Onion Skinning
Onion Skinning show ghosts of the keyframes before and after the current frame allowing animatorsto make decisions in the animation sequence.
The main switch to show/hide Onion Skinning is in the Viewport Overlays,but Grease Pencil Onion Skinning is per-layer and the visibility can be toggle in the layer list.See 2D Layers for more information.
Onion Skinning panel.
Options
- Mode
- Keyframes
- Shows Keyframes in the range determined by the Before/After settings.
- Frames
- Shows Frames in the range determined by the Before/After settings.
- Selected
- Shows only on the manually selected keyframes in the Dope Sheet.
- Opacity
- Control the opacity of the ghost frames.
- Filter By Type
- Filters what type of frames to show in the Onion Skinning range.
- Keyframes Before/After
- Sets how many frames or keyframes, depending on the Mode, to show before and after the current frame.
Custom Colors
- Before/After
- Color to use before and after the current frame on ghost frames.
Display
- View in render
- Show the onion skinning in final render image e.g. for a motion blur effect.
- Fade
- Opacity of the ghosts frames decrease the further away from the current frame.
- Loop
- Help working on loop animations showing the first keyframe/frameas ghost when you are on the last frame of your animation.
An example of Onion Skinning activated.