Ulead MEDIASTUDIO PRO 6.0, User Manual

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Onionskin mode
Onionskin mode is extremely useful when you are creating animations
and want to be able to see how your edits are progressing from frame to
frame. It works by placing transparent layers of each successive frame
you edit over its predecessors, allowing you to easily see your changes
from the previous frame as you work in the current frame.
To work in Onionskin mode:
1.
Select the first frame of the video you want to paint over. The frame
appears as an image in the edit window.
2.
Select a paint tool and define its attributes in the Brush Panel (see page
252).
3.
Click the Onionskin mode button on the Standard toolbar or View:
Display Mode: Onionskin.
4.
Click View: Onionskin Options to open the Onionskin Options dialog
box.
Onionskin Options dialog box
5.
Select on which frames to apply the onionskin in the Overlay combo
box. Use Succeeding if you are editing frames to the right of the active
frame (toward the last frame), or Preceding if you are editing frames
to the left (toward the first frame).
6.
Specify a value in the Number of frames spin box. The value you
enter here determines how many frames the onionskin layers appear
over. In most cases a value of 3-4 is sufficient to allow you to see the
path of your animation. If you lose your reference you may want to
increase this or increase the Skin transparency to make your edits more
clear.