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Grease Pencil - Draw mode - Draw menu

Set and show the active grease pencil layer. The layer with the pencil is the active layer for drawing.

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Draw Mode - Draw Menu

Draw Mode - Draw Menu
Draw Mode - Draw Menu

Active Layer

Active Layer

Set and show the active grease pencil layer. The layer with the pencil is the active layer for drawing.

New Layer

Add a new draw layer.

Animation

Animation

Insert Blank Keyframe ( Active Layer )

Inserts a keyframe into the active layer.

Insert Blank Keyframe ( All Layers )

Inserts a keyframe into all layers.

Last Operator Insert Blank Frame
Last Operator Insert Blank Frame
Last Operator Insert Blank Frame

Some snap operations shows a last operation panel, some not.

EntryWhat it does
All LayersInsert into active layer or into all layers.
DurationThe frame duration.*

Interpolate Sequence

Interpolate strokes between the previous and next keyframe by adding multiple keyframes. When you are on a frame between two keyframes and click the sequence button, then a breakdown keyframe will be added on every frame between the previous and next keyframe.

Show/Hide

Show/Hide
EntryWhat it does
Show all LayersMakes all layers in the scene visible .
Hide Active LayerHides the active layer.

Hide inactive Layers

Hides the not selected layers. The selected layers stays visible.

Last Operator Hide Layers
Last Operator Hide Layers
Last Operator Hide Layers
Unselected

Hides the not selected layers.

Clean Up

Clean Up

Clean Loose Points

Deletes not connected stroke geometry that is made of loose points.

Last Operator Clean Loose Points
Last Operator Clean Loose Points
Last Operator Clean Loose Points
Limit

The number of vertices below which a stroke gets counted as a loose point.

Delete Duplicated Frames

Deletes all duplicated frames.

Last Operator Clean Duplicated Frames
Last Operator Clean Duplicated Frames
Last Operator Clean Duplicated Frames
Type
Type

Delete just in the selected frames or in all frames.

Reproject Strokes

Re project the selected strokes onto a new plane from the current viewport. So that all strokes are on one plane.

Re project Strokes menu
Re project Strokes menu
Re project Strokes menu

Using this tool opens a popup menu. Choose the projection type method.

Last Operator Re project Strokes
Last Operator Re project Strokes
Last Operator Re project Strokes
EntryWhat it does
Projection TypeA popup menu. Choose the reprojection Strokes type method again.
Keep OriginalKeep the original stroke and create a copy before reprojecting.

Remove Fill Guides

In Draw mode with the fill tool you are able to draw so called fill guide with holding down the Alt key. They act as the boundary of the fill area. This tool removes these fill guides.

Last Operator Remove Fill Guides
Last Operator Remove Fill Guides
Last Operator Remove Fill Guides
Mode
Mode

All frames or just the current frame.

Sample Color

Samples the color under the mouse