Peter Wassink wrote: ↑14 Jun 2024, 17:39
BTW i can report that the crossfade trick mentioned in that thread does work between layer groups!
Thanks for bringing it back up David because i had forgotten all about it!
in being able to do it between groups it also at once becomes much more useful!
and on top it also offers a way to work around the v12 layer opacity Bug.
I'm still having trouble with the layer opacity in getting the cross-dissolve effect to export properly. In TVPaint 12 I have my upper layer set to Behind blend mode , the Fade layer set to Erase blend mode as per
your original instructions all those years ago . Within TVPaint 12 it works fine (see screenshot video) but when I try to export it the fade/cross-dissolve effect doesn't show up.
Do I not have the layers/folders set up incorrectly ? Or is this the v12 layer opacity bug you were referring to above ?
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UPDATE: Now I think I found the problem.
It works as intended if the Upper Level is set (as before) with the Folder blend mode as "Behind".
The difference is the FADE folder has the
folder blend mode set to Transparent (before the folder blend mode was set to Erase) , however the Fade layer inside the folder is set to Erase.
The Lower Layer is set to Color blend mode (not Transparent, as it was before).
![Screen Shot 2024-06-18 at 6.58.19 PM.jpg](./download/file.php?id=31188&sid=8499af95754c2668c035a8b394117ca2)
- Screen Shot 2024-06-18 at 6.58.19 PM.jpg (78.57 KiB) Viewed 305 times
Now when exporting to .mov or .mp4 or .gif it correctly renders the cross-dissolve.
But is this right or still a sort of bug ? Shouldn't the folder blend mode being set to Erase have worked ?
Now the cross-dissolve effect renders correctly:
(oddly enough though the cross-dissolve effect will not playback when I hit Play in the TVPaint interface. The cross-dissolve effect is visible if I manually scrub through the timeline, but not if I click Play. ---------
UPDATE: Now I think I found the problem.
It works as intended if the Upper Level (DAY) is set (as before) with the Folder blend mode as "Behind".
The difference is the FADE folder has the
folder blend mode set to Transparent (before the folder blend mode was set to Erase) , however the Fade layer inside the folder is set to Erase.
The Lower Layer is set to Color blend mode (not Transparent, as it was before).
![Screen Shot 2024-06-18 at 6.58.19 PM.jpg](./download/file.php?id=31188&sid=8499af95754c2668c035a8b394117ca2)
- Screen Shot 2024-06-18 at 6.58.19 PM.jpg (78.57 KiB) Viewed 305 times
Now when exporting to .mov or .mp4 or .gif it correctly renders the cross-dissolve.
But is this right or still a sort of bug ? Shouldn't the folder blend mode being set the Erase have worked ?
Now the cross-dissolve effect renders correctly:
(oddly enough though the cross-dissolve effect will not playback when I hit Play in the TVPaint interface. The cross-dissolve effect is visible if I manually scrub through the timeline, but not if I click Play. So that seems like a playback bug.)