Align copy from step 4 on top of the aligned previous and next cells. This cell will be the one that is modified to create a tween between the previous and next cells.ĥ. Reduce its opacity but keep stroke color the same, as long as it is different from the colors used in step 2. Create a new copy of the original previous cell (before modifications). It would be very good if there was a way to define cell boundaries or alignment 'pegs' so that the cells could be easily aligned with each other.Ĥ. Alignment can be very tricky here, if the character is moving. For example, blue stroke for previous cell, red stroke for next cell.ģ.

Change the stroke colors, often in many different layers. Reduce opacity for the previous and next cells. The next cell is only used when tweening between existing cells, otherwise you only need the previous cell.Ģ. This may involve copying many layers for each cell, each with its own gradients, colors, strokes, etc. Make copies of the previous and next cells. Just using transparency (alpha) for this is NOT adequate, so if AD had a real onion skin feature, it would be a tremendous help to animators.ġ. Here is what I have to do in order to simulate onion skinning in AD. I do a lot of animating, and prefer AD for character drawing because it is much easier to use than the rather crude drawing tools in many animation packages. This is an old thread, but I wanted to add my suggestions to the onion skin request.

Animating with firealpaca onion