Changing the Sequence and Timing of Drawings and Images

You can use the Exposure Sheet or Timeline to work on the organization and timing of elements in your scene.

The Exposure Sheet and Timeline allow you to keep track of all the drawings and element layers in your scene (characters, objects, backgrounds).

In the Exposure Sheet, each row represents one frame in your animation. If you look across a frame in your exposure sheet, you will see what drawings or images appear together in one frame of your animation.
In the Timeline, each column represents one frame in your animation.

Both windows also identify how long a drawing or image appears in your scene; this is known as “exposure”. As you work out the motion of your characters, you may have to adjust the exposure of drawings, or their order. You may also need to add drawings to make a motion more fluid and convincing.