Order of commands in a button not always respected?

[Lukas]

I'm trying to make a button that I can assign a shortcut to which would allow me to rotate my Custom-brush, and afterwards check if the angle is dividable by 90 or not. And if it is it would set smoothing to 'None' and if it wouldn't it would set smoothing to 'Best'.

The problem is, it runs the script before it runs the "Key: Brush: Rotate" command.

It looks like the order of commands in the button are ignored?

Is there a way around this? Is there a way to put the command in the actual script?

Or am I doing something wrong? Any tips appreciated

[Svengali]

Why not simply set Smoothing to "Smart" then let TVPaint check if the new angle is exactly vertical or horizontal and apply the appropriate Smoothing automatically (either None or Best)?

Try this:
insert a command line BEFORE the Key:Brush:Rotate command:

Command:tv_BrushRestore SubPixel 3 // set smoothing for the current CutBrush to Smart

Sven

[Lukas]

Smart?!

That sounds exactly like what I'm trying to achieve, but the option isn't there. Only: None / Medium / Best

Are you using a newer (beta?) version or am I looking in the wrong place? I'm on 10.5.7-64b

[Svengali]

look at AAliasing under the Transform Tool - Since 10.0 something - did you try the command?

Sven

[Lukas]

Ah, I see. But the Transform Tool can't transform a brush right?

I tried to command, but it doesn't seem to work with a brush.

Here's the script that's embedded in the 2nd command of the button:

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tv_BrushRestore angle
PARSE result angle BrushRotationAngle
CheckAngle = BrushRotationAngle/90
IF Len(CheckAngle) < 6
	tv_BrushRestore Angle TotalAngle SubPixel 0
ELSE
	tv_BrushRestore Angle TotalAngle SubPixel 2
END
tv_BrushRestore Angle BrushRotationAngle

And the 1st command is 'Key: Brush: Rotate', not 'Transform Tool'.

Smart AAliasing is only available in the Transform Tool, not the brush tool. The Transform Tool is useful, but not for animating.

Thanks for the help though

[Svengali]

Ah, right.

As to your original question about order of commands, yes, it appears that all the button commands are executed first before control is turned over to the interactive rotate brush routine. sorry.

I'm curious as to how you are using the brush in the brush rotate command? Are you wanting to change the angle of the brush each time it is stamped on a different frame?

Sven

[Lukas]

Hmm. Too bad!

I basically animate parts of a layer by stamping them in place.

Stamp
Next frame
Rotate / squash / stretch brush
Stamp
Next frame
Rotate / squash / stretch brush
Stamp
Next frame
Rotate / squash / stretch brush
Stamp
etc.

Kind of cut-out style, and then I clean it up by tracing good parts and redrawing ugly parts.

Smart AAliasing would be nice to have for custom brushes, because both None and Best have their strong points.

[Mads Juul]

Smart AAliasing would be nice to have for custom brushes, because both None and Best have their strong points.

Yes!
I made this feature request at some point
http://forum.tvpaint.com/viewtopic.php? ... ilit=smart