhole scene will be included in the sequence.

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Reordering Panels
You can reorder panels by clicking on the drag and drop handle

in the top left corner of the panel, thendragging the panel between the two panels where you want it to be moved. A red line will appear between
two panels near your mouse cursor to indicate where the panel will be moved.

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If you want to move several panels together, you can select them together, then click and drag thedrag and drop handle of any panel in the selection. To select several panels in the Thumbnails view,
do one of the following:lDraw a rectangle in the Thumbnails view around all the panels you want to select.

lWhile holding Shift, click on the first panel you want to add to your selection, then on the last
panel you want to add to your selection. Every panel in-between will also be selected.

lWhile holding Ctrl (Windows) or ⌘ (macOS), click on each panel that you want to add to yourselection.

If you move a panel to the space between two scenes, you have the option of attaching the panel to the scene
before or after this space, or to drop it into its own new scene. Where the scene will end up depends on how
close to either scene you drop it. The red line that appears between the two scenes will indicate whether it will
be attached to the scene before or after the space where the panel is being dropped, or moved to its own newscene.

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Chapter 5: How to Import a Script and Add Captions

Chapter 5: How to Import a Script and Add Captions
Making a storyboard begins with writing the script for your project. In Storyboard Pro, you can import yourscript into your project. You can then store each part of your script into their corresponding storyboard panel, toprovide the storyboard artist with the information they need to draw the panels.
By default, each panel can store four different types of captions: Dialogue, Action Notes, Slugging and Notes.
The Dialogue and Action Notes can be sourced straight from your script, and Notes can be used to store
information such as scene headings, transitions and other useful information.
Slugging captions are typically added later, while making the storyboard, to give timing indications regarding
the dialogues and actions for the animatic.

Importing a Script
You can import a script in plain text (.txt), Rich Text Format (.rtf) or Final Draft XML (.fdx) directly into the Script
field of the Storyboard view. You can also copy and paste it from your editor, or type it directly into the
Storyboard view.

How to import a script into your Storyboard Pro project
1. In the Storyboard view, click the Caption Menu

button and:l

If your script is in plain text (.txt) or Rich Text Format (.rtf), select Import Caption.

l

If your script is in Final Draft XML (.fdx) format, select Import Final Draft Script.

2. In the file browser, locate and select your script file, then click on Open.
The script appears in the Script caption field.

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Adding Captions
Once your script is imported, you can create the basic structure of your storyboard by creating empty scenes
and panels based on the scene headings, actions and dialogues of your script, then filling the caption fields foreach panel in your storyboard with information from your script.
To do this, you can select an excerpt from your script in the Storyboard view, then drag and drop it into a
caption field in the Panel view, instantly copying the selected text into the caption field for the current panel.
NOTE
To learn how to create scenes and panels, see How to Add Scenes and Panels on page 22.

How to drag and drop text from the script into caption fields
1. Switch to the Vertical workspace by doing one of the following:l

In the Workspace toolbar, clicking on the Vertical Workspacebutton.

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From the top menu, select Windows > Workspace > Workspace > Vertical.

2. In the right pane of your workspace, select the Storyboard tab.
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corresponding caption fields in the middle, and the script for your storyboard to the right.

3. In the Thumbnails view, scroll to the panel in which you want to add captions.
4. In the Script caption field of the Storyboard view, select the part of your script that you want to add
to a panel caption.
5. In the Script caption, drag the selected text and drop it in the appropriate caption field of yourpanel.

6. Repeat this until you have copied all the necessary text for each of your panels into their caption
fields.
7. Once you are done, you can restore the workspace you were using by selecting it from theWorkspace toolbar or from the top menu, in Windows > Workspace > Workspace.
NOTE
You can also drag and drop text from any panel caption to another panel caption, or from apanel caption to the script.

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Creating a Project from a Final Draft Script
If your script was written in Final Draft, you can automatically generate a project with scenes, empty panels andpre-filled captions based on the structure of your script. For example, you can generate a project with a newscene for each Scene Heading and a new panel for each action or dialogue, and store the content of theseparagraphs into the caption fields of their panels, allowing you to kickstart the storyboarding process.

How to create project from a Final Draft script
1. From the top menu, select File > New From Final Draft Script.
The Import from Final Draft dialog opens.
2. Click on the

Browse button.

3. In the file browser, locate and select your Final Draft script, then click on Open.
Once your script is loaded, the types of tags contained in your script will appear in the list to the left.
You will have to indicate to Storyboard Pro what to do with each of these tags when generating
your project.

4. In the list to the left, select Scene Heading:a. In the Action drop-down, select New Scene.
b. In the Destination caption field drop-down, select Notes.
c. If your Scene Heading elements are numbered in your script and you want to include their
number in your project's captions, check the Include Element Number when available option.
Your storyboard will have one scene for every scene heading in your script, and the scene's
description will be added to the Notes caption of every first panel of every scene.

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5. In the list to the left, select the Action tag, then:a. If you want one panel to be created for each action, select New Panel in the Action dropdown.
b. If you want consecutive actions to be combined in the same panel, check the Combine
successive elements option.
c. In the Destination caption field drop-down, select Action Notes. This will store the content
of the action tag into the Action Notes caption of each panel.
d. If your Action elements are numbered in your script and you want to include their number inyour project's captions, check the Include Element Number when available option.
6. In the list to the left, select the Character tag, if any, then:a. If you want one panel to be created for each dialogue, select New Panel in the Action dropdown.
b. In the Destination caption field drop-down, select Dialogue.
c. If your Character elements are numbered in your script and you want to include their number
in your project's captions, check the Include Element Number when available option.
7. In the list to the left, select the Parenthetical tag, if any and:a. In the Destination caption field drop-down, select Dialogue.
b. If your Parenthetical elements are numbered in your script and you want to include their
number in your project's captions, check the Include Element Number when available option.
8. In the list to the left, select the Dialogue tag, if any:a. In the Destination caption field drop-down, select Dialogue.
b. If your Dialogue elements are numbered in your script and you want to include their number
in your project's captions, check the Include Element Number when available option.

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9. In the list to the left, select the Transition tag, if any:a. In the action drop-down, select New Transition.
Overall, the following settings are suggested:
ActionDestination caption field

ActionNew Panel

Action Notes

Character

New Panel

Dialogue

Dialogue

None

Dialogue

Parenthetical

None

Dialogue

Scene Heading

New Scene

Notes

Transition

New Transition

None

NOTE
Depending on the way your script is structured and on how much the action or dialogue
drive the pace, you might have to try creating a project with your script using different
options to get the best storyboard structure for your needs. In the end, it is likely thatyou will have to split or combine some of the automatically generated panels.
10. If you want to make the currently selected parameters default, check the Save as default rules
checkbox.
11. Click Import.
The New Project dialog appears.
12. In the New Project dialog, enter the name, location, title and resolution for your project.
13. If the currently opened project was not saved, confirm whether you want to save it.
Your new project is created, with scenes and panels automatically created and their captions filledwith excerpts from your script, based on the settings you selected.

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Chapter 6: How to Add and Manage Layers
Each panel in your storyboard can be composed of one or several drawing layers. Those layers are composed
together to make the drawing in each panel.

Layer Types
Storyboard Pro supports four types of layers: Vector drawing layers, bitmap drawing layers, 3D layers andgroups.
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Vector Layers: Vector drawings are made of points and curves that compose the contours of the shapesof the artwork, along with the colour or textures these shapes are filled with. Hence, the artwork invector layers can be scaled up and zoomed in without losing quality, unless they contain a texture.

When drawing on a vector layer, each drawing stroke and pencil line is a separate object which can be
manipulated individually. You can select single drawing strokes, then move them around and transformthem, even if drawing strokes were applied over them. Additionally, because drawing strokes are madeof points and curves, it is possible to edit their shape, making it easy to make corrections and changes toyour artwork.
lBitmap Layers: Bitmap drawings are composed of a grid of pixels, which are small points that each havea single solid colour. Bitmap drawing tools allow you to lay on brush strokes onto a single flat canvas, andto tweak your artwork by the pixel if needed.

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When you draw on a bitmap layer, each stroke is composited into the canvas, so it remains a single
drawing that can only be painted or erased upon, but which does not allow you to tweak individual partsof it.
Bitmap artwork can only be scaled up or zoomed in on as much as their pixel density allows without
losing picture quality. By default, bitmap artwork has a pixel density of 100%, which is only enough todisplay the artwork without zooming in on it or scaling it up, otherwise Storyboard Pro must generate
new pixels within the artwork, which is liable to make it look blurry or pixelated.
Hence, you might want to set the required pixel density for your bitmap artwork, based on whether
you'll need to zoom on it or scale it up, before you start drawing on a bitmap layer.
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3D Layers: When you import a 3D model into your library, adding it to a panel will store the model into a
3D layer. You can then manipulate and animate the 3D model, just like you can with a drawing layer.

lGroup: A group can contain several layers of any type. Just like you can transform and animate a layer,
you can also transform and animate a group. Transformations and animations applied to a group willaffect every layer inside the group simultaneously.

The go-to way of selecting and managing layers in a panel is to use the Layer panel, which is, by default, in theright section of the Stage and Camera views.

However, it is also possible to add the Layers view to your workspace, which works the same way. You can thenhide the Layer panel by clicking on its Collapse

button in its top-left corner, leaving more space to work in

the Stage and Camera views.

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You can also manage layers using the Thumbnails view. If the size of the Thumbnails view is big enough, eachpanel in it will have a vertical list of layers on its right edge, which allows you to scroll through and select layers.
Left of the Thumbnails view, under the Tools toolbar, is a Layer toolbar, which allows you to add and remove
layers to the selected panel.

Adding Layers
By default, a panel contains a background (BG) and a drawing layer (A), but you can add as many layers as youneed to each panel in your project.

How to add a layer to a panel
1. In the Thumbnails or Timeline view, select the panel to which you want to add a new layer.
2. In the Layer panel of the Stage or Camera view, the Layers view or the Thumbnails view, select thelayer over which you want to create a new layer.
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Click on the Add Vector Layer

or Add Bitmap Layerbutton. These buttons arelocated at the bottom of the Layer panel in the Stage and Camera views, at thebottom of the Layers view and in the Layer toolbar.
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In the top menu, select Layer > New > Vector Layer or New Bitmap Layer.

Deleting Layers
You can delete layers that you do not need to avoid cluttering the layer list.

How to delete a layer from a panel
1. In the Layer panel of the Stage or Camera view, the Layers view or the Thumbnails view, select thelayer you want to delete.
2. Do one of the following:lClick on the Delete Selected Layers

button. This button is located at the bottom of

the Layer panel in the Stage and Camera views, at the bottom of the Layers view andin the Layer toolbar.
lRight-click the layer and select Delete Layers.

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In the top menu, select Layer > Delete Layers.

Grouping Layers
You can group your layers together to make them easier to manager, or if you want to transform and animate
several layers together.

How to group layers
1. In the Layer panel of the Stage or Camera view or in the Layers view, select at least two layers togroup.
2. Do one of the following:lClick the Group Selected Layers

button. This button can be found at the bottom of theLayer panel in the Stage or Camera view and at the bottom of the Layers view.
lRight-click on the selection, then select Group Selected Layers.

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You can drag and drop layers into or out of groups.

Hiding and Showing Layers
When working with many layers, you can temporarily hide certain layers to avoid cluttering the stage.

You can also hide a group. When a group is hidden, all of the layers it contains appear hidden, but theirindividual visibility state is preserved. Therefore, if you hide only some layers inside a group, hide the groupitself, then unhide the group, the layers that were individually hidden will remain hidden and the ones thatwere visible will be visible again.

How to show or hide a layer
1. Do one of the following:l

In the Layer panel or the Layers view, click the Show/Hide Layer

icon just left of the layer.

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In the Thumbnails view, click on the Show/Hide Layerl

In the Layer panel, the Layers view or the Thumbnails view, right-click on the layer and selecticon just beneath the layer's name.

Show/Hide Layersl

In the Layer panel, the Layers view or the Thumbnails view, select the layer, then select Layer> Show/Hide Layers from the top menu.

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Locking and Unlocking Layers
You can lock a selected layer to protect any objects on it from being changed. Once locked, you can unlock thelayer to make changes to any objects on it.

How to lock or unlock a layer
1. Do one of the following:l

In the Layer panel or the Layers view, click the Lock/Unlock

icon just left of the layer.

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In the Thumbnails view, click on the Lock/Unlockl

In the Layer panel, the Layers view or the Thumbnails view, select the layer. Then, do one of

icon just beneath the layer's name.

the following:lThen, select Layer > Lock/Unlock Layers from the top menu.

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In the Layer toolbar, click on the Lock/Unlock Layers

lPress Alt + L.

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Chapter 7: How to Draw and Paint
How to Draw
When creating a new project in Storyboard Pro, you can immediately start drawing in the selected panel using
one of the drawing tools at your disposal.

How to draw with the Brush tool
1. In the Timeline or Thumbnails view, select the panel in which you want to draw.
2. In the Layer panel of the Stage view, select the layer on which you want to draw.
3. Do one of the following:l

In the Tools toolbar, select the Brushl

In the top menu, select Tools > Brush.

lPress Alt + B.

tool.

4. In the Presets list of the Tool Properties view, select a brush preset to use.
5. Use the Maximum Size slider to select the desired size for your brush.
6. In the Colour view, do one of the following to select a colour:l

Use the Hue, Saturation and Value sliders to select the colour with which you want to draw.

lSelect a colour swatch from the swatch list.

7. In the Stage view, draw a stroke.

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If you press and hold the Shift key before you start drawing, your stroke will be a straight

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line.
If you press and hold the Shift key while you're drawing, the part of your stroke from thatlpoint on will be a straight line until you release the Shift key.
If you press and hold the Shift and the Alt keys before drawing, your stroke will be alstraight line in an angle that is a multiple of 15 degrees.
If you press and hold the Ctrl (Windows) or ⌘ (macOS) key while drawing, your stroke willlbe a closed shape.
If you press and hold the Alt key while drawing on a vector layer, your tool will snap in alstraight line to the nearest existing shape.

How to Paint
You can also paint your drawings for a more finished look. You can paint your characters and props with theircolour schemes, or just fill them with white so that their outlines don't blend with the background.

How to paint a drawing
1. Do one of the following:l

In the Tools toolbar, select the Paintl

In the top menu, select Tools > Paint.

lPress Alt+I.

tool.

2. In the Colour view, do one of the following to select a colour:l

Use the Hue, Saturation and Value sliders to select the colour with which you want to draw.

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Select a colour swatch from the swatch list.

3. In the Stage view, start painting on your drawing by clicking the area to be painted. If you want tofill several areas simultaneously, draw a lasso around them.

NOTE
If the shape you are trying to paint is not fully closed, it will not fill. You can make the
Paint tool automatically close small gaps in the shapes you attempt to fill by increasing
the Close Gap

setting of the Paint tool in the Tool Properties view. To close big gaps,

you can use the Close Gap
tool in the Tools toolbar.

tool, which is available in the pop-up menu of the Paint

About Art Styles, Drawing Tools and Layer Types
The two main drawing tools in Storyboard Pro are the Brush

tool and the Pencil

drawing style you want to accommodate, you may prefer to work with Vector

tool. Depending on theor Bitmap

layers.

On vector layers, it is possible to draw with pencil lines, vector brushes and textured bitmap brushes. Whilepencil lines are merely vector centrelines to which Storyboard Pro adds the thickness, brush strokes are solid

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vector shapes filled with a colour, and textured brush strokes are regular brush strokes filled with a bitmap
texture that filter out their colour.

On bitmap layers, you can only draw using solid or textured bitmap brushes. Hence, while vector layers are
more flexible because they allow you to easily manipulate and tweak parts of your artwork, they can also
accommodate more art styles.
However, if you use a textured brush on a vector layer, your brush strokes will have a bitmap texture. Thismeans that, just like with artwork in bitmap layers, attempting to tweak or resize a textured brush stroke will
require Storyboard Pro to resample the texture, which is liable to make it lose picture quality, unless its texture
resolution was sufficiently increased before you started drawing.
One pitfall of using textured brushes on vector drawings is that, while bitmap drawings are always made of asingle flat canvas, vector brush strokes are kept as separate objects. This means that laying on a lot of textured
brush strokes on a vector drawing will require Storyboard Pro to store the texture for each of these strokes,
and to composite them together in real time to display your drawing. This can cause texture-heavy vector
drawings to be heavier on application performance and in file size than bitmap drawings. This is however the
only case where a vector drawing is likely to be heavier than a bitmap drawing.
NOTE
Even if you flatten your artwork, textured brush strokes of different colours cannot be flattened
together on vector layers.
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Drawing Tool

Layer TypeSpecifics

Advantages: Very light and easy to tweak. Can be manipulated, recoloured andtweaked by the centreline. Can be zoomed in on or scaled up without losing
quality.
PencilVectorDisadvantages: Does not support textures. Not optimized for transparency.
Recommended Use: Sketches, clean drawings with a solid and uniform outline
style.

Solid Vector
Brush

VectorAdvantages: Light file size. Reproduces traditional animation style. Can be
manipulated, recoloured and edited by the contour or centreline. Can be zoomed
in on or scaled up without losing quality.
Disadvantages: Cannot reproduce the look of natural media.
Recommended Use: Sketches, clean traditional animation-style drawings.
Advantages: Can reproduce the look of natural media. As capable as textured
bitmap brushes, but can be manipulated, edited and recoloured like solid vector
brushes.

Textured
Vector Brush

VectorDisadvantages: Overlapping strokes can make the drawing heavy on application
performance and file sizes. Strokes of different colours cannot be flattened
together. Tweaking, scaling up or zooming in on artwork is liable to make it lose
texture quality.
Recommended Use: For light bitmap-style textured artwork or mixed-style
artwork.
Advantages: Can reproduce the look of natural media. Better performance andlighter file size than texture-heavy vector artwork. Can be edited pixel by pixel.

Textured
Bitmap Brush

Bitmap

Disadvantages: Strokes are always flattened together and cannot be modified
individually. Can only be drawn or erased upon. Scaling up or zooming in on
artwork is liable to make it lose picture quality.
Recommended Use: Texture-heavy bitmap artwork.

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Chapter 8: How to Create an Animatic
After creating your storyboard, the next step is to make it into an animatic. An animatic is basically a video thatplays out each panel of your storyboard. Each panel should be timed to match the intended timing of actions,and each scene should be timed to match the intended pace of the story. Camera movements can be animatedto simulate what the action will look like relative to the camera movements and framing. Layers in thestoryboard can also be animated to make the action and its timing more legible.
Sound effects, voice clips and music tracks, be them provisional or final, can be added so that action can be
paced around them, as well as to make a draft of the sound mix for the final product. Videos and still images,
such as opening or ending sequences, overlays, captions, logos, or live action footage can also be added to theanimatic to be used as references or so that they do not have to be sketched into panels.
In Storyboard Pro, you can create an animatic from your storyboard by using the Timeline view. The Timelineview is very much like the timeline in a video editing software. Among other things, it allows you to visually
adjust the timing of each panel, to import, cue and clip sound and video clips, to animate camera movements, toanimate layers and to add transitions between scenes. Hence, it will accompany you in each step towards
making your animatic.

When you first open the Timeline view after creating a storyboard, you will notice that all the panels of yourstoryboard are already in the track, and that they are all already timed to last one second each. Therefore, yourstoryboard is already a barebone animatic, and you can just start adjusting the length of each panel to matchthe intended timing of the actions and the intended pace of the scenes.
In the end, an animatic can be exported into video files or even Toon Boom Harmony scenes—see How to
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How to access the Timeline view
1. Do one of the following:l

In the top-right corner of the Thumbnails view, click on the Add View

button and selectTimeline.
lSelect Windows > Timeline.

Setting the Panel Duration
There are several ways of setting the duration of a panel. The panel view allows you to type in the exact
duration of the current panel. The Timeline view allows you to visually extend or shorten panels. You can alsofine-tune the duration of a panel using the Add Frame to Panel and Remove Frame to Panel keyboard
shortcuts.

How to set the panel duration in the Panel view
1. In the Timeline or Thumbnails view, select a panel.
2. In the Panel view, do one of the following:l

In the Duration field, type in the exact desired length for the panel, in the H:MM:SS:FF
format, where H means hours, M means minutes, S means seconds and F means frames.

lRight of the Duration field, click on the Up
the Down

arrow to extend the panel by one frame, or onarrow to shorten the panel by one frame.

How to adjust the length of a panel in the Timeline view and ripple subsequent panels
1. Place the cursor over the right edge of the panel you want to resize.
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2. Click and drag the edge of the panel to the right to extend it, or to the left to shorten it. As you drag,the new length of the panel is indicated, along with the amount of time you are adding or
subtracting from it.

All subsequent panels will be rippled forward or backward to preserve their length.

How to resize a panel without offsetting later panels and resize the next panel only
1. Place the cursor over the right edge of the panel you want to resize.
The resize icon displays.

2. While holding the Alt key, click and drag the edge of the panel to the right to extend it, or to the left
to shorten it. As you drag, the new length of the panel is indicated, along with the amount of time
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The length of the following panel will be adjusted to avoid shifting subsequent panels.

How to adjust the panel duration frame by frame
1. In the Timeline or Thumbnails view, select a panel.
2. Do one of the following:l

Press + to add a frame to the panel, or - to remove a frame from the panel.

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From the top menu, select Storyboard > Add Frame to Panel or Storyboard > Remove
Frame from Panel.

Animating Layers
By default, layers in Storyboard Pro are static, but they can be animated.
A layer is animated by setting it in different positions, angles or sizes at two different frames in the timeline,
then letting Storyboard Pro calculate the position, angle and size of the layer for each frame between those
two frames. The frames at the beginning and end of an animation are referred to as keyframes.
You can animate a layer by enabling animation on it, which will create a keyframe for it in its current position, at
the current frame. From there, you can just go to another frame and change its position, which willautomatically create another keyframe at the current frame. At this point, the layer is already animated from its
original position to the position you just moved it to.

How to animate a layer
1. In the Timeline view, select the panel with the layer you want to animate.
2. Move the Timeline cursor to the exact time where you want to create the first keyframe for youranimation.
3. In the Layer panel of the Stage or Camera view, click on the Animate
wish to animate.
The Animate button turns yellow and changes shape:

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button of the 3D object youChapter 8: How to Create an AnimaticIn the Layer Animation track of the Timeline view, a keyframe is created at the current frame. This
keyframe stores the position, angle and size of the layer at the current frame.

4. In the Tools toolbar, select the Layer Transformtool.

In the Stage or Camera view, the controls of the Layer Transform tool appear around the selecteddrawing layer.

5. Using the manipulator box, transform the layer so that it is in the position, angle and size you want
it to be at the beginning of the animation:l

To move the layer, either click on its artwork or on the blue point in the centre, then drag it to
the desired position.

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If you are having trouble dragging the layer by its artwork, you can also click
and drag on the blue pointin the centre. However, this point may be

obstructed by the layer's pivot point. If that is the case, you can click anddrag on the pivot point to move it out of the way, then click and drag on thecentre point to move the layer.
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You can also nudge the selection by using the arrow keys on your keyboard.

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You can also enter specific coordinates in the Horizontal Offset
Vertical Offsetlandfields in the Tool Properties view.

To scale the layer, click on one of the squares at the edges or corners of the manipulator box
and drag them to stretch or shrink the drawing.

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You can preserve the horizontal and vertical proportions of the selection byholding the Shift key.

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You can also enter specific scale percentages in the Horizontal Scale
Vertical Scalefields in the Tool Properties view.

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To rotate the layer, move the cursor just outside of one of the corners of the manipulator box
until the mouse cursor becomes. Then, click and drag in either direction to rotate the layer

clockwise or counterclockwise.

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You can rotate the artwork in 15° increments by hold the Shift key.

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You can also enter a specific angle in degrees in the Angle

field of the Tool

Properties view.
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You can also rotate the clip in 90° increments by clicking on the Rotate 90
CW

button in the Tool Properties view to rotate it 90° clockwise, or on the

Rotate 90 CCWlbutton to rotate it 90° counterclockwise.

To flip the layer horizontally, click on the Flip Horizontally

button in the Tool Properties

view.
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To flip the layer vertically, click on the Flip Verticallyl

To reset a layer to its original position, scale and angle, do one of the following:lSelect Layer > Reset Transform.

lPress Ctrl + R (Windows) or ⌘ + R (Mac OS X).

button in the Tool Properties view.

6. In the Timeline view, move the cursor to the frame where you want to create your second keyframe.

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7. In the Stage or Camera view, use the manipulator box to transform the layer so that it is in theposition, angle and size you want it to be at the end of the animation.
A keyframe is created at the current frame as soon as you make the first transformation.

8. Move the timeline cursor back to the beginning of the panel.
9. In the Playback toolbar, click on the Playbutton to preview the animation.

Animating the Camera
To create camera movement in a scene, you must start by creating at least two camera keyframes, then set theposition of the camera in each of those keyframes. Storyboard Pro will interpolate the position of the camera oneach frame between two keyframes.

How to animate the camera in a scene
1. Select the Camera tool by doing one of the following:l

From the Tools toolbar, select the CameralFrom the top menu, select Tools > Camera.

tool.

2. In the Timeline view, click and drag the timeline cursor to the frame at which you want your camera
movement to begin.
3. Create a camera keyframe by doing one of the following:l

In the Timeline view, in the left column of the Camera track, click on the Add Keyframe
button.

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In the top menu, select Camera > Add Camera Keyframe at Current Frame.

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In the Tool Properties view, click onthe Add Keyframe

button in the Camera Transformpanel.
A keyframe is added in the Camera track of the Timeline view, where the timeline cursor is.

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4. In the Timeline view, click and drag the timeline cursor to the frame when you want your camera
movement to end.
5. Create a camera keyframe by doing one of the following:l

In the Timeline view, in the left column of the Camera track, click on the Add Keyframe
button.

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In the top menu, select Camera > Add Camera Keyframe at Current Frame.

l

In the Tool Properties view, click onthe Add Keyframe

button in the Camera Transformpanel.
Another keyframe is added in the Camera track of the Timeline view, where the timeline cursor is.

6. Do one of the following:l

In the Camera track of the Timeline view, select the camera keyframe you want to modify.

l

In the Stage or Camera view, zoom out to see all of the camera frames. Then, select thecamera frame you want to modify by clicking on its edge or its centre point.

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Even if your camera frames are in the same position, you can still select a specific one in
the Stage or Camera view. Just below the bottom-left corner of the camera frames, youwill find blue square-shaped dots. Each of these dots can be clicked on to select a
specific camera frame. If two or more camera keyframes are in the same position, theorder of these dots will represent their relative position on the timeline. The leftmost dot
can be used to select the first camera keyframe, the second leftmost dot can be used to
select the second camera keyframe, etc.

7. Use one of the following methods to modify the camera frame:lMove: Move the mouse cursor over the edge or the centre point of the camera frame until themouse cursor becomesl, then click and drag the camera frame to move it.

Truck In or Truck Out: Move the mouse cursor over the point in the top-left corner of thecamera frame until the mouse cursor becomes, then click and drag this corner to shrink or

stretch the camera frame. Shrinking the camera frame will make it zoom in, and stretching it
will make it zoom out.

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You can also nudge the camera frame by using the arrow keys on your keyboard, or
enter its exact coordinates in the Tool Properties view.
8. Repeat for the other camera keyframe(s), if needed.
9. Move the timeline cursor back to the beginning of the scene.
10. In the Playback toolbar, click on the Playbutton to preview the camera movement.

Adding Transitions
Transitions are animated effects that can be added between two scenes to move from one scene to the next
gradually, such as a dissolve or an edge wipe. Among other things, adding transitions can help fine-tune thepace between your scenes, or mark changes in the story setting.

How to add a transition
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add a transition. For example, if you want to add a transition between scenes 2 and 3, select any
panel from scene 2.

2. Do one of the following:l

From the Storyboard toolbar, click the New Transition

button.

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Select Storyboard > Add Transition.

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Right-click the scene thumbnails and select Add Transition.

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From the Storyboard toolbar, click the New TransitionlSelect Storyboard > Add Transition.

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Right-click the scene thumbnails and select Add Transition.

button.

3. Click on the transition to select it.
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5. In the Type drop-down, select which type of transition you want to use:lDissolve: Fades the first scene out to black, then fades the second scene in from black.

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Edge Wipe: Wipes the first scene out with the second scene, with a straight line going all theway across the screen. The angle of the line can be customized.

lClock Wipe: Wipes the first scene out with the second scene, with a line going from thecentre of the screen to its edge, which rotates 360 degrees to cover the whole screen. The
initial angle and direction of the line can be customized.

lSlide: When set to Slide In, this makes the second scene slide from the edge of the screenover the first scene. When set to Slide Out, this makes the first scene slide towards the edgeof the screen, leaving the second scene on the screen as if it had always been behind it. The
angle at which the scene slides in or out can be customized.

6. Determine the length of the transition by doing one of the following:l

In the Timeline view, click and drag the right edge of the transition towards the right toextend it, or towards the left to shorten it.

l

In the Panel view, right of the duration field, click on the Up
by 1 frame, or on the Downlarrow to extend the transition

arrow to shorten the transition by one frame.

In the duration field of the Panel view, type in the duration of the transition in the
H:MM:SS:FF format, where H means hours, M means minutes, S means seconds and F means
framesNOTE
When you extend a transition, the ensuing scenes are rippled backwards, and when
you shorten a transition, the ensuing scenes are rippled forward. This is because thescenes before and after the transition overlap during the transition. This means that thescene after the transition starts while the scene before the transition has not ended yet,which shortens the length of the project.

Adding Sound
Importing Sound Clips
You can import sound files into the audio track in your project's timeline. You can cue and edit sound clips sothat they are timed with the action in your animatic. By default, your project has a single audio track, but moreaudio tracks can be added as needed.

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How to import a sound clip
1. In the Timeline view, select the audio track in which you want to import sound clips.
2. Do one of the following:l

In the top menu, select File > Import > Sound Clip.

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Right-click on the audio track in which you want to import sound clips, then selectImport Sound Clips.

lRight-click on the empty space below the tracks in the Timeline view, then selectImport Sound Clips.

The Import Sound Clips dialog box opens.

3. Click on the Browse

button.

4. In the file browser, locate and select the sound file that you want to add to your project, then click on
Open.
5. In the Target Audio Track panel, select New Audio Track if you want to create a new audio track
and import the sound file in it, or Current Audio Track if you want to import the sound file into theselected audio track.
6. In the Target Frame section, select whether you want the sound clip to be added to the First Frameof the audio track or to the Current Frame, where the timeline cursor is.
7. If you selected the Current Audio Track option, and if other sound clips are present in the target
audio track, specify what will happen if the imported sound clip is too long and spans over anotherexisting sound clip by selecting an Import Rule:l

Overwrite Existing Sound Clips: If there are existing sound clips where the imported clips aresupposed to be added, the existing clips will be overwritten.

lFill Next Available Frames: If there are existing sound clips where the new clips are supposed
to be added, the clips will be trimmed just before the existing clips.

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8. Select the Set as default and don’t show dialogue again option if you want to use the same settings
next time you need to import a sound file.

Adding Audio Tracks
If you need to have several sound clips playing at the same time, you must add additional audio tracks to yourproject so that you can cue several sound clips in the same areas of the timeline.

How to add an audio track
1. Do one of the following:l

In the top menu, select Storyboard > New > New Audio Track.

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In the Clips and Tracks toolbar, click the New Audio Trackbutton.

You can now import or move sound clips to the new audio track.

Adding Images and Videos
By default, when you create a Storyboard Pro project, the only track containing visuals in your animatic is thestoryboard track. However, you can also add video tracks to your project, which can contain still images or video
files that will display over or under your animatic. This can be useful if you need to use reference images orvideos, to have elements such as logos or backgrounds span over several panels or scenes, or to insert videos,such as opening sequences, credit sequences or live action footage to your animatic.
NOTE
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Importing Image or Video Clips
Since your project does not have a video track by default, you can start by importing an image or a video into a
new video track.

How to add an image or video to a video track
1. Do one of the following:l

In the top menu, select File > Import > Videos/Images as Clips.

lRight-click on the empty space below the tracks in the Timeline view, then select Import
Videos/Images as Clips.

The Import Video Clips dialog box opens.

2. Click on the Browse

button.

3. In the file browser, locate and select the image or video file that you want to add to your project,then click on Open.
4. In the Destination panel, select New Video Track.
5. If you have selected an image, set the desired duration of the still image in the Clips Duration field.
This determines the amount of frames the image clip will span over in the timeline. For example, if
the frame rate of your project is 24 frames per second, and you want the image to span for 1 second,
set the Clips Duration to 24.
6. Click OK.
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7. If you want the video track to display behind the animatic, right-click on the video track and selectMove Track Down.

Adding Video Tracks
Just like audio tracks, you can add several video tracks to your project and have clips overlap each other.

How to add a video track
1. Do one of the following:l

In the top menu, select Storyboard > New > New Video Track.

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In the Timeline view, right-click on an existing video track or in the empty space below thetracks, and select New Video Track.

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In the Clips and Tracks toolbar, click the New Video Track

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Chapter 9: How to Work in 3D
Storyboard Pro allows you to manipulate drawing layers in the 3D space as well as to integrate 3D models into
your storyboard. If your project uses 3D models, you can import them into your project, then insert them into
your panels instead of having to draw them.

Converting a Scene to 3D
When you create a scene, it is in 2D mode by default. This means layers are locked at the same position on thez-axis and can only be rotated on the z-axis. This is to avoid incumbering your workflow with 3D functionalities
that are not needed.
You can easily convert a 2D scene to 3D, and back and forth. In a 3D scene, you can move layers on the z-axis
and rotate them in any direction. You can also rotate the camera in any direction and make it move across thedepth of the stage. Likewise, you can rotate the Stage view in any angle and navigate the stage in its depth,
allowing you to look at it from various points of view.
NOTE
You can convert a scene to 3D, but not a single panel. When switching to 3D mode, the mode is
only applied to the current scene, not the entire project.

How to enable the 3D option
1. In the Thumbnails or Timeline view, select the scene you want to convert to 3D.
2. Do one of the following:l

In the Storyboard toolbar, click the Enable 3D

button.

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Select Storyboard > Enable 3D for Current Scene.

Resetting a Scene to 2D
You can reset a 3D scene back to 2D. When you do this, the following changes are made to your scene:lImported 3D models are removed.

l

3D camera movements are converted to 2D camera movements. Camera movements on the z-axis will
be converted to 2D camera zoom-ins and zoom-outs, but 3D rotations will be ignored.

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3D transformations on layers are converted to 2D transformations. Layers that have been moved on thez-axis will be scaled up or down to preserve their apparent proportions, but 3D rotations will be ignored.

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How to reset a scene to 2D
1. Do one of the following:l

In the Storyboard toolbar, click the Reset Scene to 2DlSelect Storyboard > Reset Scene to 2D.

button.

Viewing Objects from the Top and Side
When working in 3D, you can use the Stage view to look at your stage from any point of view and any angle,
allowing you to see how objects are positioned in space, and you can use the Camera view to look at your stage
from the point of view of the camera. However, you may often need to have precise control over how objects
and layers are positioned on the z-axis.
The Top and Side views allow you to view the stage from its top and from its side, respectively. Because theseviews do not apply perspective to the stage, they can be used to position elements with more precision. Using
the Side view, you can view and position layers and objects on the front-back (z) axis , as well as on the northsouth (y) axis. Using the Top view, you can view and position layers and objects on the front-back (z) as well as
the east-west (x) axis. Hence, both views combined can help you position objects on the z-axis without losing
sight of their position on the other axes.

The Top and Side views display 2D layers as thin segments, as if you were looking at sheets of paper from theside. You can manually select and manipulate 2D layers right from these views.

How to display the Top or Side viewslIn the top-right corner of any view, click on the Add View

button and select Side View or Top

View.
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Positioning 2D Elements in 3D SpaceIn a 3D scene, drawing layers can be manipulated like 3D objects. You can position them closer to or further
away from the camera, allowing you to create a multiplane effect. You can also rotate them in any direction,
allowing you to make pseudo-3D constructions such as open-faced rooms.

How to position a 2D element in 3D space
1. In the Tools toolbar, select Layer Transformbutton.

2. In the Stage view, select the element you want to reposition.
A 3D transformation manipulator appears over the layer in the Stage, Camera, Top and Side views.

3. This 3D manipulator has a blue arrow that you can click and drag to move the layer on the z-axis.
However, since this blue arrow is directly facing the Stage view, you cannot click and drag it.
Instead, you must take one of the following approaches:l

Click and drag the blue arrow in the Top View or Side View. If you drag the layer closer tothe tip of the camera cone, it will move closer to the camera and appear bigger. If you drag it
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Rotate the point of view of the Stage view by holding Ctrl + Shift (Windows) or Shift + ⌘(Mac OS X), then clicking and dragging the view. When the Stage view is in any angle but
the default one, you will be able to click and drag the blue arrow and move the layer acrossthe z-axis.

As you drag the element around in 3D space, the position of the element will also update in theother views.

Importing 3D Models
You can integrate 3D models to your project by importing them to your library, then dragging and droppingthem into your panels where needed. Each Storyboard Pro project has its own 3D Models library. Since each
instance of the model is sourced from your project's library, Storyboard Pro does not have to store a copy ofyour model for each panel that uses it.
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3DS Max (.3ds)lWavefront OBJ (.obj)lAllembic (.abc)lCollada (.dae)
NOTE
It is recommended to use the Filmbox (.fbx) format, as it can be packaged with textures embeddedin the model.

How to import a 3D object into the Library
1. In the Library view, right-click on the 3D Models library folder, then select Import Files.
2. In the file browser, locate and select your 3D model, then click on Open.
The following prompt appears.

If you want, you can choose to import your model in its original format. Converting it to FBX will
however make sure its textures are consolidated with the model in your project.
3. Click on OK.
The selected model appears in the 3D Models folder of the Library view.
4. Drag and drop the 3D model from the Library view to the Stage or Camera view:l

To insert it between two specific layers, drop it between those layers in the Layer panel ofthe Stage or Camera view.

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If you want to insert it over all the other layers, you can drop it directly in the Stage or Cameraview.

The 3D model is inserted into your panel, in its original size, in the centre of the stage. A layer forthe 3D model is added to the layer list.

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NOTE
If you delete a 3D model from the library, every instance of that model in the project will bedeleted.

Manipulating 3D Objects
If you select a 3D model with the Layer Transform

tool, a 3D transformation manipulator will appear over itin the Stage, Camera, Top and Side views. The transformation manipulator for 3D models is a cube with
controls within it to move, rotate and scale the model on any of the three axes.
A 3D model that has just been imported into a panel will be facing the camera. Consequently, the cube of its 3D
manipulator will also be facing the camera, making it look like a square. At this angle, it will not allow you tomove or scale the model on the z-axis. To work around this, you must either rotate the Stage view, use the Top
or Side views, or rotate the model itself.

How to rotate the Stage view in 3D
1. Do one of the following:l

In the Tools toolbar, double-click on the Hand

tool and select the 3D NavigationlPress and hold Ctrl + Shift (Windows) or Shift + ⌘ (Mac OS X).

2. Click and drag the inside of Stage view to rotate it in all directions.

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How to manipulate a 3D object
1. In the Tools toolbar, select the Layer Transformtool.

2. Select the 3D model you want to manipulate.
3. In the Stage view, Camera view, Top view or Side view, do one of the following:l

To translate the model on the x-axis, click ad drag the red arrow.

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To translate the model on the y-axis, click and drag the green arrow.

l

To translate the model on the z-axis, click and drag the blue arrow.

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To translate the model laterally relative to your point of view, click and drag on its geometry.

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To rotate the model on the y-axis, click and drag the green circle.

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To rotate the model on the z-axis, click and drag the blue circle.

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To rotate the model in any direction, click and drag on its outer circle.

l

To scale the model on the x-axis, click and drag on the red square dot.

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To scale the model on the y-axis, click and drag on the green square dot.

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To scale the model on the z-axis, click and drag on the blue square dot.

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To scale the model on all axes, click and drag on any vertex of the cube.
TIP
If you need to rotate or scale the 3D model from a specific pivot point, you can move thepivot point of the 3D model by clicking and dragging the pivot

in the middle of themanipulator. The manipulator and its pivot will move, but not the model.

Previewing 3D Scenes
In Storyboard Pro, the Stage view is the default view in which to draw and manipulate objects . However,when working in 3D, it has one pitfall: When you pan, rotate, zoom into or zoom out of the stage view, you arechanging the point of view from which you are looking at the stage. This means that the apparent position andsize of elements may not be representative of what will appear in your storyboard or animatic.
If you want to see a 3D scene exactly as it will look in your storyboard, you must use the Camera view. The
Camera view always displays the stage from the point of view of the camera, even if you pan, rotate or zoom it.
Therefore, you should always preview your scene from the Camera view if you make changes to the position of
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How to add the Camera view to your workspace.
1. Do one of the following:l

In the top-right corner of the Stage view, click on the Add View
Camera View.

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Chapter 10: How to Create and Import Templates
A template is a copy you make of one or several layers, or of one or several panels, into a library. Once you havecreated a template, you can re-import it as many times as you need, either in the same project or in a different
project.
NOTE
When you create a template, it is not linked to the original project. A copy of the assets are created
for the template, and you can modify the original project without affecting your template. Likewise,
when you import a template into your project, it is copied into your project. Making changes to thetemplate will not affect its imported copies, and you can make changes to the imported assets
without affecting the template.

Creating Layer Templates
You can create a template of one or several layers from the Layer panel in the Stage or Camera view.

How to create a template from one or several layers using the Stage or Camera view
1. In the Library view, select a folder in which you want to store your template.
2. In the Layer panel of the Stage or Camera view, select one or several layers. To select several layers,
do one of the following:lWhile holding Shift, click on the first layer you want to add to your selection, then on the lastlayer you want to add to your selection. All layers in-between will be part of the selection,
inclusively.

l

While holding Ctrl (Windows) or ⌘ (macOS), click on each layer you want to add to yourselection.

3. Drag and drop the selection into the right pane of the Library view.

4. In the Rename dialog box, enter the name for your new template.

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NOTE
You can also rename a template after it is created by right-clicking on it and selecting Rename.

Importing Layer Templates
You can import a layer template into a panel using the Stage or Camera view.

How to import a template's layers into a panel
1. In the Thumbnails or Timeline view, select the panel in which you want to insert the template.
2. In the Library view, select the template you want to import.
3. Drag and drop the template into the Stage or Camera view:l

To insert it between two specific layers, drop it between those layers in the Layer panel ofthe Stage or Camera view.

l

If you want to insert it over all the other layers, you can drop it directly into the Stage or
Camera view.

Creating Panel Templates
You can create a template of one or several panels using the Thumbnails or Timeline view.

How to create a template of one or several panels using the Thumbnails view
1. In the Library view, select a folder in which you want to store your template.
2. In the Thumbnails view, select one or several panels. To select several panels, do one of thefollowing:lWhile holding Shift, click on the first panel you want to add to your selection, then on the last
panel you want to add to your selection. Every panel in-between will be part of the selection,
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Chapter 10: How to Create and Import TemplateslWhile holding Ctrl (Windows) or ⌘ (macOS), click on each panel you want to add to yourselection.

3. Click and drag on the drag and drop handle

of one of the selected panels, then drop the selection

into the right pane of the Library view.

4. In the Rename dialog box, rename the new template.
NOTE
You can also rename a template after it is created by right-clicking on it and selecting Rename.

How to create a template of one or several panels using the Timeline view
1. In the Library view, select a folder in which you want to store your template.
2. In the Timeline view, select one or several panels. To select several panels, do one of the following:lWhile holding Shift, click on the first panel you want to add to your selection, then on the last
panel you want to add to your selection. Every panel in-between will be part of the selection,
inclusively.

l

While holding Ctrl (Windows) or ⌘ (macOS), click on each panel you want to add to yourselection.

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4. In the Rename dialog box, enter the name for your new template.
NOTE
You can also rename a template after it is created by right-clicking on it and selecting Rename.

Importing Panel Templates
You can import a panel template into the Thumbnails or Timeline view.

How to insert a panel template between two panels in the Thumbnails view
1. In the Library view, select the template you want to import.
2. Drag and drop the selected template into the Thumbnails view, between the two panels where youwant it to be inserted.

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NOTE
If you are inserting the template between two scenes, you are able to choose whether thepanel will beattached to the previous scene or the next scene, or whether it will be inserted
into its own scene. This will depend on how close to either scene or to the gap between them
you drop the template. As you move the panel around in the gap, a red line will indicate where
the panel will end up.

How to insert a panel template between two panels in the Timeline view
1. In the Library view, select the template you want to import.
2. Drag the selected template into the Timeline view, between the two panels where you want it to beinserted.

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NOTE
If you are inserting the template between two scenes, you are able to choose whether thepanel will be attached to the previous scene or the next scene, or whether it will be inserted
into its own scene. This will depend on how close to either scene you drop the template. As you
move the panel around the seam between the scenes, a green bracket will indicate where thepanel will end up.

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Chapter 11: How to Export your ProjectOnce you have finished your storyboard or animatic, you can export it to take it to the next stage of yourproduction.
If you look in the File > Export menu in the top menu, you will see that there are many ways of exporting yourproject. This chapter will introduce you to three commonly used types of export:l

PDF: Exporting your storyboard as Portable Document File (.pdf) creates a document containing a
traditional-style animation storyboard, presenting each panels in their chronological order, with theirscene and panel numbers as well as their captions. In this format, you can print it or share it digitally, andit can be used as reference or as pitching material.

lMovie: Exporting your animatic as a movie allows you to share your animatic with project collaborators aswell as to import it into third party software.

lHarmony: You can export each scene in your animatic into separate Toon Boom Harmony scenes, withthe panels inserted into the scenes so they can be used as references to create the animation. If you
intend to create your animation in Storyboard Pro, this allows you to quickly take the production fromthe storyboarding stage to animation.

Exporting a PDF
Exporting a PDF will create a traditional animation storyboard displaying the panels along with their scene andpanel number and their captions.
NOTE
Viewing a PDF file requires a PDF reader, such as Adobe Reader, which you can download from thefollowing page: https://get.adobe.com/reader/

How to export a PDF
1. In the top menu, select File > Export > PDF.
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2. In the Destination Path section, click the Browse

button.

3. In the Save dialog, browse to the location in which you want to export your PDF document. In theFile name field, type in the desired name for the document and click on Save.
4. In the PDF Export Parameters section, select a layout for the PDF file.
5. In the Export Range section, select whether you want to export the entire project, or only specificparts of it:lAll: Exports the entire storyboard.

lSelected Scenes: Select this option to export a specific selection of scenes. Then, click on the
Select button to open the Scenes Picker dialog box, in which you can:lType the number of a sequence or of a scene in the Sequence or Scene fields in theFilter section, to only show matching sequences or matching scenes in the list.

lClick and drag to select a range of scenes.

lHold the Ctrl key and click on each scene you want to add to your selection.

lHold the Shift key, then click on the first scene and the last scene you want to add toyour selection, to select every scene between those two scenes inclusively.

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If your project has sequences, click on a sequence to select every scene in thatsequence.

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Current Scene: Exports only the currently selected scene.

lCurrent Panel: Exports only the currently selected panel.

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6. If you want to view the storyboard after it is exported, check the Open document after export
option.
7. Click on Export button.

Exporting a Movie
Once you have created your storyboard and animatic, you can export it as a movie file to share it with project
collaborators or import it in third party software. You can export your animatic as a video file with audio, or as asequence of image files, the latter which can be assembled in Harmony or in a third party software.

How to export a movie
1. In the top menu, select File > Export > Movie.
The Export to Movie dialog box opens.

2. In the Destination Path section, click the Browse

button and choose a folder in which to save theexported files.
3. In the File Pattern field, type in a prefix for the exported files.

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4. In the Export Movie Format panel, configure the following options:a. In the Movie Format drop-down, select an export format:lQuickTime Movie (*.mov) to export a video in QuickTime Movie (.mov) format.

lWindows Media Video (*.wmv) to export a video in Windows Media Video (.wmv)
format. This option is only available on Windows.

b. In the Resolution dropdown, select whether you want the exported movie to be in Full Size,
Half Size or Quarter Size, relative to the resolution of your project. It is recommended toexport your animatic in full size unless you want to quickly export a test video.
c. In the One Clip drop-down, select how you want your video clips to be separated:l

Per Scene: Create one movie file for each scene in your project.

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Per Sequence: Create one movie file for each sequence in your project, if any.

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Per Project: Export your whole animatic into a single video file.

5. In the Export Range section, select whether you want to export the entire project, or only specificparts of it:lAll: Exports the entire storyboard.

lSelected Scenes: Select this option to export a specific selection of scenes. Then, click on the
Select button to open the Scenes Picker dialog box, in which you can:lType the number of a sequence or of a scene in the Sequence or Scene fields in theFilter section, to only show matching sequences or matching scenes in the list.

lClick and drag to select a range of scenes.

lHold the Ctrl key and click on each scene you want to add to your selection.

lHold the Shift key, then click on the first scene and the last scene you want to add toyour selection, to select every scene between those two scenes inclusively.

l

If your project has sequences, click on a sequence to select every scene in thatsequence.

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Current Scene: Exports only the currently selected scene.

lCurrent Panel: Exports only the currently selected panel.

lTracked Panels:Exports panels on which tracking changes is enabled.

6. If you want to automatically play the video or view the exported files once the export is done, checkthe Open document/folder after export option.
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Exporting to Harmony
Storyboard Pro can automatically export each scene in your project into a scene that can be opened
in Harmony, where you can use the animatic to create and time your animation. The resulting Harmony scenes
will be the same length as the scenes in your Storyboard Pro project, they will contain each of their panels sothat you may animate over them, and they will contain their respective part of the animatic's soundtrack.

How to export Harmony scenes
1. In the top menu, select File > Export > Export to Harmony.
The Export to Harmony dialog box opens.

2. In the Destination Path section, click the Browse

button and choose a folder in which to save theexported files.
3. In the File Pattern field, type in a prefix for the exported files.
4. In the Format drop-down, select one of the following options:lHarmony Offline: This will create scenes that can be opened in Harmony Stand Alone.

lHarmony Database: This will create a package of scenes that can be imported into a
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5. Select one of the following export types, depending on what you prefer to work with.
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Rendered Animatic: Renders the animatic into a sequence of bitmap images that areassembled into the exported Harmony scenes. This ensures that the content of your animaticis accurately rendered in Harmony, especially if you intend to use an older version.

lOriginal Scene: Exports the animatic directly into Harmony scenes without rendering it. This
preserves the layers, drawings and camera movements so that they can be used in Harmony.

6. In the Export Range section, select whether you want to export the entire project, or only specificparts of it:
7. If you want to view the exported files once the export is done, check the Open document/folder
after export checkbox.
8. Click on Export.

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