GSoC/2020/StatusReports/SaurabhKumar

Storyboard Docker For Krita

A storyboard is a graphic organizer that consists of illustrations and comments displayed in sequence for the purpose of pre-visualizing and planning of motion picture and animation.

Introduction

Storyboard docker

The storyboard docker aims to facilitate storyboarding in Krita. It allows multiple images and associated text to be organized in the form of a storyboard. The arrangement can be tweaked using the mode and view options. Also different field's visibility can be toggled. The storyboard can be rendered as pdf or svg.

Upper buttons

Export

A drop down menu which consists of the export option available for the storyboard.

Comment

Comment menu

A drop down menu which consists of a list of comments for storyboard items, a Delete Comment button and an Add Comment button.

Lock

A lock icon. It is used to stop adding item when keyframes are added in the Timeline docker.

Arrange

Arrange menu

A properties icon. It consists of View and Mode options which can be used to change the arrangement of items in the docker.

Storyboard Item

You can select the active item. You can also edit some of the fields such as name, duration and comments. You can add and delete storyboard items before or after any item. You can change the order of items using Drag and Drop.

Components of the storyboard item :

• Frame Number : This shows the frame number for this item in the timeline docker. This field is uneditable.

• Name : The item name, just do double- mouseleft to make it editable, and press the Enter key to finish editing.

• Duration in second : A spin-box. This will set the duration of the storyboard item in seconds.

• Duration in frame : A spin-box. This will set the duration of the storyboard item in seconds.

Deliverables

• Link to Phabricator task: T12819
• Krita Artists thread: Storyboard feature plans and mockups
• Merge Request : !392
• Blogs : here