You can see the previous and next frames. The Grease Pencil tool also has Onion Skinning feature. The more frames drawn in between, the more fluid and smooth will be the animation. Press Shift-Left arrow to get into first frame or press the Go to First Frame button in the timeline window.Īlt-A to preview the animation. Press Esc to exit Continuous Sketching mode. Similarly repeat the process to make a shot. Press Right arrow on the keyboard to go into next frame. Draw theĬircle slightly at a lower position to animate it falling down. This will go away as soon as you make a new one. In frame 2 you'll see the sketch you made in the first frame. Since you are in sketching mode you need to press Esc or Enter to exitĬontinuous Drawing and then click on any other button and then back toīetter to use the keyboard shortcut if you are in sketching mode. You canĬlick on the right arrow of the frame counter to go to next frame but Press Right arrow on the keyboard to go to the next frame-frame 2. This is not anĪnimation tutorial and focuses more on the Grease Pencil tool. I'll be animating a falling circle, you can draw anything you want. Press Shift-Right arrow to make sure you are on frame one. You will notice that a new layer for Grease Pencil is created. This will be useful while sketching, otherwise you might need to holdĭ again and again to draw. Grease Pencil tab of the tool shelf, turn on Continuous Drawing. This will give a neat flat view which will be a good background to draw the animation. Just delete the previous Grease Pencil layer or object if you have any or open a new file.ġ on the number pad to get into front view. Animating Using Grease Pencil Step 1īlender allows you to use the Grease Pencil tool to do tradition 2DĪnimation by drawing frame by frame. Press the X button to remove the grease pencil object that is the rough scribble you just made. X-Ray-Makes the lines visible when they pass behind other objects in the scene.Thickness-Sets the thickness of the stroke.The opacity slider sets the transparency of the fill color Fill-Sets the color of the interior of the strokes.Move the Opacity slider to set the transparency of the stroke By default a new layer will be automatically added when you start drawing.In the Grease Pencil panel you'll see all other appearance settings. With the mouse in 3D view, Press N to bring up the Properties panel. Stroke-Strokes are drawn in 3D-space, with their position projected onto existing visible strokes.Surface-Strokes are drawn onto the visible surface of a 3D object.Cursor-Strokes are drawn with position determined by the 3D cursor.There are several choices for Drawing Settings. Continuous Drawing mode Step 6Īt the lower part you will find the Stroke Placement options. PressĮsc or Enter to exit sketching session. With this option, a sketching session starts, allowing to create multiple strokes. You need to hold D key on the keyboard or click the Draw button each time to draw a stroke. Poly-create polygons by connecting the end points of line strokes.Draw-enables the brush to draw a freehand stroke.Here you will see the four basic tools which can be used in drawing. To see more options for drawing with the Grease Pencil tool, press T and bring out the That the stroke is in 3D, and can be created from any angle. Rotate the view with middle mouse button and you will see Tablet, in the 3D viewport. The stroke will finish when you release the Keyboard, and just draw a stroke with left mouse button or your pen To execute Grease Pencil tool, hold D key on the In a new file, Press A on the keyboard to select all objects and then pressĭel to delete them. Introduction to the Grease Pencil Tool Step 1