Whippet uses the default Storyboarding Workspace with Blender 5.0. Ensure there is a ‘Storyboarding’ workspace and a ‘Video Editing’ workspace. You can have any other tabs you like but you need these two to ensure all functions work properly.

To setup the Storyboarding Workspace, simply go to File > New > Storyboarding or when you launch Blender, you can select Storyboarding from the startup prompt. Do not change the names of these workspaces, doing so will break some Whippet operators.
Ensure your Edit Scene is pinned to the Video Editing Workspace. This keep the Edit scene on the workspace when you switch to it.

Ensure you have the two workspaces

Pin your Edit scenes to the Video Editing Workspaces

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVF8U7Hr4a0&list=PLZuKnmJ8CKD3sw-zUY9S-GvVBtucoS-Uc&index=2

</aside>

<aside>

Whippet Panel Locations

Whippet contains menus in a few places to help you access tools on the fly. Click on the different tabs below to see where you can access Whippet tools.

Storyboarding Workspace

The Storyboarding Workspace has a few locations where Whippet panels are accessible. Inside the 3D Viewport N-panel, the Dopesheet N-Panel and a Custom Collection system to help keep things organized. The Dopesheet and the Sequencer header also comes with custom buttons and the basic Timeline button to help eliminate the need for the Timeline or Dopesheet footer.

The Dopesheet N-panel menu has quick access to the Camera List and Whippet GP Keyframe Tools.

Video Editing Workspace

Along with the Sequencer Header Buttons, there is an N-Panel menu in the Video Sequencer (Preview and Sequencer) that contain VSE tools and export features. Inside the Video Editing workspace, press ‘N’ to open the panel.

Grease Pencil Pop-up

While in Draw mode with Grease Pencil, you can access all the Grease Pencil and Whippet related tools on the fly. Press Right+Click on your tablet pen (if you’ve installed the Maurits Valk Keymap) to open up the custom Whippet pop-up menu. Here you’ll have access to all the Grease Pencil layer and material settings along with brush, overlay and keyframe timing settings.

</aside>

<aside>

Dopesheet Header Buttons

From Left to Right:

Dopesheet Modes

Dopesheet
Action Editor
Grease Pencil
Curve Editor
Jump to Sequencer in Video Editing Scene - playhead will move to first frame of the active camera’s respective video strip

Dopesheet View

Frame on Render Range
Frame on Current Frame
Camera Strips - enable visibility of camera bars in the Dopesheet

Scene Strip Tools

Convert Active Camera to Scene Strip
Convert All Cameras to Scene Strips

Keyframe Tools

Set Active Camera Start/End Frame - this will set the start and end frames of the active camera represented as strips in the Dopesheet
Add Gap Frames - Will insert additional blank frames after the playhead and move all animation data over.
Move Keyframes and Cameras - select your keyframes you want to move, then toggle on the mode, move your keyframes, turn off the mode and any overlapping cameras (that were enabled) will jump to where you placed the keyframes. Button turns red when active.
Auto Keying

Grease Pencil Keyframe Flipping

Jump to Prev Keyframe
Keyframe Flipping - GP Layers Only </aside>

<aside>

</aside>

<aside>

</aside>

<aside>

</aside>

Table of Contents

🔗 External Links

Workspace and Navigation

Setup for Blender 5.0+

Whippet Panel Locations

Dopesheet Header Buttons

Dopesheet Modes

Dopesheet View

Scene Strip Tools

Keyframe Tools

Grease Pencil Keyframe Flipping