Sketchpad

Sketch assets instantly available as a PNG Sequence, GIF, or MP4

Sketchpad Library

Find Sketchpad under Workflow -> Library in your navigation panel. The Library shows all of your created Sketches. Motion Studio ships with a few example sketches as well:

Sketchpad Editor

Clicking "Create Sketch" will bring you to the editor. Here, you can specify a number of canvas and drawing options, and record a sketch.

Info Panel

• Canvas Size: Includes a number of presets, or custom size

• Background: Draw on a transparent, white, black, or custom background

• FPS: The fps that the sketch is exported as

Brush Overlay

• Brush Size: size in px of your drawing brush

• Brush Color

• Decay: Fade out your brush stroke, with a slider denoting time-to-fade

Canvas Zoom

• Select zoom level from a number of presets, or cmd/ctrl + scroll to zoom the canvas directly.

• Fit to Screen: Resets the zoom level and centers the canvas

Shortcuts

• X: Clears the canvas

• Cmd/Ctrl + Scroll: Zooms the canvas

• Hold Spacebar: Pan the canvas

• R: Starts or stops recording of the canvas

Creating a Sketch

Once you selected your brush and canvas settings, you can start a recording. When recording, draw your sketch on the canvas, and when complete, stop recording. You'll be brought to a preview of the sketch asset. From here you can scrub the asset, discard, or save. Once saved, you'll see the asset in your Sketchpad Library

Exporting Sketches

You can export a sketch by right-clicking on the sketch, and choosing "Export". You'll have the option of a PNG Sequence, GIF, or MP4, as well as the directory you'd like to save it to.

You can also quick-export a PNG Sequence by dragging the icon under the sketch. You can drag straight to After Effects, or a program of your choosing.