tv_SaveBrush and tv_LoadBrush with alpha masking

[Svengali]

I'm trying to understand tv_SaveBrush and tv_LoadBrush commands: If I have a cutbrush with some transparent areas and I save it using tv_SaveBrush, then reload it using tv_LoadBrush, those transparent areas are converted into opaque pixels of the background color.

Question: How do I maintain transparency for a reloaded, single frame cutbrush? Is it a matter of syntax when saving??? or when loading??? or does it relate to the file format I choose to save it in? Is there some additional commands I use first to establish that I want to retain transparency when I save/reload the cutbrush?

I've used SaveBrushAnim to save a single frame cutbrush but I can't seem to reliably reload the single frame cutbrush without sometimes getting extra "junk" frames - stuff leftover from other, multiframe cutbrushes that I've previously used.

So, what commands? what syntax?

Thanks Sven

[Hervé]

I'm trying to understand tv_SaveBrush and tv_LoadBrush commands: If I have a cutbrush with some transparent areas and I save it using tv_SaveBrush, then reload it using tv_LoadBrush, those transparent areas are converted into opaque pixels of the background color.

It's a bug. It will be fixed on the new update.

tv_loadbrushanim is bugged too, you can add the image start and image count after the file name but actually the load process stretch the animation to the original frame count.

[Svengali]

Hervé

Thanks for the information and I look forward to the new update! It will help solve many problems for managing brushes.

Sven

[Svengali]

9.5.4 update appears to fix the savebrush and loadbrush commands... thank you!

Still, the LoadBrushAnim command sometimes generates a file-not-found error which I can't quite understand...
Sven

[Hervé]

9.5.4 update appears to fix the savebrush and loadbrush commands... thank you!

Still, the LoadBrushAnim command sometimes generates a file-not-found error which I can't quite understand...
Sven

if the path in the tv_loadbrushanim cmd is not valid, the cmd try to find the file in the several folder:
running path, "installation path/data", current configuration dir, plugins dir, home dir, george dir, temp dir, ...
if the find is not found the cmd return an error ( -1 )