# Onion Skin not working for some reason

**URL:** <https://discuss.pencil2d.org/t/onion-skin-not-working-for-some-reason/6320>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Created:** [26 March 2022 06:00 UTC](https://discuss.pencil2d.org/t/onion-skin-not-working-for-some-reason/6320 "2022-03-26T06:00:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![BreadJam](https://discuss.pencil2d.org/user_avatar/discuss.pencil2d.org/breadjam/32/1348_2.png) [@BreadJam](https://discuss.pencil2d.org/u/BreadJam)\
**Post date:** [26 March 2022 06:00 UTC](https://discuss.pencil2d.org/t/onion-skin-not-working-for-some-reason/6320/1 "2022-03-26T06:00:54Z")

</div>

I have just started using Pencil2D today and the onion skin doesn’t seem to be working. Can someone help? Here’s a picture of the very simple animation I was working on(onion skin is on):

 ![image](https://discuss.pencil2d.org/uploads/default/original/2X/1/128c001e36b7eccae4601c301a8661a0c36c4924.png)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![davidlamhauge](https://discuss.pencil2d.org/user_avatar/discuss.pencil2d.org/davidlamhauge/32/280_2.png) [@davidlamhauge](https://discuss.pencil2d.org/u/davidlamhauge)\
**Post date:** [26 March 2022 06:47 UTC](https://discuss.pencil2d.org/t/onion-skin-not-working-for-some-reason/6320/2 "2022-03-26T06:47:53Z")

</div>

In the onion skin window, you have to activate onion skin, by pressing the icons under the text ‘Previous frames’ and ‘Next frames’. Then it will work

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![BreadJam](https://discuss.pencil2d.org/user_avatar/discuss.pencil2d.org/breadjam/32/1348_2.png) [@BreadJam](https://discuss.pencil2d.org/u/BreadJam)\
**Post date:** [26 March 2022 20:58 UTC](https://discuss.pencil2d.org/t/onion-skin-not-working-for-some-reason/6320/3 "2022-03-26T20:58:39Z")

</div>

That worked! Thanks a lot!

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![system](https://discuss.pencil2d.org/uploads/default/original/2X/b/be472d9d9c3e92d2432da03a00b781a7f15bc51b.png) [@system](https://discuss.pencil2d.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [9 April 2022 20:58 UTC](https://discuss.pencil2d.org/t/onion-skin-not-working-for-some-reason/6320/4 "2022-04-09T20:58:54Z")

</div>

This topic was automatically closed 14 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.