[Niels]

Oh! Is the problem that the max value is 75%? Because that is how it is made – deliberately. The pencil can not have a 100% opacity.

I thought Ridvan said it was somehow “locked” – I mean, I understood it as the slider was not able to move – couldn’t be dragged downwards.

Can you confirm Ridvan?

[Niels]

Oh wow. That’s interesting. And strange. I’ll have to ask Frederik about this (lead programmer).

[Niels]

Never heard of that problem before – thanks so much for reporting it! We’ll look into it.

To help you right now, I guess it will work if you reset your pen settings. Press Shift Cmd D to Reset User Settings of your drawing tools.

[Niels]

That’s great – thanks!

[Niels]

Hi Ridvan,

I’m not entirely sure I understand you correctly – but maybe I do 😉

You can hold down Shift and then drag left/right to scrub back/forward in your animation – as you know. However, you can actually choose what happens when you let go of Shift and lift your pen dragging (leaving scrub mode):

1) Either AP will take you back to where you started – at the frame you were working on before you scrubbed.

2) Or it will stay at the frame you scrubbed to – the frame you ended at.

For 1) first lift your pen, then Shift. For 2) first let go of Shift, then your pen. Once you get used to this, it will feel very natural. 🙂

Does this answer your question?

Thanks,
Niels

[Niels]

Hi Bahadir! Look! Your message turned up! 😉 Just really weird that it took about a week. 🙁 I am so much looking forward to going live with our new (and much better) website, that I have been working on for some time now.

Thanks for your good suggestions! All have been noted.

The frame number thing I completely get. I sort of consider this a bug – so it is being worked on as we speak, and should be fixed for our next release.

The scale option for Shift And Trace, we already have on our todo list. However, it is not planned for the next release, since we have plenty of more urgent issuers right now 😉

The two last suggestions, I need a bit more information to understand exactly what you mean. Can you elaborate a little on what would make the pencil settings better for you? And what exactly is it you would lock on layers? Changing timing? Drawing on it? Something else?

Thanks a lot for all your support for our project!

Best,
Niels

[Niels]

I think it only works with stills. But you can link to a video – like a YouTube video or a movie file hosted somewhere else.

Is that a possibility for you?

[Niels]

Thanks a lot Fabian!

[Niels]

Hi Fabian, sure! Here are Alpha versions 5, 6, 7 and 8 – then you can experiment and see which works best for you:

https://animationpaper.com/files/a5/AnimationPaper_x64.exe

https://animationpaper.com/files/a6/AnimationPaper_x64.exe

https://animationpaper.com/files/a7/AnimationPaper_x64.exe

https://animationpaper.com/files/a8/AnimationPaper_x64.exe

Best,
Niels

[Niels]

Thanks, Ben 🙂

[Niels]

Hi Ben! I’m not sure when you actually wrote this? This forum software is driving me crazy. Some messages get lost. I just found yours by accident. Really sorry if you have been waiting. I am working on setting up a completely other message-system.

But to answer your question! 🙂 It is a deliberate design choice that when using “Slide mode” you can drag your original drawings up and down (adjusting timing), but not change their place in the sequence.

To do what you are asking, you should use cut/paste. So, do it like this:

1) Click the first drawing (click the thumbnail in the X-Sheet) and press Ctrl X.

2) Click the position where you want it moved to (in your example – the 3rd, blank, thumbnail). Press Ctrl V.

That’s it. Your drawing will now be inserted (your 3rd blank drawing will remain, but move one down) – exactly like your example shows.

For Mac users, use Cmd X and Cmd V (not Ctrl).

Thanks,
Niels

[Niels]

Very helpful Kale! Thanks! I will show this to Frederik.

Best,
Niels

[Niels]

Thanks Dungeon. Animation Paper will be $79 usd when we finally release it after the beta period. Looking so much forward to it!! This cost is a one time fee (life time license, no subscription). First thing after this we will finish the paint/coloring features – which will be a free upgrade for all Animation Paper license owners.

After that, we will of course continue developing, with exciting features such as camera tweening, fine nudging of lines, a more advanced brush system, etc, etc. Some new features will be included as free point updates, but looking further into the future, we plan to do larger updates, that people can choose to buy.

[Niels]

Thank you! We support Win10 (1809 or later).

We’re on track for the first beta version this February, which is super exciting!

The beta period will then run for a few months (finding and fixing possible bugs). Then we’ll finally be able to release the finished version (called v5.0) and we can start selling licenses and hopefully get an income 😉 First thing after that is v5.1 that is a free update with all the color and paint features.

[Niels]

In order to support the latest hardware and OS versions, we have to let go of the older systems. I’m sorry.

I can help you to get one of the previous releases, if you don’t have it already?

Best,
Niels