Onion Skinning

Onion Skinning show ghosts of the keyframes before and after the current frame allowing animators to make decisions in the animation sequence.

The main switch to show/hide Onion Skinning is in the Viewport Overlays, but Grease Pencil Onion Skinning is per-layer and the visibility can be toggle in the layer list. See 2D Layers for more information.

../../_images/grease-pencil_properties_onion-skinning_panel.png — Onion Skinning panel.

Options

Mode

Keyframes:: Shows Keyframes in the range determined by the Before/After settings.
Frames:: Shows Frames in the range determined by the Before/After settings.
Selected:: Shows only on the manually selected keyframes in the Dope Sheet.

Opacity: Control the opacity of the ghost frames.

Filter by Type: Filters what type of frames to show in the Onion Skinning range.

Keyframes Before/After: Sets how many frames or keyframes, depending on the Mode, to show before and after the current frame.

Custom Colors

Before/After: Color to use before and after the current frame on ghost frames.

Display

View in Render: Show the onion skinning in final render image e.g. for a motion blur effect.

Fade: Opacity of the ghosts frames decrease the further away from the current frame.

Show Start Frame: Help working on loop animations showing the first keyframe/frame as ghost when you are on the last frame of your animation.

../../_images/grease-pencil_properties_onion-skinning_example.png — An example of Onion Skinning activated.