STORYBOARD PRO CERTIFICATION
EXAM STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
What tool would you use to get assistance when drawing a city background? ANSW✅✅Drawing
guides (Perspective guide)
What is a recommended way to organize your layers when having multiple layers within a panel?
ANSW✅✅Grouping
How can you create a panel containing the same layers as the currently selected one?
ANSW✅✅Smart Add Panel
What is the most important rule to be able to select artwork, such as a character, on multiple
panels? ANSW✅✅The layers must have the same name
What is the Global library used for? ANSW✅✅Share assets between projects
How can you adjust the timing of a panel? ANSW✅✅Dragging the end of a panel in the Timeline
view OR Typing a duration in the Panel view
What is the difference between the Select tool, Contour Editor tool, and Layer Transform tool?
ANSW✅✅The Select tool can edit individual lines in a drawing. The Contour Editor tool can move
vectorpoints on individual lines. The Layer Transform tool can move an entire layer and animate it.
When creating a new project, what options lets you set the project resolution? ANSW✅✅Camera
Size
What is the difference between a scene (shot) and a panel? ANSW✅✅A scene contains panels
and contains multiple actions until the camera cuts. All panels in a scene have the same background
but different actions depending on what is happening in the story.
Where do you type dialogue, action notes, or slugging for each panel? ANSW✅✅Captions
, Which Drawing tool is used to edit vector lines? ANSW✅✅Contour Editor Tool (White Arrow)
Where can you see animation keyframes? ANSW✅✅In the Timeline view, when the layer is
selected
When working with audio clips in the Timeline view, how can you see where the sound is getting
louder or where there are silences within the clip? ANSW✅✅Show Waveform
Can you add a blur effect to a vector layer? ANSW✅✅You must first convert the vector layer to a
bitmap layer
What element will NOT be available when exporting your storyboard to a PDF? ANSW✅✅ALL OF
THESE A. Animated camera motions B. Animated transitions C. Audio clips D. Animated videos
Can you see the text captions when exporting your animatic as a video? ANSW✅✅Yes, but you
can select which caption you can to see on top of the rendered images
What drawing guide allows you to only draw on the horizontal and vertical axes? ANSW✅✅The
Square Grid
What is a panel? ANSW✅✅A panel is one specific action or moment in a storyboard
When applying a blur, what is meant by the Radius? ANSW✅✅It is the size or strength of the blur
Before you start storyboarding, what do you need to consider? ANSW✅✅The script, the
structure, and the delivery output
What happens to your strokes when drawing on a bitmap layer? ANSW✅✅They flatten into one
object
What is the benefit of working in a 3D space? ANSW✅✅Objects can move around, in front or he
find other objects, creating a more realistic sense of depth
EXAM STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
What tool would you use to get assistance when drawing a city background? ANSW✅✅Drawing
guides (Perspective guide)
What is a recommended way to organize your layers when having multiple layers within a panel?
ANSW✅✅Grouping
How can you create a panel containing the same layers as the currently selected one?
ANSW✅✅Smart Add Panel
What is the most important rule to be able to select artwork, such as a character, on multiple
panels? ANSW✅✅The layers must have the same name
What is the Global library used for? ANSW✅✅Share assets between projects
How can you adjust the timing of a panel? ANSW✅✅Dragging the end of a panel in the Timeline
view OR Typing a duration in the Panel view
What is the difference between the Select tool, Contour Editor tool, and Layer Transform tool?
ANSW✅✅The Select tool can edit individual lines in a drawing. The Contour Editor tool can move
vectorpoints on individual lines. The Layer Transform tool can move an entire layer and animate it.
When creating a new project, what options lets you set the project resolution? ANSW✅✅Camera
Size
What is the difference between a scene (shot) and a panel? ANSW✅✅A scene contains panels
and contains multiple actions until the camera cuts. All panels in a scene have the same background
but different actions depending on what is happening in the story.
Where do you type dialogue, action notes, or slugging for each panel? ANSW✅✅Captions
, Which Drawing tool is used to edit vector lines? ANSW✅✅Contour Editor Tool (White Arrow)
Where can you see animation keyframes? ANSW✅✅In the Timeline view, when the layer is
selected
When working with audio clips in the Timeline view, how can you see where the sound is getting
louder or where there are silences within the clip? ANSW✅✅Show Waveform
Can you add a blur effect to a vector layer? ANSW✅✅You must first convert the vector layer to a
bitmap layer
What element will NOT be available when exporting your storyboard to a PDF? ANSW✅✅ALL OF
THESE A. Animated camera motions B. Animated transitions C. Audio clips D. Animated videos
Can you see the text captions when exporting your animatic as a video? ANSW✅✅Yes, but you
can select which caption you can to see on top of the rendered images
What drawing guide allows you to only draw on the horizontal and vertical axes? ANSW✅✅The
Square Grid
What is a panel? ANSW✅✅A panel is one specific action or moment in a storyboard
When applying a blur, what is meant by the Radius? ANSW✅✅It is the size or strength of the blur
Before you start storyboarding, what do you need to consider? ANSW✅✅The script, the
structure, and the delivery output
What happens to your strokes when drawing on a bitmap layer? ANSW✅✅They flatten into one
object
What is the benefit of working in a 3D space? ANSW✅✅Objects can move around, in front or he
find other objects, creating a more realistic sense of depth
