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	The Grease Pencil is a tool that allows you to draw sketches and annotations in			Use the Grease Pencil tool to draw freehand sketches and annotations
	the 3D view and UV/Image editor windows using freehand strokes. It is a tool that can be			in the 3D View, the UV Image Editor, the Nodes Editor, or the Movie Clip Editor areas.
	linked back to traditional 2D paper and pencil workflows where rough "guideline" sketches were			The sketches are saved with the blend file.
	often used for planning and quickly communicating ideas. In digital fields,			Planning animation poses and motion curves, sketching out model topology,
	a similar workflow was used by drawing on monitors with wax crayons and pencils. It is often			and use as director's shot review tool are just a few of the applications.
	useful to be able to directly scribble on to a work in progress instead of having to do so in
	a separate place (i.e. another part of the window,
	or even in a different application altogether).

	The name "Grease Pencil" is derived in homage to the wax crayons/pencils that early CG
	Animators used to draw arcs and other planning notes on their CRT's with.

	In addition to uses for animators in planning their poses and motion curves,
	Grease Pencil can also be useful in a number of scenarios, including but not limited to:

	- Planning topology and/or layout of models.
	- Director's shot review tool.
	- "Whiteboard" and assignment review tool for educators.


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