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anguscoleman
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Panning erase my drawing

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I am realy getting into Tvpaint, and more I work, more questions I have. One important (also dumb, I think) is this one: when I draw something and then move it (with panning tool) outside the drawing area, when I reposition it back in the area, the part that went out is completely gone, erased.
How can I avoid to lose my work just because I position it out of the drawing window?

2) Also....there is a command like the hand in photoshop, to move the whole area faster than scrolling the bars down and beside the main area?

Thank you very much. Excuse my weird english... :)

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Re: Panning erase my drawing

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Whatever you place outside the project window ist lost. This is the way TVP works.

Alternative workflows:
1. Use a camera project (if you have Pro). Make the project bigger than the camera view.
2. Use the keyframer to move stuff.
3. Always duplicate a layer before you do pans.
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anguscoleman wrote:I am realy getting into Tvpaint, and more I work, more questions I have. One important (also dumb, I think) is this one: when I draw something and then move it (with panning tool) outside the drawing area, when I reposition it back in the area, the part that went out is completely gone, erased.
How can I avoid to lose my work just because I position it out of the drawing window?
In the Panning panel, you need to select "fill" instead of "shift" and the whole content will loop.
2) Also....there is a command like the hand in photoshop, to move the whole area faster than scrolling the bars down and beside the main area?
To move the project in the window -> Alt + (press) left click.
Alt + right click will zoom in and out.
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I find the little PAN button on the bottom frame of the Project Window handy because I can use it with my pen.
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Thank you,tiger, paul and mox. I did not see the pan button on the window project bottom before. Very handy, paul. I also have put a hotkey on my left side of the monitor with the command Alt (as mox said). Very nice.
Mox: for panning tool question, I saw the command warp, instead of fill, but the loop is not what I needed. I needed to have a drawing that i could put half outside the project window, than 3/4 inside, than whole inside, in a sequence, to flow from right to left. I can use keyframer (tiger), but I wanted to check if it was possibile in the simplest way, like in PS. Tiger, I like your alternative solutions (camera, etc.), but I don't know them yet. I have been studying for too few days now :) .
Thank you so much to all...You are so quick and kind in your answers. Hope not to get you bored in the next future.

Ciao :)

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For something like this: work in reverse! Then select the frames and use "Image > Reverse Order".
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Re: Panning erase my drawing

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Tiger, I just tried it.
Very smart. Yuk :)

Angelo
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