Uploaded January 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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In this video I talk about how I intend to setup my OpenToonz projects for my Futurama project. I'll be making use of the ability to separate drawings by scene and using the option to load a scene as a sub-xsheet, to be able to share animations and collections of assets.

Contents:
01:33 Putting all project files in a "Futurama" folder
01:44 Adding a custom project path
02:38 Adding Reference images folder
03:00 Creating the OpenToonz projects & using the scene sub-folder
03:34 Creating the Backgrounds' project
05:33 Discussing loading backgrounds as a sub-xsheet
06:18 Creating drawings in the scene sub-folder
07:05 Creating the Characters' project
08:01 Creating the Episode project
08:47 Creating a scene in the Episode project:
Showing how you import a background and character.
Showing the difference between Import and Load.

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