Grease Pencil Tool

To open the Grease Pencil tool, click the Grease Pencil icon in a panel toolbar or select View > Camera Tools > Grease Pencil from the panel menus. See also Grease Pencil overview and Draw in the scene view with Grease Pencil.

Add frame

Adds a Grease Pencil frame at the current time in the Time Slider.

Remove frame

Removes the sketch and the Grease Pencil frame at the current time in the Time Slider.

Pencil

Marker

Soft Pencil

Change color

Click to open the compact version of the Color Chooser and change the tool color.

Double-click to open the full Color Chooser.

Eraser

Erases brush strokes on the Grease Pencil sketch at the current frame.

Note: If you're sketching on a Wacom device and you have the latest drivers installed, you can also erase using the stylus eraser.

Show Pre-Frame Ghosts

Displays ghost sketches for frames before the current frame. See Control blending of Grease Pencil images.

Show Post-Frame Ghosts

Displays ghost sketches for frames before the current frame. See Control blending of Grease Pencil images.

Import Grease Frames

Opens a file browser so you can update the scene with the images in the archive at the correct times. See Save and share Grease Pencil sketches.

Export Grease Frames

Creates an archive file that contains the scene's grease pencil images along with an .xml file that contains the image names and timings so other applications can use the data. This lets you share your grease pencil scenes. See Save and share Grease Pencil sketches.

Help

Opens the Grease Pencil help.