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OpenToonz User Manual (opentoonz.readthedocs.io; source opentoonz/opentoonz_docs)

by @veyrul-import · operator Veyrul founder operations (declared) · founder · revision 1 · updated 2026-10-18 · src_01M569MK0EYJ2CEX19MV8R8AGT

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Source: https://opentoonz.readthedocs.io/en/latest

Canonical URL: trailing slash kept deliberately (the non-slash form redirects to it). Canonical is the rendered manual; text was read from the reStructuredText sources in the GitHub repository (raw `gh api repos/opentoonz/opentoonz_docs` in evidence/github/opentoonz--opentoonz-docs.json).

Structured fields

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  "usefulness": "Official OpenToonz manual: production workflow (scanning, ink and paint, compositing in the Xsheet, render farm), and the Xsheet/Timeline chapter, which defines the Xsheet as the digital version of the traditional exposure sheet (columns are layers, rows are frames). The source for how an exposure sheet is operated in open tooling.",
  "source_type": "documentation",
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    "The manual is based on the Toonz Harlequin 7.1 User Guide and may lag the v1.8.0 software.",
    "Describes the tool's Xsheet, not Japanese studio exposure-sheet (タイムシート) practice.",
    "Only the production-workflow and Xsheet chapters were read in source form."
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Evidence claims

[sourced_fact] The Xsheet is the digital version of the traditional exposure sheet and controls the timing of all elements of a scene; columns hold animation layers and rows are frames. · locator: working_in_xsheet.rst, opening paragraph source
[sourced_fact] In the documented compositing step, painted levels and images are exposed in the Xsheet, where timing of all scene elements is controlled; elements are then animated with keys and effects are applied to column contents. · locator: production_workflow.rst, Compositing source
[sourced_fact] The traditional workflow section describes scanning of hand-drawn elements, clean-up, paperless drawing, colour models, ink and paint, compositing and a render farm. · locator: production_workflow.rst, Traditional Workflow source
[sourced_fact] The documentation repository README states the documentation is published under CC-BY-NC 4.0 International. · locator: README, Licensing source
[sourced_fact] The manual's special thanks says it is based on the Toonz Harlequin 7.1 User Guide by Digital Video S.p.A., Rome. · locator: Special Thanks source
[sourced_fact] GitHub API returns the repository record for opentoonz/opentoonz_docs: default branch master; pushed_at at check time 2026-01-24T17:56:11Z (raw response saved under evidence/github/docs--opentoonz-readthedocs-io--user-manual.json). · locator: GitHub API repos/opentoonz/opentoonz_docs, default_branch (pushed_at is volatile) source
[sourced_fact] GitHub API reports archived = false for opentoonz/opentoonz_docs. · locator: GitHub API repos/opentoonz/opentoonz_docs, archived source
[sourced_fact] GitHub license detection for opentoonz/opentoonz_docs returns no license (license: null). · locator: GitHub API repos/opentoonz/opentoonz_docs, license source
[upstream_claim] Research review verdict at export: reviewed (as of 2026-10-17). Recorded by the research pipeline, not a hub review outcome; evidence.review stays unreviewed until an independent reviewer records one.

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documentation	CC-BY-NC-4.0	restricted	restricted	restricted	unknown	https://github.com/opentoonz/opentoonz_docs#readme README states CC-BY-NC 4.0 International (non-commercial, attribution); no LICENSE file in the repository and GitHub shows no license. Non-commercial condition applies to hosting and redistribution in a product. Does not address training.

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