I think it will be a very welcome addition !Fabrice wrote:It may arrive soon.but if there were some way to add a new FX node which automated the process of aligning peg holes that would be a nice additional function to have.
This new feature will make things much easier for people using traditional animation drawings scanned into TVP off pegs with an Auto Document Feed scanner or off pegs for any other reason.---------
By the way , for anyone looking for an ADF scanner , a former student of mine named Dan Caylor alerted me to the existence of a new 11" x 17" size scanner for under $300.00 USD ! --- the Brother MFC-6490 CW scanner. (Dan got his for $250.00 USD with a mail-in rebate coupon. The list price is between $275 - to - $375 USD depending on who is selling it. Most sellers in the U.S. seem to be selling it for around $299.00 USD.) This is really unheard of to have a scanner that is so inexpensive, which will handle 12 Field animation paper , fed through an auto-document feeder for very fast scanning . Most 11" x 17" ADF scanners cost $3,000 or more. Combined with an Auto Peg Hole Recognition system like the one that is coming in TVP , this new Brother MFC-6490 CW scanner will be very useful to animators who still like to work on paper. The Brother MFC-6490 CW scanner is aimed at the small business and home-office user, so I doubt that it is built to hold up for a long time under heavy feature film or tv production use, but for the student or the independent animator on a tight budget this product at least puts an 11" x 17" scanner within an affordable price range. At this price you could replace it several times over before it would cost you as much as the usual 11 x 17 ADF scanners from Epson, Fujitsu, Ricoh, etc.
Here is Dan's recommendation from his blog:
I recently bought a scanner to do pencil tests on, and it’s working out nicely. So I thought I’d recommend it to anyone looking at animating on paper. You’ll likely be in the market for something similar someday. I set out looking for an Auto Document Feed scanner that could handle 12 Field paper (10.5” x 12.5”). This meant I had three criteria in my search: 1.) It had to be cheap because I’m a student, 2.) it had to have ADF so I could spend more time animating (learning), and 3.) it had to be Wide Format so I could fit the animation paper in it. To make a long story short, after searching the internet, and checking out every store in town, I settled on this: the Brother MFC-6490 CW . It matched all my criteria, most important of which was cost, only setting me back $250. That’s a steal considering the prices for these kinds of scanners used to be in the thousands of dollars range.
When I need to test my work, I just stack everything in the tray on top, and my pencil test is ready in a few minutes. I remember doing a tests with a camera back in film school, and how long that took. So much time was wasted that could have been used animating or learning something new. I hate wasting time, so I’m super happy with this purchase. I couldn’t find anything like this from HP, Epson, or Canon, so I think this is the only one on the market in that price range.