Kacks’s very beginner’s guide to Storyboard Pro 20 (be sure to check the description for more info!)

Here’s my Storyboard Pro demo! Below are timestamps for every topic covered and further reading/resources mentioned in the video! Again feel free to ask me any questions! I hope this helps, even a little bit. :D Also I would recommend setting the playback speed to or 1.5 to cut down the runtime since I talk in circles a lot. 0:00 LET’S GET STARTED 1:00 Focus on Mouse Enter 2:40 Project Resolution 4:41 Vector art 6:35 Bitmap art Here’s more info on vector and bitmap layers: layer types 7:05 Adding effects to bitmap layers Here’s more info on adding effects to bitmap layers: 10:25 Exploring your Stage View Here’s more info on your stage view: view 15:50 WORKSPACES 16:43 Timeline View Here’s more info on the timeline view: view 20:21 Changing panel color 21:25 Audio Here’s info on audio: 24:20 Animatic Editing Mode More info on Animatic Editing Mode: 26:50 3D Mode (we don’t go over 3D but this is how you turn your scene from 2D to 3D and back again) 28:16 Adding new panels and new scenes 28:37 Duplicate panels 28:47 Keyboard shortcuts Here’s info on keyboard shortcuts: 29:21 Split Panel at Current Frame 30:55 Onion Skin Here’s more info on the Onion Skin: 31:11 Flip Horizontal/Vertical 32:18 Onion Skin (again) 34:16 TOOLS 34:38 Select tool 35:05 Editing artwork on multiple panels Here’s info on editing artwork on multiple panels: Artwork on Multiple Panels 38:04 Mass Rename Layers Script The script I mentioned was made by Corey Barnes and you can find the direct link to this script here: Also here’s a link to Corey’s Gumroad where you can find all his other Storyboard Pro scripts: 39:01 Select By Color 39:42 Cutter 40:45 Perspective Tool 41:37 Brush Here’s more info on the Brush tool: I also mentioned the Stencil Brush, and you can find more info on it here: I also mentioned the pack of cool texture brushes from MagicBunnyArt, and you can find that brush pack here: #tFXBz 44:01 Generate Auto-Matte Here’s more info on Generate Auto-Matte: 46:56 Extra Brush properties (Auto Fill and Draw Behind) 49:08 Layer Transform Here’s info on the Layer Transform tool: transform And also here’s a video tutorial on how to use the tool: 50:03 Camera Here’s info on the Camera tool: tool 53:01 Light Table 53:39 Scripts Here’s info on Scripting: 57:08 Top Light Script Here’s a twitter thread from Corey Barnes on how to enable the Top Light Script: 57:51 PANELS/TABS 59:00 Tool Properties tab 59:14 Panel tab 1:00:04 Storyboard tab 1:00:13 Transitions (I meant to talk about this during the workspace section but I forgot, sorry!) 1:02:22 Layers tab 1:04:16 Guides tab Here’s info on Guides: 1:07:25 I’m sorry I forgot to edit this out but this is where I talked about scripting and my stream crashed, so refer to 53 mins and 39 seconds for Scripting! 1:07:31 Rename Scenes 1:11:30 Exporting PDFs 1:13:10 Exporting Bitmaps 1:14:13 Exporting Movies 1:14:53 Tip on exporting long camera moves And that’s it! Ahhh! Thanks again for watching!
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