OnionSkin

What is OnionSkin?

In animation software, the Onion Skin function is a key tool. Its function is derived from the practice of traditional hand-drawn animation and is designed to help animators create smooth animation effects more efficiently.

OnionSkin example

You can see the shadows of the previous and next frames in the canvas.

OnionSkin setting

OnionSkin setting

Options in setting:

• Opacity: the first skin's opacity
• Opacity step: the opacity offset after first skin
• Forward count: amount of skins after this frame
• Backward count: amount of skins before this frame
• Behind sprite: if show skins behind the current frame
• Tint Mode: provide 3 tint mode of skins

Toggle OnionSkin

Three way to toggle OnionSkin:

• Preferences->OnionSkin
• Menu->View->Show OnionSkin
• Gesture: Enable single finger gesture, drag up down to toggle OnionSkin
• The onionSkin action bar button

FAQ

• Why can not see the onion skin? Please hide the big background layer(click the eye👀 button of the layer).