Adding inbetweens in Toon Boom Harmony primarily involves drawing the frames between your key poses using the Onion Skin feature as a visual guide.
Manually Drawing Your Inbetweens
For precise control and artistic nuance, you can manually draw the inbetween frames that bridge the gap between your key drawings. This process leverages visual cues from adjacent frames to guide your drawing.
Here are the steps involved in manually adding inbetweens:
Step 1: Enable Onion Skin
- Locate the Tools toolbar.
- In the Tools toolbar, enable the Onion Skin button. This feature displays semi-transparent versions of frames before and after the current frame, allowing you to see the movement trajectory.
Step 2: Select Your Drawing Tool
- In the Tools toolbar, select the Brush tool (or another drawing tool of your choice, though the reference specifically mentions the Brush).
Step 3: Draw the Missing Frames
- Navigate to the Drawing or Camera view.
- Using the visual references provided by the onion skin, draw the missing in-betweens on the appropriate frames. You'll see the key drawings (and potentially other inbetweens you've already drawn) faint onion skin outlines, guiding where your new drawing should go to create smooth motion.
This method gives you complete artistic freedom over every frame, making it ideal for complex movements or stylized animation.
