[Niels]

Thanks for the detailed explanation. Your line should be very similar to the one in the video. The pencil line does have a texture, but I wouldn’t call it “dots” – and the texture is in the video as well, so if you find it very different from the video, my guess is that something is wrong. I think I know what the problem is. I talked earlier about something that can occur on certain old onboard graphics cards.

Are you on Windows? What kind of computer and graphics card do you have?

Please answer these 2 questions and then write me an email, so I can reply to you on that email. I need to send you a small tool, that we use to fix this. My email address is the one you got your activation key from. (I don’t write it here because of spam-bots).

Thanks,
Niels

[Niels]

It is hard for me to tell if you are experiencing a known artefact of certain older graphics cards (an issue we can fix) – or if you are talking about the fact that the pencil line has a roughness and paper texture to it. 🙂

Can you please take a screenshot and show it here?

Thanks,
Niels

[Niels]

Hi Serge, I hope it is OK I answer in English?

First, here’s your post translated with Google Translate: Good morning. I’m at a loss: my Animation Paper software no longer works, the keys are disabled. Even after reinstalling everything, it’s even worse. Can anyone help me?

I’m not sure I understand – “the keys are disabled” – do you mean your keyboard? Or could it be your drawings marked as “key”? Please describe the problem in more detail. I am happy to help, but I need to understand what is wrong.

Thanks,
Niels

[Niels]

Hi Fukui, – the new version (Alpha 8) was released last month – did you get the newsletter?

Anyway, if you go to download, you will always get the latest.

Thanks,
Niels

[Niels]

Hi again Pharan,

I just wanted to let you know that we just implemented this suggestion of yours. Easily done – working perfectly.

If you want the update, I can email you our internal build.

Best,
Niels

[Niels]

This progress bar is external from Animation Paper – I mean, it is the Mac OS doing it. But why it is getting stuck I don’t know – maybe the file is corrupt somehow?

Did you try to install AP again?

Best,
Niels

[Niels]

This is the first time anybody has mentioned this. But we will make sure it works fully in the next release. Thanks again!

[Niels]

Haha – could it be this? You just need to paste the whole key, including the hyphens/dashes! 🙂

Please let me know if this works.

Best,
Niels

[Niels]

That is the weirdest thing ever!! Thanks for getting in contact about it Melissa!

I’ll ask the more technically literate people about this and get back to you asap…

[Niels]

That’s great news! Thanks for letting me know.

[Niels]

Thanks lot for this diligent post of yours, Pharan. It deserves that I really dive deep into it and do some proper thinking. 😉 I really get your points and I think I agree. I want to do things so they work most efficiently for the user, but that includes not “inventing” alternative ways without really good justification. Let me think about it all. I will love to respond to all your questions at the end of your comment… I’ll get back to you when I have better time to think about it… 😉

Truly appreciated,
Niels

[Niels]

Thanks a lot for that suggestion, Pharan. It makes great sense to be able to see the resulting resolution. Noted.

Yeah, ProRes with alpha is great. 🙂

Thanks,
Niels

[Niels]

Thanks Andrew! Great you have that workflow down. Good work!

[Niels]

The presets are this update (Alpha 8). The more advanced brush system is probably going to be a free update from 5.0 to 5.1.

[Niels]

First of all, yes, we will keep the simple uncluttered approach.

I do remember our earlier conversation now. My point is, that the pencil in Animation Paper is of course a digital approximation based on algorithms, not physical graphite. So the settings means a lot. In Alpha 8, you will be able to do preset pencils, so you can easily switch between favorite settings and always have a few different pencils, markers and brushes ready at your fingertips.

Later we will build a more advanced “brush” system… it will all help with getting your mechanical pencil closer.