import images and copy layer timing

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AnimationDog
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import images and copy layer timing

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I am doing a lot to my initial drawings on paper. It would be nice to be able to select an instance in the timeline and import a image/images from a folder to replace the existing images directly. Keeping the timing of the initial drawings/instance would be great.

Also, copying the timing from one layer and applying it to another layer with the same number of instances.
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Re: import images and copy layer timing

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AnimationDog wrote: 07 Aug 2024, 16:12 I am doing a lot to my initial drawings on paper. It would be nice to be able to select an instance in the timeline and import a image/images from a folder to replace the existing images directly. Keeping the timing of the initial drawings/instance would be great.
+1 . That would be a very useful new feature.

As it is now , we can Copy an image from outside TVPaint , then from Edit Menu > Clipboard we can paste the image from clipboard to TVPaint, but it pastes the image to a New Layer. We need option of Paste & Replace Image on Current Layer.

AnimationDog wrote: 07 Aug 2024, 16:12
Also, copying the timing from one layer and applying it to another layer with the same number of instances.

I'm not sure if this is what you want , but if you select your current layer , then go to NEW and select Duplicate Structure it will create a new blank layer with the same number of instances and the same timing.
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Re: import images and copy layer timing

Post by Hironori Takagi »

I have previously distributed a panel like the one below at a Japanese user forum.

・SheetMatchUpper
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I'm sorry that the explanation is in Japanese, but I think you can get the meaning from just the images.
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