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On a the {{l|Canvas Menu Caret|canvas' menu}}, there is a View > Toggle Onion Skin entry which toggles the onion skin view on and off.
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Onion Skin displays semi-transparent versions of previous and coming {{l|Keyframe|keyframes}} in the canvas.
  
When on, the canvas will overlay the display of the current point in time with faint versions of how the canvas looks at the previous and next {{l|Keyframe|keyframes}}, if they exist.
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There are many ways to invoke onion skins :
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# In the Canvas Toolbar there is an Onion Skin button that toggles onion skins.
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# {{l|Category:Main Menu}}'' > View > Toggle Onion Skin'' turns onion skin view on or off.
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# {{l|Canvas Menu Caret|''Canvas caret menu''}}'' > View > Toggle Onion Skin'' turns onion skin view on or off.
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# Also, you can modify the onion skin parameters directly from the {{l|Canvas_MetaData_Panel|MetaData Panel}}
  
For example, suppose there are keyframes at 0s, 10s and 20s.
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To the left and right of this button there are input fields where you can set how many keyframes before and after that should be visible.
  
At 0s, there is no previous keyframe, so there will only be one extra layer displayed, for the 10s keyframe.
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[[File:Onionskin-toolbar-icons 0.63.06.png|frame|none|Onion Skin bouton in the canvas toolbar]]
  
At 5s 2 layers will be overlaid - one from 0s and one from 10s.
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[[File:Onionskin-canvas 0.63.06.png|frame|none|The onion skin is activated, 2 previous and 1 next keyframe are displayed]]
 
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[[File:Onionskin-TimetrackPanel 0.63.06.png|frame|none]]
At 10s, the overlaid keyframes are 0s and 20s.
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{{l|Image:OnionSkinSample.png}}
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Latest revision as of 16:19, 5 October 2015

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Onion Skin displays semi-transparent versions of previous and coming keyframes in the canvas.

There are many ways to invoke onion skins :

  1. In the Canvas Toolbar there is an Onion Skin button that toggles onion skins.
  2. Main Menu > View > Toggle Onion Skin turns onion skin view on or off.
  3.  Canvas caret menu > View > Toggle Onion Skin turns onion skin view on or off.
  4. Also, you can modify the onion skin parameters directly from the MetaData Panel

To the left and right of this button there are input fields where you can set how many keyframes before and after that should be visible.

Onion Skin bouton in the canvas toolbar
The onion skin is activated, 2 previous and 1 next keyframe are displayed
Onionskin-TimetrackPanel 0.63.06.png


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English • français