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Is there a way to make all your drawing lines colour in the software (but not actually changed) in the same way that using the light box colours the lines until you switch it off? It would be useful for inking final line on top of rough if it could be made a colour.

hello David, I'm not sure to get the concept.
Maybe a picture would help.

btw, the 11.0.3 is out and fix a lot of stuff on Mac (.mov, lags, asian caracters, etc.) http://forum.tvpaint.com/viewtopic.php? ... 058#p91074" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Yes, I just installed 11.0.3 now. Thank you for the Mac fixes!

I can't send picture because I can't see how to do it, but I think my previous description is quite precise. That is, when I switch on the light box, the software colours the lines, but not the current instance, only the ones before and/or after. I want the current instance to be coloured in the software in exactly the same way as the lightbox does it now, but just to the current, or selected, instance only. That way, I can trace in a black line and it is very clear that the line under it is not the final line as it is coloured. Like when people animate in a blue pencil, but in my case, it's black, but I want TVPaint to make it blue without actually physically changing the line colour permanently. Again, just as the lightbox does not really change the colour, but just makes it appear coloured while it is switched on.

David_Fine wrote:Yes, I just installed 11.0.3 now. Thank you for the Mac fixes!

I can't send picture because I can't see how to do it, but I think my previous description is quite precise. That is, when I switch on the light box, the software colours the lines, but not the current instance, only the ones before and/or after. I want the current instance to be coloured in the software in exactly the same way as the lightbox does it now, but just to the current, or selected, instance only. That way, I can trace in a black line and it is very clear that the line under it is not the final line as it is coloured. Like when people animate in a blue pencil, but in my case, it's black, but I want TVPaint to make it blue without actually physically changing the line colour permanently. Again, just as the lightbox does not really change the colour, but just makes it appear coloured while it is switched on.

This isn't exactly what you're asking for , but as a workaround if you only need the lines on the current instance to be blue temporarily how about click the All Blue button in the Sketch Panel , then when you want to switch back to black lines click on All Black button .
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ok, I understand better now.
I will think about it.

You can create a button that creates a layer just above your current layer, fills it with the color you want and then puts this layer in "colorize" mode, so everything beneath it wil turn the color you want (but it also colorizes all the layers beneath, it depends on your needs).
Scripting it, could be possible to remember the newly created layer and deleting it by clicking again on the button.

Could be what you need?

Do you need to colorize layers with multiple colors in it? Could modifying the color of the entire layer and reversing it back to one previous color could be an option? Is it always the layer just beneath the layer you're working on?

These are good suggestions. I think the easiest option is DT's solution, although it is effectively destructive and I was hoping this could be avoided by using the software to make the line appear blue rather than be changed to blue. Other option is to copy the layer and then turn it to blue. Would still be good if it was an option which just switched on and off, but for now, this is great, so thank you!

David_Fine wrote:These are good suggestions. I think the easiest option is DT's solution, although it is effectively destructive ...

I don't think changing the pixels color from Black to Blue and back to Black with the Sketch Panel buttons is destructive, because no transformation is applied to the pixels , only the color is changed.

The screen shots show the same image : first screen shot is original image , no changes of line color , second screen shot shows the image after 12 changes of line color, third screen shot shows image after 24 changes of line color from Black to Blue to Black .

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I don't think changing the pixels color from Black to Blue and back to Black with the Sketch Panel buttons is destructive

I confirm it's not destructive.

Wow, okay, that's great to know. Thank you so much for taking the time to demonstrate that for me. I assumed that since it was applied and I could see a render happened, that it was, in effect, destructive. Clearly not, so that's great. Excellent solution then. Thank you!! (and thanks for confirming, Fabrice).