The Shots page
The ta Draughtsman panel has two pages, Shots and Animatic. Above both are the board controls and the panel-over-camera controls.
Header
Section titled “Header”- The board’s name, number of shots and panels, total length and frame rate.
- The board menu (top right, with the board’s name): New storyboard…, Show in Content Browser and the storyboards in the project, to switch boards.
- Save: saves the storyboard, its panels and its sequences together.
Shot list
Section titled “Shot list”The left side lists the shots of the board in order. Each row shows:
- the shot number, the first panel and the shot name, for example
sh010 Arrival, - the shot size and the description,
- the length in seconds and in frames, and the lens,
- the number of panels, and a camera icon when the shot is built in Sequencer (in the master sequence with a camera).
Search shots… filters the list by shot number, scene, name, description, dialogue, notes, shot size or camera move. Under the list, the timing bar shows every shot as a block as long as its duration, with the board’s total length; click a block to pick that shot.
Double-click a shot to open it in Sequencer.
Buttons
Section titled “Buttons”| Button | What it does |
|---|---|
| Import > Import… | Opens the import window. |
| Import > Re-import | Reads the sources of the last import again and shows the changes. |
| Build / Sync sequence | Creates or updates the master sequence: one shot per row with a cine camera, the lens and the duration. See Sequencer. |
| Open in Sequencer | Opens the master sequence with the camera cuts locked to the viewport. |
| Pull timing | Takes the shot lengths and order from the master sequence back into the board. |
Shot details
Section titled “Shot details”The right side shows the picked shot:
- its number and name, and Go to shot, which opens the master sequence at this shot,
- its panels: click one to show it over the camera,
- the editable fields: Shot, Name, Shot size, Camera move, Duration (s), Lens (mm), Description, Dialogue and Notes.
A shot without a panel shows a note: animatics show a title card for it, and importing a panel named after the shot number adds one.
The status line at the bottom says what the panel last did, for example Saved 9 package(s). or Master sequence open; the panel follows the playhead.