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<big>'''Welcome to the 'PanelForge' Documentation Homepage:'''</big>

PanelForge is the Drawing, 3D Layout, Storyboard and Animatic production software tailored for the pre-production needs of a modern animation production studio.


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'''PanelForge Fundamentals:'''

* [[System Requirements]]
* [[Installation]]
* [[Introduction]]
* [[Troubleshooting]]


'''PanelForge Free Downloads:'''

* [[ExampleProjectsDownloads|Example Projects]]
* [[BrushPresetsDownloads|Brush Presets]]
* [[ColourSwatchesDownloads|Colour Swatches]]
* [[AudioFilesDownloads|Audio Files]]

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'''PanelForge Video Tutorials:'''

* [[Getting_Started_Tutorial|Getting Started Tutorial]]

* [[Asset_Management_Tutorial|Asset Management]]
* [[Stage_Cameras_Tutorial|Stage Cameras]]
* [[Stage_Tweening_Tutorial|Stage Object/Camera Tweening/Tracking]]
* [[Presets_Tutorial|Brush and Colour presets]]
* [[Edit_Timeline_Tutorial|Edit Timeline and Audio tracks]]

* [[Video_Tutorials|Presets]]
* [[Video_Tutorials|Overlays]]
* [[Video_Tutorials|Renaming & Panel Management]]
* [[Video_Tutorials|Stage Materials]]

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'''Exploring PanelForge In Detail:'''

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* [[Keyboard Shortcuts]]
* Concepts
** [[Project]] 
** [[Panel]] 
*** [[Canvas]] 
*** [[Stage]] 
*** [[Guides Overlays|Guides & Overlays]] 
** [[Asset Library Creation]]
** [[Exporting|Exporting Data]] 
** [[Importing|Importing Data]] 
** [[Maya Tools|Maya Tools (Studio)]]

* Main Menus
** [[File Menu|File]]
** [[Edit Menu|Edit ]] 
** [[Project Menu|Project ]] 
** [[Canvas Menu|Canvas ]] 
** [[Stage Menu|Stage ]] 
** [[Window Menu|Window ]] 
** [[Help Menu|Help ]] 

* Dialogs Windows
** [[Application Preferences]]
** [[New Project]] 
** [[Export]] 
*** [[Export Images|Image Sequence]] 
*** [[Export Video|Video/Audio]] 
*** [[Export PDF|PDF]] 
*** [[Export Alembic|Alembic]] 
*** [[Export Project|Project]] 
*** [[Export Edit XML|Edit XML (Studio)]] 
*** [[Export Project XML|Project XML (Studio)]] 
** [[Project Information]]
** [[Project Notes]]
** Project Settings
*** [[Project Panel View Settings|Panel View Settings]]
*** [[Project Panel Naming|Panel Naming]]
*** [[Project Panel FPS|Panel Frames Per Second]]
*** [[Project Panel Defaults|Panel Defaults]]
*** [[Project Panel Resolution Resize|Panel Resolution Resize]]
** [[Asset Library Manager]]
** [[Asset Reference Manager]]
** Stage Transforms
*** [[Tween Object]]
*** [[Track Object]]

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* Viewports/Workspaces
** [[Welcome Window|Welcome]]
** [[Canvas Viewport|Canvas]]
** [[Stage Viewport|Stage]]

* Floating Windows
** [[Set Panel Names]] 
** [[Find and Replace Panel Names]] 

* Palette Windows
** [[Assets]] 
** [[Panel Information]]
** [[Panel Timeline]] 
*** [[Panel Timeline Thumbnails|Thumbnails]] 
*** [[Panel Timeline Timeline|Timeline]] 
** [[Panel Thumbnails]]
** [[Undo History]]
** [[Canvas Tools]] 
*** [[Canvas Tools Hand|Hand / Zoom Tool]] 
*** [[Canvas Tools Paint|Paint / Erase Tool]] 
*** [[Canvas Tools Fill|Fill Bucket / Gradient Tool]] 
*** [[Canvas Tools Eyedropper|Eyedropper Tool]] 
*** [[Canvas Tools Move|Move / Free Transform / Distort Transform Tool]] 
*** [[Canvas Tools Select|Rectangle Select / Lasso Select / Magic Wand Tool]] 
** [[Canvas Layers]] 
** [[Colour Picker]] 
** [[Colour Swatches]]
** [[Brush Editor]] 
*** [[Brush Editor General|General Settings]] 
*** [[Brush Editor Shape|Shape Settings]] 
*** [[Brush Editor Texture|Texture Settings]] 
** [[Brush Presets]] 
** [[Stage Tools]]
*** [[Stage Tools Select|Select Tool]] 
*** [[Stage Tools Move|Move / Rotate / Scale Tool]] 
*** [[Stage Tools Move Pivot|Move Pivot Tool]] 
*** [[Stage Tools Magic Transform|Magic Transform Tool]] 
** [[Stage Outliner]]
** [[Stage Object Attributes]] 
** [[Stage Material Attributes]] 
** [[Stage Material]]
** [[Clip Information]]

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'''Revision Changes:'''

* [[Revision_History|Version History]]