Managing Your Window Workspace

The Toon Boom Storyboard window is composed of the menu bar, toolbars, and one or more smaller windows, called views. You can also display storyboard properties on the right side of the workspace.

When you open a storyboard project for the first time, the standard workspace is displayed. It contains the Drawing View, the Panel View and the Tool Properties.

The upper view is called the Drawing View, which displays the currently selected panel. The lower view is called the Panel View, which lays out all the panels in the project in chronological order. The Panel View can be replaced by another type of timeline display, called the Timeline View, which includes sound track information.

The current panel’s properties are displayed in the Tool Properties, found to the right of the Drawing view. Other types of properties are displayed in other Tool Properties tabs. Its display can be switched on and off while you work.

When this workspace is active, the captions for the current frame are displayed in the Tool Properties Panel Tab.

The Panel Tab displays the captions for the current frame.

The Storyboard tab is where you can enter information about the storyboard project.

The Library tab provides access to all drawings and sounds in your current project, allowing re-use of these resources.

The Pen tab to select types of pens to draw lines with different qualities. The lines can be thin or thick, and be smooth or rough. Use the colour palette to assign and edit pen colours and textures

Text tab to select a new font and other text characteristics to the text. Use the colour palette to assign and edit font colours and textures.

You can work with the window workspace you find most effective for your current tasks.