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.

../../_images/grease-pencil_properties_onion-skinning_panel.pngOnion 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.

../../_images/grease-pencil_properties_onion-skinning_example.pngAn example of Onion Skinning activated.