Toon Boom Storyboard Pro 3D SP1 (Service Pack 1) Release Notes

Toon Boom Storyboard Pro 3D SP1
(Service Pack 1)
Release Notes
These are the release notes for the Service Pack 1 (SP1) release of Toon Boom Storyboard Pro 3D
Functionality
This section provides a list of the new functionality in Storyboard Pro 3D SP1.
Note about File Structure
The project file structure was optimized in the first release of Storyboard Pro 3D to reduce the number of
folders. Once a project is saved in this version, it can no longer be opened in Storyboard Pro version 2.0.
Storyboard Pro 3D SP1 is fully backward compatible with files generated by older versions.
New Functionality
Enable 3D
• Storyboard Pro 3D SP1 gives you the ability to Enable 3D. This can be found in both the Storyboard
menu and the Storyboard toolbar.
Enabling 3D on a scene will allow you to:
Move and Rotate 2D and/or 3D layers in 3D space using the First Frame and Last Frame tools
Move the Camera in 3D using the Camera Tool (Flying Camera)
Rotate around the Stage View in Perspective mode using the [Shift] + [Ctrl] (Win) or [Shift] + [Cmd]
(Mac) keyboard shortcuts. You can still rotate around the Stage View in 2D to adjust the Light
Table using the [Ctrl]+[Alt] (Win) or [Cmd] + [Opt] (Mac) keyboard shortcuts.
Reset Scene to 2D
• Storyboard Pro 3D SP1 gives you the ability to Reset Scene to 2D. When you reset a scene to 2D, the
following happens:
3D models that have been imported will be removed,
3D camera moves will be removed,
2D layers that have been moved and rotated in 3D will be set back to 2D, removing those
transformations.
This function can be found in both the Storyboard menu and the Storyboard toolbar.
NOTE: Enabling 3D occurs at the Scene Level, this allows scenes that have no 3D aspect to them
to be worked on as they would have been in Storyboard Pro. Scenes that require 3D to be
enabled can then be modified in 3D.
Always Face Camera
• Storyboard Pro 3D SP1 has a new layer property Always Face Camera. Use this to set a 2D drawing
layer to always face the camera when any 3D rotations are done on the camera. This property can be
enabled on a layer through the Layers tab.
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Toon Boom Storyboard Pro 3D SP1 (Service Pack 1) Release Notes
Look At Selected
• Storyboard Pro 3D SP1 has a new function called Look At Selected. When rotating 2D layers in 3D
space, you can reach a situation where the Stage View is no longer perpendicular to a Drawing Layer.
In this case, you will not be able to draw on that layer. In order to snap the Stage View perpendicular
to a selected layer, first select the layer, then activate the Look At Selected button in the Stage View
Status Bar. There is also a keyboard shortcut available in the keyboard shortcut View section.
Go To Selected Keyframe.
• Storyboard Pro 3D SP1 has a new button in the Camera tool’s Tool Properties window called Go To
Selected Keyframe. This new button is located in the Tool Properties window of the Camera Tool.
When you’re working with 3D scenes you should frame your camera from the Camera View. A 3D
scene is a scene that contains 3D models or 3D transformations on either 2D drawing layers or 3D
camera moves. The Camera View always shows the camera’s perspective from the current frame.
To correctly frame the camera, go to the Camera View and select the camera frame, then click on Go
To Selected Keyframe and the play head will move the current frame to become the frame at which
that camera keyframe occurs. A keyboard shortcut available in the keyboard shortcut Storyboard
section.
Camera Manipulators
• Storyboard Pro 3D SP1 has new Camera Manipulators. If you are in a 3D-enabled scene use these to
directly control the Camera in the Camera View. If your current frame is the same as the frame where a
camera keyframe occurs, you will be able to adjust the camera frame directly in the Camera View. If
the current frame is not at the same frame as the selected keyframe, then you will not see these
manipulators, in this case you should use the Go To Selected Keyframe button to be able to see the
manipulators and control the camera frame.
Adjust the Camera FOV
• Storyboard Pro 3D SP1 gives you the ability to Adjust the Camera FOV. This property is available in
the Tool Properties window of the Camera Tool. This value is specified in degrees and is set to 41.11
degrees by default.
Export Soundtrack
• Storyboard Pro 3D SP1 has a new functionality File > Export Soundtrack. This function will export the
sound of your project as a WAV file.
Functionality Improvements
Open Library
• Storyboard Pro 3D SP1 has an improvement in functionality which lets you use Open Library to view a
folder that contains 3D models. For example, FBX models or OSB models. The models can then be
dragged and dropped into the scene directly from the Library and will be copied into the project’s
local 3D Models folder so that the model can be referenced in that project file.
2D Camera
• Storyboard Pro 3D SP1 has an improvement in functionality when manipulating a 2D camera. In a 2D
scene, i.e. a scene on which Enable 3D has not been turned on, the corner handle manipulator of the
frame in the Camera View now adjusts the z position of the camera in space, instead of changing the
field of view (FOV). In essence, it does a truck in/out instead of a zoom in/out. The FOV can still be
changed from the Tool Properties window of the Camera Tool.
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