Storyboarding

[JoHanna]

Hello there!

I have so far made all drawing by hand and then scanned it into TV Paint, but now I got this drawing device, a sort of a tablet( Wacom) into my hands with a sort of a computer pen. I don't have a touch screen, but I thought I'd try to draw the story board directly into TV paint with this tablet if I can. I plugged the tablet in and I can move the mouse arrow with the pen, but I cannot draw with it. When drying to draw with the actual mouse it works. I wonder if there is some setting on the TV Paint that allows the program to use the tablet? Wonder if anyone could have some advice with the issue?

Thank you so much for reading!

Johanna

[Paul Fierlinger]

I applaud your effort to take the right direction; paperless drawing has many advantages compared to the old ways. Your Wacom tablet comes with its own software. First become acquainted with this small and at times quirky software by trial and error. Under the mapping tab you will notice you have an option to set your pen in a pen or Mouse Mode. You want to have Pen, Screen Area: Portion with Force Proportions checked, and Tablet Area set to Full.

Follow carefully the instructions how to map out the most ideal portion of your screen for drawing action. I highly recommend that you mad out a little larger area than the project panel (the area where you actually draw. All other areas you should reach with your mouse. This might seem strange in the beginning but it makes for the most accurate drawings. While you are new to this try to follow this advice -- you will learn to appreciate it later as you get more proficient.

Also make sure that you are making all your settings with the TVPaint logo activated and not as All Other or whatever other software shows up in your Application Space. There's more, but I don't want to get you too confused at the start.

In TVP, under preferences select and check Wintab and Subpixel and Auto Backup set to 10.Under Interface look at Cursor and select Pen 2 if you are right handed; 3 if you are a leftie. This will give you a nice cursor in the shape of a pen.

[JoHanna]

Hello and thank you! The pen is found and created and I suppose I am getting there, but being too stupid to find the "mapping tab"... Where on earth might that be?

Btw. This is a link to my almost finished firs, serious film if you have time:




Do you happen to have something online I could see? Getting curious about that.

And thank you for being so patient with me!



Johanna

[Paul Fierlinger]

Well, there are only three tabs in the Wacom Tablet Properties; Pen, Eraser And Mapping, which you should see under the icons of the Tablet, Tool, and Applications bars.
I took a peek at your film and will have to return to it later when I have a bit more time. What language is it in? You can find some of my films if you Google/YouTube my name -- I have no website. Also Google "My Dog Tulip: and "Still Life with Animated Dogs" under Hoopla. Then there's something called "Playtime" under the Made with TVPaint thread.

[JoHanna]

Goog Lord! Now YOU are a GENIUS! WOW! What a beautiful use of line and emotion with your characters. Veterans and homeless animals and all that you've made is just WOW. How can I ever even tell you that enough? Looks like I've found a new hero!

My film is in Finnish as I am Finnish.

I must learn more. I just managed to combine the tabled with the computer. Was looking for that mapping tab in TV paint. Wrong place.
So now I am trying to create my new story board about the history of the bear. Entirely interesting subject.

Happy X-mas time for you!

Johanna

[Paul Fierlinger]

Thank you for the praise but I am not a genius; just old. Like wine, animators improve with age.

[JoHanna]

That is a good thing! Being wine.

[JoHanna]

But it does take a LOT of work to be wine.