That is so incredibly helpful!! Im writing everything in my storyboarding workbook - I just started storyboarding ... like 3 months ago and I already watched a tutorial for SB Pro 20 but Im so forgetful... thanks to you I learned a lot. The aligment thing??? MINDBLOWING!!
I was looking at the Toon Boom guides and these guys was talkin' about nothing. Then i come here and you explaining everything much better, also in the details. Thanks!
thankyou somuch for this video.. just started learning storyboard pro and the interface looked overwhelming. thanks to this video , i find it a bit easier now. please upload more tutorials whenever you are free.
Really great guide for beginners. Thank you so much for sharing this. I learned a lot of useful stuff. Anyway, I think you deserve more recognition, your works are great!
What I was trying to say was I didn't know of a way to get rid of the huge space dedicated to audio tracks, because even when you delete the audio track the space doesn't go away.
@@SirKackington ah ok, that makes more sense. Anyway great lesson! I learned so much and the way you explained things made the software very accessible
Wow! I just downloaded the software today and this video was a godsend! You covered so much in so little time and it was all digestible and simple! Thank you! Subscribed!
Hi , very useful video on SBP, I think this is the best I’ve seen for my learning , even better then what I’ve seen on the toonboom site , some of them say its just like harmony ( lol for someone who is a beginner , I was wondering who harmony was lol) ..a quick question my friend ! ( I’m just starting to learn SBP22, to make animatics specifically ) is it possible to add psd files of storyboards I’ve drawn on procreate , into sbp22 and then create an animatic with that … also do you have any other paid classes , where I could do a project (with audio ) under your guidance? Please let me. An advance thanks for all your good work 😊
I'm glad to hear that this video helped you out!! :) To answer your question, yes you can import .psd files to your sbp file!! Just go file > import > Images as Layers Or you can import .psd files using "Images as Scenes" and each .psd file imported will appear as a new scene in your timeline. I hope that helps, I'm sorry I replied so late! I didn't get a notification about your comment!!
Great guide!.. i wish you would hover over the icon for about a second or too so i can register what you're clicking on (my old eyes where to slow), but other than that amazing!.. Also Macoroni with the chicken strips! ugh!
This video is great I learned a lot thank you! The links for the custom scripts aren't working anymore, do you know if there is a new place I can find them?
Oh dang thank you for letting me know! I''m gonna reach out to the person who made them and ask them if they have a new link. I'll let you know if I hear back!
@@SirKackington Gasp! Really? Well, thank you kindly Orange. I'm grateful for any time you can spare on any of these! *grabs 4 years of notes* 1) Okay. So when you do the Animatic Editing mode, how do you fill in that space with a panel? 2) How do I delete panels without having my other panels move out of sync in the timeline? 3) Do I do a construction pass on my boards, or am I supposed to go from a sketch layer to a polished pass? 4) Is there a way to pin one layer to another for when I'm transforming? Cause sometimes I want an object to move with another object (or their colored layer), but can't seem to attach it in any other way outside of merging the layers. 5) How long does each panel normally take to clean? I’m averaging 7-14 minutes. But I'm also probably drawing rather simple stiff designs. 6)should everything on the sketch layer count as one layer? cause sometimes a character leaves a scene, and thus when I have to do a polished layer, not everything gets numbered the same. 7)What sort of layout on your keyboard do you have for shortcuts, or would recommend? cause I'm running out of single digits for my left hand (can't seem to be able to create a 2 keystroke shortcut either strangely)
@@foxmetro1 1. Animatic editing is like other editing software; like premiere pro. You can hover over the edge of a panel and your cursor will turn into that red bracket looking icon. You can shorten or lengthen your panels that way. You can also click anywhere on the timeline in this mode and create a new panel. 2. You can stop your panels from being disrupted like this when animatic editing mode is turned on! I haven't found another way to do this, but just turning it on to delete a panel and turning it back off again when you're done works fine. 3. That really just depends on you as an artist or your project!! Do whatever makes you feel the most comfortable. Boards are meant to convey your story, and as long as your boards are clear and readable, your boards are done imho. 4. You can group layers, much like you can in photoshop! I don't have SBPro open right this second, but I'm pretty sure you can group layers (using the little yellow file folder icon underneath the layers) and move them together. If I'm wrong I'll come back to this reply and edit it haha. 5. Again that really just depends on you as an artist!! Pros I've seen do lectures usually estimate that it takes 10-20 minutes to clean a single panel. I don't usually time myself (maybe I should?) because the productions I've been on are more focused on clarity of the drawings rather than the drawing being tied down. 6. I'm not exactly sure what you mean, but usually when I do it I'll doodle everything on one layer or two (one for the background and one for the characters) and since SBPro goes alphabetically, I'll rename my sketch layers to random things so when I start to clean up my clean layers will be "A, B, C" etc. I hope that answers your question. 7. Again it really depends on you! I've got a weird layout but it's based on the keys I use most. Try to think about the tools you personally need/use the most and try to focus on getting them on keys that are easy to reach. For example, I step forward and backwards through panels constantly, so my step backwards key is A and my step forward key is D. The select tool is another one I use a lot, and the default key for it is S so I kept it that way. I hope that this helps, and don't hesitate to ask any other questions if you have them!
@@SirKackington Oh Wow! That really helps a lot! 1)Hmmm. Putting in a new panel in the vacant space seems to nudge the later panels. But I guess I'm supposed to pull out the neighboring panels, and empty out the layers. 2)Woo! 3) Ah! Good to know. 4) You mean the Group Selected Layers? That appears to work for one panel, but gets real funky when spreading the layer motion. 5) Say whaaaa?! There's a difference between being tied down and clarity? I thought they were interchangeable/went hand in hand? 6) It does, and your rad for figuring out my word logic puzzle. 7) That's fair. Well gosh dang. Thanks a ton for all that. Can't believe the weight that's off my shoulders now. I'll have to subscribe to keep knowing what a great artist looks like. And will be sure to write down some fresh queries once they hit me ;3
you have many layers in some panels do you create them on each panel? i'm trying to learn how to do all the basic functions but "apply to all selected panels at the same time", is SBP built for this kind of work flow?
Would you happen to know why my camera resets every panel? I'm trying to animate like a 2 frame run cycle where the camera starts with a close up then pans out to a full shot. On top of that is there any way to tween a layer so it moves across panels?
Are you making new scenes instead of adding panels to a single scene? If you're on the timeline view, you can check which scene a panel belongs to by checking the info there in the bottom left. Here's some documentation on how to create more than one panel per scene: docs.toonboom.com/help/storyboard-pro-6/storyboard/structure/create-panel.html I hope that helps! Sorry for the late reply!! EDIT: Also sorry I just saw you asked about tweening-- check out this video by ToastyGlow: ua-cam.com/video/pGlwzGtEKnA/v-deo.htmlsi=CtKSMltxC_oQvkMS&t=158 This video taught me this trick! It's super useful and probably the best way to accomplish what you're trying to do.
Hello, your video got me into installing the app, thank you so much, but I have a problem. When I draw a line with the pencil tool or the brush tool, as soon as I lift the pen for the line to create, it disappears. Do you know what the problem might be and can you help me solve it?
Sorry for bothering you again kackington - but d you know a solution to this problem? I need to export the Bitmap with Sequence, Scene and Panel Number in Burn in but It will only burn in Scene and Panel but not the Sequence Number. I tried finding a solution in various forums. I can't find any. Is there a way to display the Sequence Number too? For Example: Sequene 01 - Scene 01 - Panel 01
Hey you're not bothering me at all!! Huh, this is a really good question-- I'm looking into it now and I don't see a solution either... I've never actually used SBP's "new sequence" function before. On every show I've worked on, one SBP file is dedicated to a sequence, since doing an entire episode in one file would be bad practice to say the least haha. I'm seeing the problem you're running into, though-- it looks like when you make a "new sequence" the burn in prints "scene 01 - panel 01" over again, leading to multiple scene 01s in your video. I don't think there's a solution to this, which is definitely a pain, but what I'd recommend is just sticking to scenes. If you'd like to divide up your sequences, like I mentioned, put them into separate files. All the scenes within the file could be named scene 100, 101, 102... and then the scenes in sequence 2 could be named 200, 201, 202... that way, when you're done with your project, you can stitch all the videos together. You could even do that all within one file-- just rename the sequences accordingly! I'm sorry I can't seem to find an outright solution, but I hope this work around helps you!!
@@SirKackington Thank you so much for your help!! It's so stupid that I even tried emailing Toon Boom for a Solution but I will go with yours with now! Thanks a ton!!
@@SirKackington UPDATE: HOLY SHIT I FOUND IT. I thought you might want to know! It's in - > Edit -> Preferences -> Import/Export -> and PRINT VALUE!! You need to type in: Sequence %q - Scene %s - Panel %p and it will be displayed. So much trouble...
I was literally ripping my hair out trying to set up my storyboard pro up as a complete novice and I’m so so glad you posted this helped me immensely!
That is so incredibly helpful!! Im writing everything in my storyboarding workbook - I just started storyboarding ... like 3 months ago and I already watched a tutorial for SB Pro 20 but Im so forgetful... thanks to you I learned a lot. The aligment thing??? MINDBLOWING!!
I was looking at the Toon Boom guides and these guys was talkin' about nothing. Then i come here and you explaining everything much better, also in the details. Thanks!
Just wanted to say, THANK YOU! This helped me get over a technical hump pretty fast in the middle of a project, bravo!
thankyou somuch for this video.. just started learning storyboard pro and the interface looked overwhelming. thanks to this video , i find it a bit easier now. please upload more tutorials whenever you are free.
This was fun and great! I made some panels to use as a board-a-long to help me out and used the tools along with the video and learned a lot :]
Thank you so much for this. Had a lot of fun while learning
Really great guide for beginners. Thank you so much for sharing this. I learned a lot of useful stuff. Anyway, I think you deserve more recognition, your works are great!
this is amazing... this to me it's like a fucking MASTERCLASS, amazing ! thank you so much !
This video is amazing! I just started w/ sbpro and this really helped me! Thank u miss
Just got into storyboard pro and this is immediately the most helpful video I’ve found!
I'm so glad to hear that!!
Thank you very much for this!
I really loved this video, you helped me a lot! I learned many more things here than in some classes
I'm really glad this could help! :)
I learned a LOT! Thank you so much!!!
Super helpful video!
Also If you'd like to get rid of the audio track, right click it and click "Delete Current Audio Track"
What I was trying to say was I didn't know of a way to get rid of the huge space dedicated to audio tracks, because even when you delete the audio track the space doesn't go away.
@@SirKackington ah ok, that makes more sense. Anyway great lesson! I learned so much and the way you explained things made the software very accessible
Wow! I just downloaded the software today and this video was a godsend! You covered so much in so little time and it was all digestible and simple! Thank you! Subscribed!
Thanks for your help
Yesss I will refer to this regularly
Thank you for this learnt alot and i making a short movie this tutoriall is AWESOME!!!!! I hope you do a newer version of SBP!!! too!!!
THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS KACKS
God... bless you for this.
omygod thank you so much Kacks I am looking at this forever
STEVIE!! I'm so happy this could help!
Hi , very useful video on SBP, I think this is the best I’ve seen for my learning , even better then what I’ve seen on the toonboom site , some of them say its just like harmony ( lol for someone who is a beginner , I was wondering who harmony was lol) ..a quick question my friend ! ( I’m just starting to learn SBP22, to make animatics specifically ) is it possible to add psd files of storyboards I’ve drawn on procreate , into sbp22 and then create an animatic with that … also do you have any other paid classes , where I could do a project (with audio ) under your guidance? Please let me. An advance thanks for all your good work 😊
I'm glad to hear that this video helped you out!! :)
To answer your question, yes you can import .psd files to your sbp file!! Just go file > import > Images as Layers
Or you can import .psd files using "Images as Scenes" and each .psd file imported will appear as a new scene in your timeline. I hope that helps, I'm sorry I replied so late! I didn't get a notification about your comment!!
Great guide!.. i wish you would hover over the icon for about a second or too so i can register what you're clicking on (my old eyes where to slow), but other than that amazing!.. Also Macoroni with the chicken strips! ugh!
Can you make the default canvas color light Grey to knock out that bright white????
thanks it's very helpful :)
Thanks for this ITS SO HELPFUL!
amazing video oh my god and u labeld them? Thank you
Thank you!! this was very helpful!
This video is great I learned a lot thank you! The links for the custom scripts aren't working anymore, do you know if there is a new place I can find them?
Oh dang thank you for letting me know! I''m gonna reach out to the person who made them and ask them if they have a new link. I'll let you know if I hear back!
@@SirKackington oh thank you for checking
It seems like they removed their entire gumroad page :")
@@vheart_pngthe scripts are back up! :)
www.coreymbarnes.com/storyboard-pro-scripts/
I’ll be sure to update the description too.
@@jayckalif you’re looking for them, they’re now on this page!
www.coreymbarnes.com/storyboard-pro-scripts/
Amazing. keep up the good work 🙌
Wow! These are really helpful. Is there a server or discord I can join to ask follow up questions?
Hey! No server but you're welcome to ask me any questions if you have them. :)
@@SirKackington Gasp! Really? Well, thank you kindly Orange. I'm grateful for any time you can spare on any of these! *grabs 4 years of notes*
1) Okay. So when you do the Animatic Editing mode, how do you fill in that space with a panel?
2) How do I delete panels without having my other panels move out of sync in the timeline?
3) Do I do a construction pass on my boards, or am I supposed to go from a sketch layer to a polished pass?
4) Is there a way to pin one layer to another for when I'm transforming? Cause sometimes I want an object to move with another object (or their colored layer), but can't seem to attach it in any other way outside of merging the layers.
5) How long does each panel normally take to clean? I’m averaging 7-14 minutes. But I'm also probably drawing rather simple stiff designs.
6)should everything on the sketch layer count as one layer? cause sometimes a character leaves a scene, and thus when I have to do a polished layer, not everything gets numbered the same.
7)What sort of layout on your keyboard do you have for shortcuts, or would recommend? cause I'm running out of single digits for my left hand (can't seem to be able to create a 2 keystroke shortcut either strangely)
@@foxmetro1
1. Animatic editing is like other editing software; like premiere pro. You can hover over the edge of a panel and your cursor will turn into that red bracket looking icon. You can shorten or lengthen your panels that way. You can also click anywhere on the timeline in this mode and create a new panel.
2. You can stop your panels from being disrupted like this when animatic editing mode is turned on! I haven't found another way to do this, but just turning it on to delete a panel and turning it back off again when you're done works fine.
3. That really just depends on you as an artist or your project!! Do whatever makes you feel the most comfortable. Boards are meant to convey your story, and as long as your boards are clear and readable, your boards are done imho.
4. You can group layers, much like you can in photoshop! I don't have SBPro open right this second, but I'm pretty sure you can group layers (using the little yellow file folder icon underneath the layers) and move them together. If I'm wrong I'll come back to this reply and edit it haha.
5. Again that really just depends on you as an artist!! Pros I've seen do lectures usually estimate that it takes 10-20 minutes to clean a single panel. I don't usually time myself (maybe I should?) because the productions I've been on are more focused on clarity of the drawings rather than the drawing being tied down.
6. I'm not exactly sure what you mean, but usually when I do it I'll doodle everything on one layer or two (one for the background and one for the characters) and since SBPro goes alphabetically, I'll rename my sketch layers to random things so when I start to clean up my clean layers will be "A, B, C" etc. I hope that answers your question.
7. Again it really depends on you! I've got a weird layout but it's based on the keys I use most. Try to think about the tools you personally need/use the most and try to focus on getting them on keys that are easy to reach. For example, I step forward and backwards through panels constantly, so my step backwards key is A and my step forward key is D. The select tool is another one I use a lot, and the default key for it is S so I kept it that way.
I hope that this helps, and don't hesitate to ask any other questions if you have them!
@@SirKackington Oh Wow! That really helps a lot!
1)Hmmm. Putting in a new panel in the vacant space seems to nudge the later panels. But I guess I'm supposed to pull out the neighboring panels, and empty out the layers.
2)Woo!
3) Ah! Good to know.
4) You mean the Group Selected Layers? That appears to work for one panel, but gets real funky when spreading the layer motion.
5) Say whaaaa?! There's a difference between being tied down and clarity? I thought they were interchangeable/went hand in hand?
6) It does, and your rad for figuring out my word logic puzzle.
7) That's fair.
Well gosh dang. Thanks a ton for all that. Can't believe the weight that's off my shoulders now. I'll have to subscribe to keep knowing what a great artist looks like. And will be sure to write down some fresh queries once they hit me ;3
were you recording in discord? is it specially for storyboarding?
you have many layers in some panels do you create them on each panel? i'm trying to learn how to do all the basic functions but "apply to all selected panels at the same time", is SBP built for this kind of work flow?
Yes, if you want to apply something to each panel, you have to have the layer with the correct layer name on all the panels you've selected.
hi , i want to ask , when i try to draw on the canvas , my drawing doesn't show up
Would you happen to know why my camera resets every panel? I'm trying to animate like a 2 frame run cycle where the camera starts with a close up then pans out to a full shot.
On top of that is there any way to tween a layer so it moves across panels?
Are you making new scenes instead of adding panels to a single scene? If you're on the timeline view, you can check which scene a panel belongs to by checking the info there in the bottom left. Here's some documentation on how to create more than one panel per scene:
docs.toonboom.com/help/storyboard-pro-6/storyboard/structure/create-panel.html
I hope that helps! Sorry for the late reply!!
EDIT: Also sorry I just saw you asked about tweening-- check out this video by ToastyGlow: ua-cam.com/video/pGlwzGtEKnA/v-deo.htmlsi=CtKSMltxC_oQvkMS&t=158 This video taught me this trick! It's super useful and probably the best way to accomplish what you're trying to do.
Hello, your video got me into installing the app, thank you so much, but I have a problem. When I draw a line with the pencil tool or the brush tool, as soon as I lift the pen for the line to create, it disappears. Do you know what the problem might be and can you help me solve it?
Sorry, I haven't run into that issue myself so I wouldn't know how to fix it! Try contacting Toonboom support instead--
desk.toonboom.com/hc/en-us
Sorry for bothering you again kackington - but d you know a solution to this problem? I need to export the Bitmap with Sequence, Scene and Panel Number in Burn in but It will only burn in Scene and Panel but not the Sequence Number. I tried finding a solution in various forums. I can't find any. Is there a way to display the Sequence Number too? For Example: Sequene 01 - Scene 01 - Panel 01
Hey you're not bothering me at all!! Huh, this is a really good question-- I'm looking into it now and I don't see a solution either... I've never actually used SBP's "new sequence" function before. On every show I've worked on, one SBP file is dedicated to a sequence, since doing an entire episode in one file would be bad practice to say the least haha.
I'm seeing the problem you're running into, though-- it looks like when you make a "new sequence" the burn in prints "scene 01 - panel 01" over again, leading to multiple scene 01s in your video. I don't think there's a solution to this, which is definitely a pain, but what I'd recommend is just sticking to scenes. If you'd like to divide up your sequences, like I mentioned, put them into separate files. All the scenes within the file could be named scene 100, 101, 102... and then the scenes in sequence 2 could be named 200, 201, 202... that way, when you're done with your project, you can stitch all the videos together. You could even do that all within one file-- just rename the sequences accordingly! I'm sorry I can't seem to find an outright solution, but I hope this work around helps you!!
@@SirKackington Thank you so much for your help!! It's so stupid that I even tried emailing Toon Boom for a Solution but I will go with yours with now! Thanks a ton!!
@@SirKackington UPDATE: HOLY SHIT I FOUND IT. I thought you might want to know! It's in - > Edit -> Preferences -> Import/Export -> and PRINT VALUE!! You need to type in: Sequence %q - Scene %s - Panel %p and it will be displayed. So much trouble...
@@TheRiordane Oh YAY!! I'm so glad to hear you found the solution you were looking for!! :D