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i used to do this in tvp8, but i haven't found the way in tvp10:

select/copy a single head frame, then move to another head of whatever length, select the single head frame and paste; and the entire instance is filled with that one image. handy for copying 1 head and pasting it into several instances throughout the layer.

the closest thing i've found in 10 is to select and cntrl/drag the head into the other head, which is nice, but not practical if you want to do it in several places along a long layer requiring scrolling/dragging back and forth anew each time. whereas copying is only necessary once, then pasting as many times as needed.

the 'auto break' unchecked keeps an instance from breaking using a pencil tool for example, but it still breaks when pasting.

thnx,
c

CharlieC wrote:...
the 'auto break' unchecked keeps an instance from breaking using a pencil tool for example, but it still breaks when pasting.

you're right and imo this misbehavior should be fixed ...
well, when working in the timeline view, I personally rarerly need to copy/paste one cell into more than one other,
so I use the "Push Image / Pop Image" couple of buttons from the Animator Panel, (bottom-left of the panel).
in your case, instead of multi-pasting, I would go in the XSheet view to manage the source (drawings sequence)
and the timing (repeated instances) more smartly,
meanwhile, staying in the timeline view, and as workaround, you can use a couple of custom buttons :
a "Copy" button, with these commands : and a "Paste" button, with these commands : it works fine here for multiple-pasting the same source so far, and it seems to respect the instances and the "autobreak = Off" option.
ty it and tell me if it's working for you.

my 2 cents, hope they will help in anyway.

yea, the 'push/pop' arrows work well (ha: i never use those!), although it seems to only work once; you have to 'push' each time you want to 'pop' (there's a euphemism there somewhere).

thanks for the list of command actions; i guess they are actions for input when making custom buttons; one for each button, yes? i'll give it a shot.

yes, the Push/Pop works for once shot,
for multiple (copy/paste/paste/paste...) the workaround mentioned above should work, I think.

CharlieC wrote:... i guess they are actions for input when making custom buttons; one for each button, yes? i'll give it a shot.

Add Action ... / Type Script's Command, ...one command by line,
so 2 commands for the first "Copy" Button, and 3 for the "Paste" one.

then you can assign a hotkey to each, if you have to use them a lot.

For multiple paste, create a PASTE MULTIPLE button with "pop" command followed immediately by "push" command.
Once you have pushed your image onto the stack, you can then, with this button, paste the image as many times as you wish.

Sven

ahhh yes-
so you're immediately 'pushing' the last frame you just 'popped', rather than going way back to 'push' the original image.
(those verb choices sound very odd in english, but that's ok...)