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Adding, duplicating, copying, pasting, and deleting a layer - Storyboard Pro Tutorial
From the course: Toon Boom Storyboard Pro Essential Training
Adding, duplicating, copying, pasting, and deleting a layer
- Using layers in your panel saves you time and makes Animatics possible. Even when you create a set of default layers, you'll often need to add, copy, remove layers as you work, and luckily it's as easy as a click of a button. There are three ways to add a new layer. So, let's start with selecting the current layer right below where you want to add a new layer. Let's say we want to add a layer right above our background scenery. Well, the easiest way is right underneath our layers menu. You'll see two options with a big plus on them. The first one is Vector, which you can see matches the icon on the top right-hand corner of each individual layer. Or, the second one is bitmap. Let's add a bitmap layer, just by single clicking on that, and it adds what it names A, right above our background. Second way we can do it is by right clicking. Let's right click on the A layer. I have options here of new vector layer or new bitmap layer. Select new bitmap layer and it pops up a new layer right…
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The basics of bitmap vs. vector layers5m 33s
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Using layers to speed up your work3m 37s
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Adding, duplicating, copying, pasting, and deleting a layer3m 51s
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Importing an image as a layer or scene5m 4s
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Understanding naming, ordering, and default layers2m 43s
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Group layers2m 18s
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Coloring grouped layers4m 11s
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Understanding layer adjustments3m 58s
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Radial and directional blurs7m 59s
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Blurring a layer4m 44s
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