TVP Animation 9
TVPaint Developpement is proud to release the version 9 for TVP Animation Standard Edition and TVP Animation Professional Edition for its users.
There is of course a lot of new features and improvements in that version 9, and among these, we think you will particularly appreciate the following ones.
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Drawing Tools
The Layers Blending Modes
Now, it is possible to blend the layers with each other in several Blending Modes. You have the basic modes like Color, Behind, Erase, Shade, Light, but there are many, many other modes.
On this example, it is the blending mode of the layer with the House which is modified :
Two more complex examples by combining the layer blending modes and the drawing modes :
The Cow:
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The Junkyard :
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Wet profile for Custom Brushes
An additional profile can be added to a custom brush to modify its behavior. This profile doesn't apply on all the Stamp mode. Here is a example with always the same brush, only the wet profile is modified.
Alpha Diff Drawing Mode
This new drawing mode manages differently the alpha channel of the brush. The alpha channel of the brush is mixed with the one of the image in order to get a kind of 'global drying' in the image.
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The Splines
Now it is possible to draw splines in 3 different ways. There are the three-points spline, the Bézier spline and the B-Splines.
More Sketch Panels
Three Sketch panels at your disposal. The first one with Red Green Blue and Black colors, the second with Red Blue and Black color, and the last one with Blue Orange and Balck colors.
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Interface Customization
Panel Bins
Create your own interface!
Two new areas are available on each side of the software window. These areas can hold your panels and arrange them to save a lot of space inside your window. These sliding panel bins disappear when not used to display the project area only.
The Rooms
To say it simply, it is a Multiple Workspaces Configuration. The objective of a Room is to store the interface and the layout of the software. Each Room can store the position of the panels, if they are opened/closed, the color of the interface, ... . And as there are 4 Rooms available, it is like if you have 4 software which are running at the same time with the same project !
Some examples of different Rooms :
TVPX file format
The TVPX file format allows the users to export their custom panels into one single file. And to import a TVPX file, you only need to drop the file inside the software window, yes ! a simple drag'n drop of the file to load the TVPX file and use the custom panel contained by the TVPX file.
It is the best way to share all your new panels and tools !
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Animation Tools
The Faux-Fixe Feature
With this feature, it is possible to change the image inside the exposure cells by using the previous images of the instance !
See the number '7' at the bottom left of the exposure cells, it is the number of previous images which will be used for the Faux-Fixe.
Improvement of the Light Table
Three modes are now available for the Light Table. The Frame mode displays all the frames before and after the current frame, it is the well known mode. The Instance mode will display only the the head of the instances before and after the current frame. And the Bookmark mode, it will display only the bookmarked frames which are before and after the current frame.
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Project Management
The TimeLine Notes
It is possible to draw notes an a 'special layer' with tools which looks like the sketch panel tools. And these drawing notes will be displayed over the animation when it is played.
Audio Multi Tracks
Add as many as you want audio tracks. The software will mix all the tracks. It is possible to move and place each track at the wanted position, to control the sound of the track, there is even a way to fade the sound.
Drawing Recorder
A new way to record all the strokes of your drawing. The Drawing Recorder stores all the steps of your drawing, and when you have finish to record, just export all the images into a new project.
Start recording, draw and export the result to a new project !
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Effects / Compositing
The Deinterlace FX
This effect can easily de-interlace a video with lower and upper fields. It proposes several way to process.
The Motion Blur FX
This effect gives a sensation of speed in the image where it is applied.
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Several code optimization/improvements
Yes, the TVPaint Team always works on the code to try to give you the best performances of the software !