2D Animation Tools

Research Example 2

How to use the Animation tools


  • Tools

  • Colour Attributes, Stroke Settings, Brush assets

  • Keyframes and Shots (Strips)

  • Onion Skinning

  • Timeline & Selecting and Moving Keyframes

  • Layers

  • Materials, Strokes & Fills

    • Fig.1 - Goal. 2025 Winner of the Lytton High School Best 2D Animation. An animatic by Ben Te Are Peneha.

    Opening an Animation Storyboard Project

    To start your own animation project:

  • Open Blender
  • Go to File
  • Select New
  • Select Storyboarding
    • 1shot, 2shots etc

    This is what you see when you first open the Blender Storyboard File Template

    1shot, 2shots etc

    Detail of the Active Tool Menu



    1shot, 2shots etc