[Niels]

Hehe – thank you very much! I’m happy you like it! And thanks for the drawing! 🙂

Best,
Niels

[Niels]

Alpha 4 is finally out! It has exporting of movie clips. We are still working on coloring – to be ready in Alpha 5.

Alpha 4 is here!

 

[Niels]

For those looking for an export movie clip option – update to alpha 4!

Alpha 4 is here!

[Niels]

Hi Phoenix, Alpha 4 is now released! It has export to movie clip (mp4 and mov).

Alpha 4 is here!

[Niels]

For those interested in exporting movie files from Animation Paper, here you go: https://animationpaper.com/2021/07/06/alpha-4-is-here/

 

[Niels]

Here you go Rob! https://animationpaper.com/2021/07/06/alpha-4-is-here/

[Niels]

Yeah, this lasso problem can go bananas quickly if you are not careful. 🙂 It’s just how things are made internally – great possibilities because of it, but drawbacks as well.

[Niels]

I can recommend FFMPEG which is great even though it is technical.

But I can reveal that we will be releasing Alpha 4 in only a few days from now – and it has build in mp4 export. 🙂 So just wait a few days for the update. I will be sending out an email notice to all alpha users when it is ready for download.

Cheers,
Niels

 

[Niels]

Alright, thanks a lot 🙂

Yeah, you can import just one png (could be a model sheet or a background or something else) – or you can shift-select multiple png’s (like a numbered sequence of video or rendered 3D animation, etc, for reference use).

When you import png’s Animation Paper automatically creates a reference layer for the images. It is not possible to draw directly on a reference layer, but you can add a new normal layer on top and do animation, clean up or tracing or whatever on top of the reference layer that way.

Reference layers do allow you to use all the usual timing functionality – like add clones, copy/paste, slide originals, etc.

I hope this helps you!

Best,
Niels

[Niels]

Hi Sean, I am not sure what is happening. Maybe you already did – but could you try downloading again? (I am hoping it is a simple matter of the file wasn’t complete (even though you checked it is indeed 132mb).

Cheers,
Niels

[Niels]

Hi Katherine!

Thank you very much for your detailed explanations and suggestions. Much appreciated. The swap mode has been suggested a few times before – happy to hear it from you too! And what you describe about all the clones sounds really frustrating. Both points of yours are definitely something we need to come up with a good solution to. These are now entered into our todolist. Thanks again.

As long as your reference footage is made as a sequence of png files, then they will import right into a reference layer in Animation Paper. Did you try that?

Thanks again,
Niels

[Niels]

Thanks Quinn – got it. We’ll investigate and get back to you asap.

[Niels]

OK I see. Very strange.

Please email me, so I get your email address – the one you registered with for your activation key. I will look up your “license” (it is free) to see if something is acting weird in our database.

My email is niels@ this domain. Writing it cryptically to keep away spambots. 🙂

Thanks,
Niels

[Niels]

Hi Quinn,

It is not supposed to do that. It should only ask for the key the first time.

Not sure what is happening. It could maybe be something user-login related. I mean, did you install it as administrator?

Cheers,
Niels

[Niels]

Thank you Nawaz999