TVPaint Animation 12.0.3 is available!

[Thierry]

Hello everyone!

2025's first update is here, fixing some old Wacom bugs, introducing lots of George commands for CTG layers, fixing issues with custom plugins, and more.

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What’s new in TVPaint Animation 12.0.3?

Timeline:

• CTG Layers: you can now use "Transform into Anim Layer" on multiple CTG layers at once (selected layers).
• Added a "Fit to camera" option in the Timeline.
• Clicking on the layer folder creation icon when a layer is selected should put this selected layer into the folder.
• In Storyboard view, an option has been added to create a new project from each selected clips.
• Camera Layer can now be deleted when it is the current layer.
• When increasing exposures on an instance, if you have several instances selected, all instances will gain exposures.

George:

• George commands to handle CTG layers:
  Spoiler : CTG commands :

  • Create a CTG Layer:

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    tv_CTGLayerCreate name [source1] [source2] ... [sourceN]
    returns layerID

  • Load Structure from Sources:

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    tv_CTGLoadStructure ctg_ID

  • Assign layers to a CTG:

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    tv_CTGSource "add" ctg_ID source1_ID source2_ID ... sourceN_ID

  • Remove a source:

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    tv_CTGSource "remove" ctg_ID source1_ID source2_ID ... sourceN_ID

  • Apply changes:

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    tv_CTGApplyChanges ctg_ID "on/off"

  • Squiggles visible:

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    tv_CTGSquigglesVisible ctg_ID "on/off"

  • Query layer sources:

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    tv_CTGGetSources iCTGLayer
    returns layer1 layer2 ... layerN

  • Check if the current layer is a CTG source:

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    tv_LayerIsCTGSource
    returns oCTGLayerID1 oCTGLayerID2 ... oCTGLayerIDN if yes
    returns -1 if no

• New commands to manage scenes:
  Spoiler : Scenes commands :

  • Create a scene with 2+ clips:

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    tv_SceneCreate iClipId1 iClipId2 … iClipIdN
    returns oSceneId

  • Split a scene:

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    tv_SceneSplit iSceneId
    returns oClipId1 oClipId2 … oClipIdN

• New George commands for Image Library:
  Spoiler : Library commands :

  • Export:

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    tv_LibraryImageExport iPath
    Return:
    0: success
    -1: error on iPath
    -2: other error

  • Import:

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    tv_LibraryImageImport iPath
    Return:
    0: success
    -1: error on iPath (incorrect, not found)
    -2: error on reading (access rights for example)
    -3: other error

  • Create a folder from a Layer:

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    tv_LayerCopyToLibrary iFolder iLayerID_1 iLayerID_2 ... iLayerID_N
    Return:
    0: success
    -1: error

• New optional parameter for tv_LibraryImageAdd to add all images of the current custom brush:

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  tv_LibraryImageAdd "type" "image" "name" iName "parent" iId "source" "currentlayerimage"|"display"|"custombrush"|"custombrushall"

• Image Library George commands are now undoable
• Add a parameter to tv_LayerMove to take into account a folder:

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  tv_LayerMove iPosition [iFolderID]
  
  If iFolderID is not given, the layer will be moved in the "root" folder.

• New command to get Camera Info at a given frame:

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  tv_CameraInfoFrame iFrame
  returns oX oY oAngle oZoom oCameraWidth oCameraHeight

General:

• In the Shape Settings panel, all sources can now be assigned with shortcuts, and you can cycle between sources with a shortcut.
• Anti-Aliasing is now correctly applied to the Pespective Tool.
• Added a "Lock Preview" option on Transformation Tools: preview only affects the currently locked frame(s).

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What has been fixed and/or improved in TVPaint Animation 12.0.3?

Drawing:

• Horizontal lines should no longer appear out of nowhere when drawing.
• [WACOM TABLETS] Hover click mode now works in Wintab + Subpixel mode

Camera:

• Project > Render Camera in New Project no longer inverts layers' order.
• Cropping a project no longer makes the "You cannot use this tool on a Camera layer" pop-up appear on the new project.
• Camera spline speed curves no longer have strange angles.

Timeline:

• Removed some empty spaces in the Timeline GUI to make it look closer to what it was in v11.
• Timeline can once again be scrolled in Project View after pausing playback.
• Fixed a refresh bug that could happen when transforming a CTG layer to an Anim layer (or vice versa).
• Fixed a crash that could happen after transforming an Anim layer to a CTG layer.
• Updated opacity tooltip for the Layer Folder.

Storyboard:

• Project view thumbnails are no longer refreshing when you select another Clip.
• Clip Thumbnails preview is no longer distorted when the Camera's resolution differs from the project's size.
• Hidden Clips are now correctly marked as hidden.
• Camera no longer flickers when scrolling the Timeline in Project > Thumbnail view.

Rigging:

• There should no longer be a gap between the bone's border and the bone itself.

George:

• tv_LibraryImageInfo no longer returns an error when searching on objects.
• tv_ProjectInfo no longer returns the field parameter
• When using tv_LayerDuplicate on a layer in a Folder, the duplicated layer will now be in the Folder.
• Fixed various issues with the tv_ShapeTransform command.

General:

• Having a paper toggled on no longer causes the non-drying to behave like drying.
  Fixed an issue with the Undo function when cutting and pasting images on the same Library.
  DPI value is no longer reset when a project is cropped.
  Playback button allows previewing FX stack once again.
  Fixed some font issues in Chinese and Japanese localization.
  Fixed French localization that was present in non-French languages.
  Increased the size of many HUDs (Camera, FXs...).

SDK:

• Fixed an issue causing custom plugins to either crash when loading or cause a TVPaint crash.
  When opening a new PIFilterReq, it will no longer appear in the top left spot of the TVPaint window.
  If you coded a plugin, we strongly recommend switching from using DWORDs to INTPTRs in your plugins for better 64-bits support.

macOS:

• Fixed an issue that prevented the menu bar from stop working in the Standard Edition.
  Cmd + A shortcuts are working once again.

[Ben_QuadGroup]

Thanks for the update,

One minor element that make me doubt that the update worked is that the version in the exe metadata indicate 12.0.2: