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I'm trying to Flip a sequence horizontal, is that possible??? (meaning that I want to invert my animation)

and also when I use the transform tool to manipulate many images at the same time, when I apply it adds images(inbetweens) into my shoot???

cheers
/Tommie
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pigbelly wrote:Hi there

I'm trying to Flip a sequence horizontal, is that possible???

1. Modify > flip horizontally
2. undo
3. select all frames
4. Enter

As well, if you want to only see it flipped, without really flipping it, you can set it in the View menu.

oohhh

cool

BUT its creates a frame per frame if you know what I mean?? I mean I have lets say 6 key frames for a sequence of 30 frames, after modify I have a key per frame...

/T

Layer -> Exposure -> Recompute Exposure, will remove all unnecessary frames.

Beat me to it.
And if you find yourself doing this operations sequence often, just create a button for all these actions.

here is a image reference of my problem:

Before I modify. after.
cheers
/Tommie

Great!!!! Love you guys

But i cant help to think that maybe the re-compute thing should be dafault???? can one put it to default??

cheers
/T

pigbelly wrote:Great!!!! Love you guys

But i cant help to think that maybe the re-compute thing should be dafault???? can one put it to default??

cheers
/T

It's a matter of preference. Probably I agree with you: TVP should check if there are instances in the layer, and if so, recreate them after the flip. But since the process is fragmented (you apply a single flip to each frame on the timeline via applying the last action, aka Enter) it is difficult to implement it.
The most natural way to apply a flip should be to apply it to Instance HEADS only. This would also flip the layer more quickly (calculate times).

In the meantime, you can make it a default behavior for yourself by making a button of the actions you did to flip the layer and recompute frames.

ohh didn't know you could do actions??

/T

pigbelly wrote:ohh didn't know you could do actions??

/T

well, it's not really recording actions (like in photoshop), just recreating them as commands in sequence in a custom button. It's not the most intuitive, but very efficient.

Tommie, if you set your button like this you'll get a nice general automation of re-applying any last action on instances only. Can be used with anything that can be applied on singles frames.
Thanks Zigotto for pointing to this script line.

well, to answer to Tommie first question, I think the easiest way
to Horizontal-flip a selection of frames without breaking the Instance's exposures
actually is to make yourself a Hflip custom button with this single command : see attached pict.


but I agree this can be add to the future requests list :
- make the Horiz./Vert./Both Axis Image Flip commands repecting the Instances
(working on Heads only).

ZigOtto wrote:well, to answer to Tommie first question, I think the easiest way
to Horizontal-flip a selection of frames without breaking the Instance's exposures
actually is to make yourself a Hflip custom button with this single command :

Code: Select all

tv_cmd heads tv_FlipImageX

see attached pict.


but I agree this can be add to the future requests list :
- make the Horiz./Vert./Both Axis Image Flip commands repecting the Instances
(working on Heads only).

cool. I wasn't aware the 'heads' is usable in all those forms.