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My apologies. I got back into my work. Thanks for all your exhaustive help. it's something obvious buggy with the computer not tvp. Obvious b/c for a time the question mark key was an accent aigu! Been meaning to go into my control panel and search around but it hasn't held me up that critically. I'...

Soom wrote:Might sound banal, but did you try to change keyboards? also - does this problem occurs in other software?

Ha.
Yes indeed. Had I.T. at work get me a new one. No change.

Whoops, sorry.
TVP 10 pro
Windows 7 Pro
I believe I am using default setting; I never changed anything in prefs.

I use Ctrl + Shift + (directional left - right keys) to go between my book-marked instances. That function then usually quits working using the Ctrl + Shift on the right side of the keyboard but I can use the Ctrl + Shift on the left side of the keyboard, which is annoying as I prefer the right side...

Thank you so much for your articulate explicit reply, D.T. I think I got it now....or better than I have before. Sorry, I do indeed read the links but I tend to drift-off and need to do it practically, as I have done. P.S.- I have inherited a certain someone's Custom panel with an Inbetween Out Of P...

Thanks D.T., So...``no`` then. :) If they ever get around to a shift & trace function, automatic crosshairs would be helpful. (Traditional animators may draw crosshairs in blue on their drawings for accurate shift & trace). Although, I couldn`t say how much it is done in big feature films as...

I know this would utilize the Out-Of-Pegs feature but is there a demo or instruction of how one would shift & trace? I don't think I've fully got the hang of the out of pegs; I've used it to trace-back and check volumes mostly but I'd like to move two onion skinned keys and draw the inbetween be...

AH. Click off "auto create instance"? Thanks. But still, that's a weird function
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I've been using Tvpaint for over a month now; hitting the ground running in a professional situation. Sometimes, when I have bookmarked my keys, flipping between them while I draw the inbetween, successive instances are created advancing while I am trying to draw. I wonder if I've activated somethin...