The View menu
Every item in View, item by item: the zoom commands, Camera View, the grid and guide overlays, Onion Skinning and the Pre/Post Behaviors gutter.
View is the fifth of the seven menus along the top: File, Edit, Layer, Object, View, Window, Help. Everything in it changes how the canvas is shown, never the artwork itself: nothing here shows up in an export.
Zoom
| Item | Key | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Zoom In | Ctrl+= | Zooms in one step of 1.25x, up to a ceiling of 32x (3200%) |
| Zoom Out | Ctrl+- | Zooms out one step of 1.25x, down to a floor of 0.05x (5%) |
| Zoom 100% | Ctrl+1 | Sets the zoom to exactly 100% |
| Fit Canvas | Ctrl+0 | Fits the whole canvas in the window, and also resets any view rotation back to zero |
Camera View
Camera View switches the canvas to show exactly what the scene camera frames, instead of the full working area. Panning and zooming turn themselves off while it is on. Move the camera itself to reframe the shot. See Camera.
Grid and guides
| Item | Default | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Show Grid | Off | Shows the canvas grid |
| Grid on Top | Off | Draws the grid over your artwork instead of under it. Disabled unless Show Grid is on |
| Center Cross | On | Marks the centre of the canvas with a small cross |
| Rule of Thirds | Off | Overlays a 3x3 grid dividing the canvas into thirds, the classic composition guide |
| Golden Ratio | Off | Overlays a golden-ratio grid instead of an even one |
| Safe Area | Off | Outlines the canvas at 90% of its size, the traditional broadcast safe-area boundary |
Rule of Thirds, Golden Ratio and Safe Area live together under a Guides submenu. All three can be on at once.
Onion Skinning
Onion Skinning ghosts nearby frames on the canvas so you can draw or pose against what came before and after. It is off by default and shares its key, O, with the button in the Timeline toolbar. See Onion skin for the offset bar, opacity and per-layer overrides.
| O | Toggle Onion Skinning |
Show Pre & Post Behaviors
Off by default, this shows the small Pre-Behaviour and Post-Behaviour icons in the Timeline's left gutter and past the last frame of every row. Turn it off to hide both icons on every row and reclaim a little width. See Pre/Post behaviour for what the icons themselves mean.