User Guide

Animation and Video 361
The frame stack format in Corel Painter is a series of images, each equal in size and
resolution. The Frame Stacks palette appears whenever you open or create a movie file.
The Frame Stacks palette must stay open while you work with a movie.
You work in one frame at a time — the one appearing in the document window. The
Frame Stacks palette helps you navigate the frames in the stack and choose which
frame to modify.
Each frame in a frame stack can have one layer. For example, if you drag an item from
the image portfolio onto a frame, Corel Painter places the image on a layer. You can
move the image around using the Layer Adjuster tool. However, when you move
between frames or close the file, Corel Painter drops all layers — the layer is deleted,
and the layer’s content is flattened onto the background canvas. Refer to “Layers” on
page 43 for more information about working with layers.
The Frame Stacks palette displays thumbnails of several frames. The frame numbers
appear under the thumbnails. The current frame is shown with a red triangle over it.
The number of thumbnails is determined by the layers of onion skin you’ve chosen. By
default, QuickTime and AVI files are opened with two layers of onion skin. For more
information on onion skinning, refer to “Understanding Onion Skinning” on
page 365.
Icon Keyboard shortcut Comment
Rewind Home Returns to the first frame in a stack
Step Reverse Page Down Moves back one frame
Stop Command +. (Mac OS) or
Ctrl+. (Windows)
Halts a frame stack that’s playing
Play Command +Shift+P (Mac
OS) or Ctrl+Shift+P
(Windows)
Plays the frame stack
Step Forward Page Up Advances to the next frame. When a
frame is the last in the stack,
Corel Painter adds a new frame to the
end and advances.
Fast Forward End Advances to the last frame in the
stack