# Onion Skin: Displaying the Next and Previous Drawings

As you develop your scene elements, it can be very helpful to see drawings that will appear before or after the current drawing. You can use these drawings as a reference to figure out the size, angle, or position of the drawing you are working on.

In Toon Boom Studio, the onion skin allows you to display the other drawings in the same element that appear either before or after the current cell. You can display up to three previous and three next drawings in the onion skin.

Toon Boom Studio displays previous and next drawings in the onion skin in a different color so that you can distinguish them.

To set the Previous Onion Skin depth, select one of the following options from the Show Previous toolbar button:

- No previous Drawings visible : displays only the drawing in the currently selected cell.
- Previous Drawing Visible : displays the drawing before the current selection.
- Previous Two Drawings Visible : displays the two drawings before the current selection.
- Previous Three Drawings Visible : displays the three drawings before the current selection

To set the Next Onion Skin depth, select one of the following options from the Show Next toolbar button:

- No next Drawings visible : displays only the drawing in the currently selected cell.
- Next Drawing Visible : displays the drawing after the current selection.
- Next Two Drawings Visible : displays the two drawings after the current selection.
- Next Three Drawings Visible : displays the three drawings after the current selection.

You can also select the onion skin depth by selecting it from the View > Onion Skin sub-menu.

See Also
Displaying the Drawing Grid
Rotating the Drawing Space
Static Light Table: Displaying Selected Drawings
Auto Light Table: Displaying All Images in a Frame
Zooming and Panning the View Window
Setting Onion Skin Options