Getting Started

Once you have your Storyboarding and Video Editing Workspaces setup and you have a separate Editing Scene assigned to the Sequencer below the Dopesheet then you’re ready to go. To leverage every aspect of the Whippet add-on, please ensure you create the Whippet Collections for every new Scene. These collections will organize your cameras, shot layer collections and Whippet grease pencil objects. The add-on has to reference these specific collections in order to for certain functions. When using the Whippet! or New Scene with (or without) Scene Strip, these collections will be created for you.

To set up the Aspect Ratio of any Scene, go to Output Properties > Format > enter the Resolution X/Y. This will set the aspect ratio for all cameras created in that Scene.

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Whippet! Quick Start (v1.98+)

Here is a quick guide if you want to start creating 2D Storyboards with Whippet immediately.

Open a Storyboarding Workspace setup
Open the Whippet N-Panel menu in the 3D Viewport
Click on the Whippet! button under Scene Tools
1. Set the Aspect Ratio
2. World Background Color
3. Number of Scene Strips
4. Whether to delete the existing Scene strips (ie if you want to remove the Blender default Scene Strips)
Hit OK to start storyboarding!

If you want to add more shots you can use the same Whippet! button but then toggle off Delete Existing Strips.

You can also use the **Duplicate Scene Strip: Full/Linked Copy** if you want to duplicate a Scene Strip.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhhEwNR54ik

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Whippet Collections

The Whippet Collections will be named after the Scene name. Inside the Parent collection, there are three folders:

Whippet GPs - storing GPs in here will let you quickly cycle between them using the Cycle GP button (shortcut is ’S’).
Whippet Shot Collections - these folders let you store items inside them which are only active when the respective camera is active.
Whippet Cameras - every time you create a new camera, it will go into this folder so it’s easy to manage and select multiple cameras at once if you need to.

Not using the Whippet Collections will not allow you to utilize all the features the add-on has to offer so it’s a good first step making sure you have them setup.

The New Scene with (without) Scene Strip buttons will create Whippet Collections for you so you don’t have to. However, if you create a blank Scene then you will need to add them manually.

And that’s it! All you need are the collections and you’re good to start creating cameras and draw!

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Table of Contents

🔗 External Links

Setup

Whippet! Quick Start (v1.98+)

Whippet Collections