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Thanks. I can't imagine TVP exporting poorly really, given its reputation, but I've had a lot of trouble with exporting in the past so that's one of those things I always zoom into. I still think it's strange that gradients should appear so banded on my screen, though. Surely an iMac can handle grad...

Well, as I said, I'm a demo user so I can't export. That's the reason I'd like to have a preview. Also, the Animation codec is supposed to be lossless at 100%, but even if it wasn't it shouldn't make such a difference. I have a 20" iMac, and I'm starting to believe it's that model's display tha...

Are you sure? Not even when you do a gradient in AS itself, then check the Render Preview? The codec I use is Animation, at least when I export. *In* the application the image looks alright, but when I preview it, the bands appear. That's why I wanted to know how I can preview my stuff in TVP.

A simple question, maybe. (From someone who is working with the demo version.) I've imported an image, a .PNG file of a scanned drawing, into TVP. In there, it looks good, exactly like it should look. But how do I know what it will look like once I've exported it? Is there a "Render preview&quo...

Thanks for the replies. I only bother to criticize the manual because I think the software is really good -- even though it's early stages, I've already discovered all kinds of nifty things and seriously welcome features, and I haven't ever come across software that so closely resembles actual paint...

After a couple of months of meaning to try it, a few days ago I finally got around to testing out TVP. I started it up and, with the manual in front of me, was ready to go. Currently I'm about halfway through, and I have to say: guys, that manual you have there is very, very poor. If there's one thi...