Rooms

A room is the name for the specialized layouts that OpenToonz allows for each phase of the animation process. These can be customized, so others' may be different from yours.

Cleanup
Clean up scanned drawings.

Drawing (formerly known as InkNPaint)
Draw and color

Animation
Tools for animating, including function editor, schematics, levels, and a small version of the X-Sheet.

PltEdit (Palette)
Pick custom palettes - you need a palette in order to change colors while painting.

X-Sheet
Short for "eXposure Sheet". Also known as a time sheet or dope sheet - map out your animation by frame.

Browser
Browse files for projects, layouts, etc.

Customizing rooms
Starting with the release of OpenToonz 1.0.2, editing the layout of a room can be done within OpenToonz itself.

To do so, first click the lock icon on the room tab to unlock it for editing:

Deleting a room
You can't delete a selected room. Move to another room, then right-click the "chosen one" and click on "Delete Room"

Creating a new room
Right click on any room, then click on "New Room"

Editing a room
Right click on the room you want to change and select "Customize Menu Bar of Room [RoomName]". A window should appear:

Each folder on the left represents a menu that is already on that room's main menu bar, while the ones on the right represent the default menu items, including both items already in the room and those that are not. Click the + icon next to each folder to expand it and see what items are on each menu. To alter the contents, click and drag the name of the item to the menu where you would like it to show up.

Right-click in a menu on the left side of the window and select "Insert Submenu" to further divide the menu you are working on. Submenus are simply menus within menus.

Right-click and select "Remove [ItemName]" to delete it from that list. If you accidentally delete an item, you can drag it back to where it was from the "Menu Items" side of the window.

Adding a "Separator" will put in a thin line as a divider between menu options. This serves no purpose other than to break up long lists of options into sections, making them easier to navigate.

Downloadable room packs
GitHub user blurymind created an improved room pack based on the layout from Toonz Harlequin. Download the .zip file by clicking here, and extract it to ...\openToonzStuff\profiles\layouts\OpenToonz.[YourName].

Changes from Original Defaults
InkNPaint has become Drawing, there's a new Animation room, and Batches has been replaced by Farm.

Note: In v1.0.3, this layout became the default with the addition of the new room, Basics.