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In reply to: exporting
Hi Phoenix,
Yes, in the current alpha version (3) you are only able to export your animation as a sequence of png files (split into layers if you want). This way you have the option to composite your layers, do camera moves, effects like blur, etc in your favourite compositing software – before exporting your final movie file.
We will of course support exporting directly as movie files (such as MP4 and Quicktime ProRes with alpha) – but this is coming in one of the next alpha releases.
For now, you can export as png’s and convert them to mp4 (or other moviefile) elsewhere. Lot’s of software can do this, including free ones. An alternative solution is to do a screenrecording. With a little patience, the easier exporting options are coming soon! 😉
Cheers,
NielsIn reply to: Roto scoping- is it possible?
Hi Azazel!
Sure! Animation Paper has build-in reference layers! This is exactly what is needed for rotoscoping.
You make sure to have your video material saved out as a framestack of png images (soon Animation Paper will accept video files as well, but for now you’ll need a sequence of png’s).
When you import your reference (rotoscope) material into Animation Paper (select 1st png and shift-select last png to have all of them imported), it automatically adds a reference layer with your video material. You can then adjust the opacity of your ref-layer to your liking – and add normal layers on top for your rotoscope drawings.
Let me know if you have further questions!
Cheers,
NielsIn reply to: Skewing
In reply to: Paint Layer
In reply to: Looking for tablet suggestions.
Hello 🙂
I would go for a Wacom – even though other brands a good too. As long as it has pressure sensitivity you should be good.
The Wacoms are generally more expensive, but also much better in my experience. Many pro animators opt for a Wacom Cintiq (it has a build in screen), which is the VERY expensive solution. This is NOT needed in your case I would imagine. Any smaller Wacom would do just fine I would say. Preferably an A5 (medium) size.
Just my thoughts. Maybe others have better recommendations?
Best,
NielsIn reply to: Moving the audio in the X-sheet
In reply to: shortcut idea for the earser
In reply to: shortcut idea for the earser
In reply to: Pressure sensitivity on Microsoft Surface
In reply to: shortcut idea for the earser
Yeah, I like the idea. Others have mentioned this (holding e) to me as well.
The only thing is that we already have hold E and hold D functionality working. Holding E gives you the Eraser settings and holding D – the Draw Settings. When you let go, the box goes away.
Do you like this way of getting to the settings easily and quickly? Maybe we could do both somehow? I mean, if you hold and draw/erase right away it works as you say – but if you wait for the settings to come up without putting the pen to the surface it goes to settings mode? Of course this could turn out to be too much and too complicated to easily figure out and work with. But maybe it would be worth testing.
What do you think Kristian? I would love to hear if you could elaborate further? Maybe you prefer to have the settings come up in a completely other way? Please let me pick your brain! 😉
Cheers,
NielsIn reply to: Pressure sensitivity on Microsoft Surface
Hej Kristian! Hyggeligt at “se” dig here! Fedt du tester! Tusind tak! 🙂
I’ll answer in english for others to understand…
Yes, we have a known issue when Animation Paper runs on Surface (possibly other touch screen laptops as well). We need a proper fix, but for now, you should be able to make it work by doing this: 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 and should give you pressure sensitivity etc.
Best wishes,
NielsIn reply to: How to report a bug
Hi Karl, thanks very much for reporting this. When I try to recreate it here, I can’t seem to make it happen. Maybe I am missing a step or something? Would it be possible for you to write an even more detailed step by step description on how to get the bug to happen? And do you start with a new scene or with an already existing animation loaded?
If we could recreate the bug here, we have the best chances to fix it. Your help is much appreciated!
Cheers,
NielsIn reply to: How do i start?
In reply to: How do i start?
In reply to: Chalk Dancers on PAP Alpha 3
Hi Aletta – thank you very much for your nice words and for showing this beautiful creation. It is very clear that you know dancing from within. Keep dancing this way! Well done!
About your questions:
As it is right now, you can switch between to types of cursors. Just hit “,” (comma) on your keyboard. You might find one more visible than the other. For later releases we plan to make the cursor more customisable, so you can choose between more visual possibilities and also give it more or less opacity.
To propagate a sequence, you can go to File > Export > Frames in the menus. You will be able to export as a sequence of PNG images (there’s all sorts of options). Later (soon) we will add export of movie clips in MP4 and Quicktime ProRes formats.
Cheers,
Niels
