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For example, I would only like to export the instances with actual changes in drawings below (highlighted in green), but not the exposures that are for timing only:



Is it possible to export as PSDs or even JPGs this way?

swiftsketcher wrote: ↑25 Apr 2023, 10:00 For example, I would only like to export the instances with actual changes in drawings below (highlighted in green), but not the exposures that are for timing only
Is it possible to export as PSDs or even JPGs this way?

Yes. Export > Clip Layers Structure > JSON . Make sure you check the box next to Ignore Duplicate Images.

This will export only the heads , not the exposures.



If you prefer JPG instead of PNG , switch it to JPG -


Or the other option (if you don't need the JSON file to import the images to After Effects or some other app) is simply Export > Clip Layers Structure > Named Images.

This requires that the Images have a name. In this case I've attached the prefix BN_ to each instanced on the Timeline.

D.T. Nethery wrote: ↑25 Apr 2023, 10:19

swiftsketcher wrote: ↑25 Apr 2023, 10:00 For example, I would only like to export the instances with actual changes in drawings below (highlighted in green), but not the exposures that are for timing only
Is it possible to export as PSDs or even JPGs this way?

Yes. Export > Clip Layers Structure > JSON . Make sure you check the box next to Ignore Duplicate Images.

This will export only the heads , not the exposures.


TVPaint_Export_only_Heads.png


If you prefer JPG instead of PNG , switch it to JPG -

TVPaint_Export_only_Heads_as_JPGs.png

I tried this, but it exports the instances individually, separate from the other layers. I would like to export the instances with the layers intact (similar to exporting Clip: Layers Structure, as a sequence) but only on the instances with changes, or at least with the flattened image with all layers visible for that instance. When I select "Ignore Duplicate Images" for the Clip: Layers Structure, it still exports with the duplicates, which is confusing. I hope this makes sense. Thank you for any help.

swiftsketcher wrote: ↑25 Apr 2023, 10:27

D.T. Nethery wrote: ↑25 Apr 2023, 10:19

swiftsketcher wrote: ↑25 Apr 2023, 10:00 For example, I would only like to export the instances with actual changes in drawings below (highlighted in green), but not the exposures that are for timing only
Is it possible to export as PSDs or even JPGs this way?

Yes. Export > Clip Layers Structure > JSON . Make sure you check the box next to Ignore Duplicate Images.

This will export only the heads , not the exposures.


TVPaint_Export_only_Heads.png


If you prefer JPG instead of PNG , switch it to JPG -

TVPaint_Export_only_Heads_as_JPGs.png

I tried this, but it exports the instances individually, separate from the other layers. I would like to export the instances with the layers intact (similar to exporting Clip: Layers Structure, as a sequence) but only on the instances with changes, or at least with the flattened image with all layers visible for that instance. When I select "Ignore Duplicate Images" for the Clip: Layers Structure, it still exports with the duplicates, which is confusing. I hope this makes sense. Thank you for any help.

When I export with 'Ignore Duplicate Images' it will export the heads only.
Which version of TVPaint are you using ? I'm using 11.7.1 .

I would like to export the instances with the layers intact (similar to exporting Clip: Layers Structure, as a sequence) but only on the instances with changes, or at least with the flattened image with all layers visible for that instance

I'm not sure I understand how that would work.

.

D.T. Nethery wrote: ↑25 Apr 2023, 10:36

swiftsketcher wrote: ↑25 Apr 2023, 10:27

D.T. Nethery wrote: ↑25 Apr 2023, 10:19

Yes. Export > Clip Layers Structure > JSON . Make sure you check the box next to Ignore Duplicate Images.

This will export only the heads , not the exposures.


TVPaint_Export_only_Heads.png


If you prefer JPG instead of PNG , switch it to JPG -

TVPaint_Export_only_Heads_as_JPGs.png

I tried this, but it exports the instances individually, separate from the other layers. I would like to export the instances with the layers intact (similar to exporting Clip: Layers Structure, as a sequence) but only on the instances with changes, or at least with the flattened image with all layers visible for that instance. When I select "Ignore Duplicate Images" for the Clip: Layers Structure, it still exports with the duplicates, which is confusing. I hope this makes sense. Thank you for any help.

When I export with 'Ignore Duplicate Images' it will export the heads only.
Which version of TVPaint are you using ? I'm using 11.7.1 .

I would like to export the instances with the layers intact (similar to exporting Clip: Layers Structure, as a sequence) but only on the instances with changes, or at least with the flattened image with all layers visible for that instance

I'm not sure I understand how that would work.

.

Yes, I am running the latest version.

So here is a clearer example of what I want: I only want to export the green columns, with layer data intact and visible:


So essentially only three frames exported with all layers visible. Frame 1 only has the number 1 visible, Frame 2 has 1 and 2 visible, and frame 3 has 1, 2, and 3 visible.

When I export with .json (my settings below)


I get this file structure, and as you can see, it separates each instance as a separate images isolated from the other layers:

(the three is by itself, and the other visible layers with the numbers 1 and 2 have put into separate images in the other folders)

When I try to export with a PSD sequence (my settings below)


It outputs every single frame, including the "duplicates" where nothing changes:


I don't want the frames in red exported:


The red highlights are the duplicates I don't want. I just want the remaining three exported, all layer data intact. But nothing I try in the exports settings achieves this. The example above is simple, but the project file I need this for is thousands of frames long with hundreds of separate instances across 10 layers. Eliminating the duplicates by hand, or getting rid of the timing exposures to then just output the instances without the held exposures is extremely time consuming and prone to error. I wish I could only export the individual frames where changes on the display are present.

Would this work for what you want ?

Here's the original scene set up - Duplicate the clip - Now in the duplicate clip change the exposure to this: Export - Which results in these exported frames: .

Although it does not satisfy all your wishes, I have created a panel that exports the composite state of all layers on a frame-by-frame basis with a single button.
Try the attached panel.