Another little problem: Copy and Paste SINGLE frames

D.T. Nethery · Post by **D.T. Nethery** » 01 Oct 2007, 18:21

Here's another little problem I've noticed and it probably has a simple solution that has escaped my notice up to now , but I'll risk looking silly again and post my problem:

Sometimes I simply want to Copy (ctrl C) a frame and Paste it (ctrl V) to another blank frame between two drawings.

An odd thing happens ... When I paste the copied image it pastes a new blank frame inbetween the pasted image and the next image. Then I have to manually delete the new blank frame. I don't want an extra blank frame inserted , I only want to copy and paste the one frame.

(See attached images as explanation)

Why is it that when I 'Select Image' and 'Copy Image' (frame 1) and them 'Paste Image' to a blank frame (frame 2) that TVPaint creates a new blank frame between frame 2 and former frame 3 (now pushed forward one frame to become frame 4) ?

Peter Wassink · Post by **Peter Wassink** » 01 Oct 2007, 19:32

to paste over you need to select the frame(s) you want to be pasting over.

this way any selection of frames you make can be replaced (pasted over) with whatever your currently copied frame selection is.
quite versatile.

but another way to fill up an empty inbetween with the image of the previous frame is to drag the instance handle while holding the CTRL button.
this will keep all following instances in position and 'overwrite' the empty frame with the tail of the preceding instance head.
see image:

D.T. Nethery · Post by **D.T. Nethery** » 01 Oct 2007, 19:42

Tantalus wrote:to paste over you need to select the frame(s) you want to be pasting over.

this way any selection of frames you make can be replaced (pasted over) with whatever your currently copied frame selection is.

Thank you , Peter. That did it ! Now I understand.

but another way to fill up an empty inbetween with the image of the previous frame is to drag the instance handle while holding the CTRL button.
this will keep all following instances in position and 'overwrite' the empty frame with the tail of the preceding instance head.
see image

Yes, there is that method and I probably should simply stick to that , but old force-of-habit from other applications I use makes me almost automatically do it with ctrl C and ctrl V .

The mystery of why that extra frame was inserted when I Copy and Paste was bothering me ... now I get it , so it doesn't bother me anymore . Thanks again !

ZigOtto · Post by **ZigOtto** » 01 Oct 2007, 20:29

in your specific case, you can also modify your [ctrl+v] shortkey as in te pict. below :
assign [layer: select current image] in first, then ctrl + assign the Paste command.

A1 · Post by A1 » 02 Oct 2007, 09:54

Tantalus,

i can't locate that instance panel that is shown on your screengrab.
Is it a customised panel? If so, where do i locate all of those instance related
actions, so i can build me one of those.

thanks

ZigOtto · Post by **ZigOtto** » 02 Oct 2007, 16:24

A1 wrote:... i can't locate that instance panel that is shown on your screengrab.
Is it a customised panel? If so, where do i locate all of those instance related
actions, so i can build me one of those.
thanks

oh sorry, my fault...!

that's one thing I should have been done for a while now...

this Instance Panel is now in the Contents Sharing section :
http://www.tvpaint.com/forum/viewtopic. ... 1474#11474

Enjoy!

A1 · Post by A1 » 02 Oct 2007, 19:05

wow great.
Thanks a million!!
I'll install that right away!
thanks thanks!!