How do I 'Key?'

Malik · Post by **Malik** » 20 Mar 2007, 10:47

I got a licence from my school just yesterday and I'm doing fine.. except that I don't know how to 'key' a drawing... I went>prefrences and made a short for 'incert key'. But nothing happens when I press the buttom..?

My intension is to make keys so I can flip them and keep my inbetweens seperated...

-any help will be embrassed

Best, malik, denmark.

Peter Wassink · Post by **Peter Wassink** » 20 Mar 2007, 12:20

Tag Malik,

You have to be aware of what keys are
a key in Tvpaint is actually a datastorage in the FXstack linked to a position on the timeline.

The term is not directly related to the term 'Key-drawing' that we know in animation.

Key drawings you will have to make yourself
no computer can do that for you

you can mark your keydrawings with CTRL-'up-arrow'
this puts up a blue marker over your drawing
if you mark all your keys this way you can skip from key to key using CTRL-'left-arrow' and CTRL-'right-arrow'

markers can be deleted using CTRL-'down-arrow'

ZigOtto · Post by **ZigOtto** » 20 Mar 2007, 12:37

as tantalus said, I think you can use the bookMarks (blue flags buttons in the Animator Panel) for that,
or equivalent shortcuts (Next, Previous, Set, Toggle, Clear),

if you prefer to use "Keys", (refered to an FX), open the KeyFramer_FX (or Image Source) in the FXstack,
make a CP button to "Create Key", (or a shortcut), then click the "create Key" button, (or press the shortcut)
on each key-drawing, and "flip" by using the "next Key"/"previous Key" button in the remote control panel.

Malik · Post by **Malik** » 20 Mar 2007, 12:56

Thx a lot!
I'm used to a danish program called 'PAP' (plastic animation.. i think) and it's got some flaws, but had the 'keys' working okay.

I'll get to work now. -thx again -malik.