Papertrail Autohotkey Script

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lemec
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Papertrail Autohotkey Script

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Creates a temporary blueline sketch that follows behind your cursor - Use this to make "airsketches" with the stylus by moving the stylus around without touching the tablet.

Lines are non-permanent and are confined to a small region of the screen that follows your cursor around.

Use it take "practise swings" and temporarily make markings on the screen without affecting your canvas or having to undo/redo.

Doubletap ALT to toggle it OFF/ON
Hold ALT to rapidly fade out the papertrail
Doubletap ESC to quit (or see the green task tray icon)

Tutorial is here

For PC only.
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papertrail_tvp.zip
Papertrail_tvp.exe - Compiled TVPaint version (works for all programs but uses the ALT key for toggling and can be run standalone)
Papertrail_tvp.ahk - TVPaint version source code (if you want to modify it)
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Re: Papertrail Autohotkey Script

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hmmm, no demo video ? :?: :P
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Maybe later, but for now I am running on a tight deadline.
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Mark this is a seriously cool tool. inventive, intuitive and practical. well done and thank you for sharing it.
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Glad you like it.
I will try to make some sort of options menu for it. (fade rate, line width, line colour, region size)
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Re: Papertrail Autohotkey Script

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that's cool.... and the line of your papertail in your tutorial vid was awesome ... with line color and fading out... hope u add it to this script
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