[Niels]

No setting. But you CAN freely draw outside the canvas. It will not be immediately visible, but your lines are there. If you select All (shortcut A) or lasso the outside area, you will be able to see and pick up your lines/drawing.

[Niels]

Hi Sara,

Thanks a lot for this detailed report of yours. I haven’t heard about this kind of behaviour before, but I do suspect it to be related to certain experiences reported by other Windows tablet or touch screen users.

Could you please try the following:

Find the file “qt.conf” (probably here C:\Program Files\Animation Paper\qt.conf). Delete it or rename it (to save it). Then launch Animation Paper again.

This will force Animation Paper to use Windows Ink. Maybe that will make a positive difference?

Please let me know!

Thanks,
Niels

[Niels]

Hi Alexis,

You guessed it. 😉 You are using the Alpha 4 pre-release. We haven’t yet done the coloring features. But they will be ready soon and they will show up in Alpha 5, 6 and 7 probably. So make sure to update when the time comes. 😉

Best,
Niels

[Niels]

Sounds good. Thanks a lot!

[Niels]

Hi again Labo Uqat,

I owe you a reply. Thanks for answering Frederiks questions. We have thought of all sorts of solutions to this problem. None of them are particular simple – at least if they are supposed to give you a real benefit.

So I just wanted to let you know, that we are fully aware of the problems you experience. We need to make this part much easier and smoother, for you, and for many of other schools and studios that will have similar issues. We will come up with a good solution. It is on our todo list.

Only thing is that right now we have to keep on track focusing on our current tasks. I am sorry it is a bit of a hassle for you and the students to make all these installs work, but I hope you’ll manage for now. Before we release the final version of AP we will have a user-friendly system ready for you.

Thanks for your patience,
Niels

[Niels]

Hi Arpan,

Yes, Animation Paper WILL be available for Linux. But right now, while we are at alpha 4, we are only focusing on PC and Mac. At some point during the late alpha stage or at least beta stage, we will release the Linux version as well. So stay tuned!

Best,
Niels

[Niels]

OK, I see. Thanks for explaining. So it is a masking technique, which I know many artists use all the time. But I am not sure how relevant it would be for the animator (?).

[Niels]

Thanks for your suggestions!

If I’m not asking for too much of your time, could you explain a bit more on how the draw-within-lasso-area benefits? I mean, I do understand how it should work technically, but I am interested in how it could help you saving time, giving cleaner lines, etc?

AI is so exciting right now. It would be amazing to build in all kinds of AI enhanced features. And actually we are planning to do just that in the near future. Including looking into automatic inbetweening, if it can be done well.

Cheers,
Niels

 

[Niels]

Hi there!

Thanks for bringing up this important topic. At the moment, unfortunately we do not have any automatic method for setting up 100+ licenses. This is on our todo-list though.

Also important to know: If you use the same activation key for multiple installs, Animation Paper will think it has been moved each time the latest install is run. Therefore the previous installs will ask you for a key again next time they are run. You can keep pasting in the same key, but definitely not an ideal situation. (Normally you only submit the activation key once).

Let me see if I can come up with some kind of helpful solution to your current challenge. I’ll get back to you asap.

Thanks,
Niels

[Niels]

Hi again Dave,

We just did an Alpha 4.1 release! Check it out: https://animationpaper.com/2021/08/20/quick-alpha-4-1-update/

Best,
Niels

[Niels]

Hi Mamarag,

Was it slow from the very beginning – or did it become slow after you used the lasso tool a lot?

If you (over) used the lasso, then please try Animation Paper again with a fresh new scene. Don’t load your slow scene. Just try it again without using the lasso and see how it goes. Please let me know.

Thanks,
Niels

[Niels]

OK, thanks a lot Isaac! I’ll get back to you.

[Niels]

OK, thanks for the further info. And your hardware? What speed processor and what graphics card do you have? And do you draw using a Wacom?

I see what you mean by the straight line for the first part of the curve.

Please let me know about your hardware too (if the info is easy enough to dig up). Then I can investigate. Thanks!

Best,
Niels

[Niels]

Hi Isaac,

I am not sure what is causing this.

Can you let me know what hardware and OS you are using?

If you could take a screenshot that shows the problem, that would be very helpful too.

Thanks,
Niels

[Niels]

Hi again Selena,

I don’t have an explanation for the problems you are experiencing. We just did this portable version – could I get you to try that?

Click “Animation Paper Portable Zip” below the large PC download button here: https://animationpaper.com/download-pre-release/

I hope that works better. Let me know.

Cheers,
Niels