Saving Levels
Levels can be saved individually or altogether with all of the scene data. Be careful - if only the scene data is saved, you can lose a whole session of drawing.
Auto-save
Auto-save can save the scene and level data at the same time. If something goes wrong, auto-save can save the day.
- Turn on Auto-save in Preferences → General
- 7 minutes is often a good starting value.
Save-All Shortcut
- Use CMD+S | CTRL+S to save both the scene and the level at the same time
In the Menu
- Level → "Save Level"
Save a copy of a level:
- Level → "Save Level As"
- Name your level with a descriptive name(but no apostrophes) and select "Save"
Converting Levels
Converting to Vector*
- In the Timeline/Xsheet, select the level (or frames) that you want to convert
- Click on the left edge of the frames to select the whole level
- In the top menu, go to Level → Convert to Vectors
- Adjust the conversion settings as desired
- Toggle on preview (the eye icon)
- Mode → Centerline
- If there are fills, make sure to check "Preserve Painted Areas"
- Other settings can be adjusted if necessary
- Click "Convert"
- For Raster levels drawn only with black:
- In the Timeline/Xsheet, select the level (or frames) that you want to convert
- Click on the left edge of the frames to select the whole level
- In the top menu, go to Level → Convert to Vectors
- Adjust the conversion settings as desired
- Toggle on preview (the eye icon)
- Mode → Centerline
- Other settings can be adjusted if necessary
- Click "Convert"
- For Raster levels that include colors:
This does not give an exact copy of the drawings but instead creates outlines around the different strokes of each drawing
- In the Xsheet, select the level (or frames) that you want to convert
- Click on the left edge of the frames to select the whole level
- In the top menu, go to Level → Convert to Vectors
- Set mode to outline
- Toggle on preview (the eye icon should be yellow)
- Adjust the conversion settings as desired
- Click "Convert"
Converting to simplified vectors sometimes makes a vector level easier to fill.
- In the Timeline/Xsheet, left-click + drag to select the cells in the Vector level that you want to simplify
- In the top menu, go to Level → Replace Vectors with Simplified Vectors
* Converted Vector levels are not directly compatible with the Level Strip's Inbetweener functions
Converting to Toonz Raster
- In the Timeline/Xsheet, left-click + drag to select the cells in the Vector level that you want to convert
- In the top menu, go to Level → Vector to Toonz Raster
Follow the "Cleanup" directions to convert from Raster to Toonz Raster. More details coming soon.
Converting to Raster
At this point converting to Raster is possible but very time consuming. Each frame has to be converted individually.
- In the Timeline/Xsheet, select an individual frame from the vector or toonz raster level you would like to convert
- In the viewer, use the select tool to select the entire drawing
- CMD+C | CTRL+C to copy
- In the Timeline/Xsheet, select the corresponding frame in the raster level
- CMD+V | CTRL+V to paste
- Repeat for as many frames as you want/need to convert