# Using the View Windows

As you choreograph the elements in your scene, you need to be able to see where your elements appear in each frame of the scene.

Toon Boom Studio provides you with three windows that display your elements from three unique perspectives.

- Camera View: (default) displays the scene from the camera’s perspective.

Use this view to change an element’s east, west, north, south, front, and back position, as well as its scale size, and rotation angle.

- Top View: displays the scene from a top-down view. Elements appear as lines (imagine looking at an animation cel from the top) and the camera field of view appears as an angle.

Use this view to change an element’s east, west, front, and back position.

- Side View: displays the scene from the side. Elements appear as lines (imagine looking at an animation cel from the side) and the camera field of view appears as an angle.

Use this view to change an element’s north, south, front, and back position.

You can use these View windows to place your elements in the scene and to map their actions over time. You can also use these windows to determine the size and position of the camera that records the action in your scene.

See Also
Zooming and Panning the View Window
Selecting Elements