I still can't get
Repeat Images - Random to work . I think there is a bug. Can a TVPaint developer confirm ?
Example: I have 6 tracebacks that I'd like to expose at random for a 'shimmering' (boiling) effect instead of a dead hold.
I have 1 , 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 .
I created 72 exposures following the last image (6) .
Here is the type of pattern I'd expect to see as "random" exposures:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 2, 5, 1, 6, 4, 3, 5, 1, 4, 2, 6 ,3, 2, 5, 3, 4, 1, 6 , 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 2, 5, 1, 6, 4, 3, 5, 1, 4, 3, 5, 1, 4, 2, 6 ,3, 2, 5, 3, 1 , 4 , 6, 2, 5 , 1, 3 ... and so forth .
However , if I set the Repeat Images Value to 6 , I get:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
2, 4, 6 , 2, 4, 6 , 2, 4, 6 , 2, 4, 6 , 2, 4, 6 , 2, 4, 6 , 2, 4, 6 , , (repeat of the same drawings
2, 4, 6 looping over and over , not a random exposure.)
If I set the Repeat Images Value to 5, I get:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, (repeat of
2, 3, 4, 5, 6 looping , not a random exposure.)
If I set the Repeat Images Value to 4 , I get :
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ,
4, 6, 4, 6, 4, 6, 4, 6, 4, 6, 4, 6, 4, 6, 4, 6, 4, 6, 4, 6, 4, 6, 4, 6, (repeat of two drawings
4, 6, looping , not a random exposure .)
If I set the Repeat Images Value to 3 , I get:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ,
4, 5, 6 , 4, 5, 6 , 4, 5, 6 , 4, 5, 6 , 4, 5, 6 , 4, 5, 6 , 4, 5, 6 , (repeat of
4, 5, 6 , looping , not a random exposure.)
If I set the Repeat Images Value to 2 , I get :
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ,
6 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- (a repeat of
6 , no animation , just a hold . )
If I set the Repeat Images Value to 1 , I get:
the same result as 2 , just a repeat of
6 , as a hold , no animation.
If I set the Repeat Images Value to a higher value than 6 , such as 8 , I get this:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ,
4 , 6 , 1, 2, 4, 6, 1, 2, 4, 6, 1, 2, 4, 6, 1, 2, 4, 6, 1, 2, 4, 6, (a repeat of
1, 2, 4, 6 , looping , not a random exposure . )
Is this a bug , or is there a mis-translation of how the term "random" is being used in this case ?
I would understand "random" defined as: "
proceeding, made, or occurring without definite aim, reason, or pattern" ... without arrangement , in a haphazard manner. "
In this case it would be in the sense of
"occurring without definite pattern" .
So my understanding of exposing 6 drawings in a random manner would be something like this:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 2, 5, 1, 6, 4, 3, 5, 1, 4, 2, 6 ,3, 2, 5, 3, 4, 1, 6 , 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 2, 5, 1, 6, 4, 3, 5, 1, 4, 2, 6 ,3, 2, 5, 3, 1 , 4, 5, 2 , 6, 3
This random exposure can be used for things like a "boiling" traceback cycle or for "staggered" animation , where there is a violent trembling or shaking effect.
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