The reaction is always 'why would you want that'? Or 'why don't you use the functionality as it is now'. Every single time I've tried to make a suggestion, or read other people make suggestion, it's like running into a brick wall. Why? Because if frustrates me to the core.Ī big part of what causes this frustration though, is the community here at the forum.

When I'm done, I get out of the software as soon as I can. In short, when I want to animate something, I use my own custom brushes, TVpaints light-table and timeline and that's about it.

I've thrown out every panel that didn't make sense to me and I've learned to stay the hell away from the FX stack, because that thing is nasty and straight out of the 80's. I have changed my shortcuts as much as possible to photoshop, to bring some logic in to my workflow. I've made numerous custom panels (up to a point where I've lost track of it all), to work around the fact that TVpaint resets your tools every time you switch between them. Yes, I've accepted that there is no eraser in TVpaint. So after countless long hours of scratching my eyes out, I've finally started to feel at least a little bit comfortable with the program. Believe me, I've tried them all before committing to TVpaint. The problem is, in the land of 2D animation software, TVpaint is one of the bigger players and there is no real alternative to it. On the other hand, I have also met a lot of people who share my struggle with the software. I've spoken to people about this and met several people who defend the way TVpaint works, so sure, the software works fine for others. Everything single thing is counter intuitive for me. This was never the case for me with TVpaint. Once you've learned two or three pieces of software, you start to see a pattern, similar functionality, a general logic to how software works. In my life, I've mastered many kinds of software, mostly without much frustration and difficulties. Ever since I first opened up TVpaint, I really had to struggle to get into it. It's been brewing inside of me for years, so apologies in advance if I loose sight of internet etiquette here, but I believe it's also in your benefit to know how I feel about your program and community.

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