Adding Many Elements to a Scene

By default, there is one drawing, one peg and one camera element in new animation sets. When you want to add new content to your animation or add different types of content (such as bitmaps or sounds), you must add new elements to your scene.

To add elements to your scene:

1. Select Element > Add > Elements. The New Elements dialog box opens.

You can also open this dialog box by clicking the Contextual Menu button in the Exposure Sheet window and selecting Add > Elements, or by clicking the Add button in the Timeline window.

2. Select the type of element from the Type drop-menu. You have the following choices.

Drawing: stores vector drawings you create in Toon Boom Studio, import from Adobe^®Illustrator^®, or create by vectorizing bitmaps.
Image: contains static bitmap images you import in the element (usually a background image).
Sound: contains audio files you import to the scene.
Peg: allows you to change an element’s position, size, or angle over time.
Camera: adds another perspective to a scene.
Media: contains multimedia files you link to the scene.
Color Transform Effect: allows you to change the colors in an element at keyframes.
Clipping Effect: allows you to hide certain parts of a clip with a mask. When you select this option, Toon Boom Studio adds a Mask parameter layer, which you use to control the mask parameter.

3. Type the name of the new element(s) in the Name field.

If you are adding one element, Toon Boom Studio labels the column with the selected element name.
If you add more than one element, Toon Boom Studio labels each with the selected element name followed by a sequential number (starting at one).

4. Type the number of elements you want to add in the Number field. You can also use the arrow buttons to increase or decrease the number.

5. Click OK when done.

Toon Boom Studio adds the selected number of elements to the Exposure Sheet window and the Timeline window with their default names, but you can rename them at any time.