Frustrating bug that I can't fix

[JoseMoreno]

@orangeoil Hi. First off sorry to hear you’re having a difficult experience. Let me explain how Pencil2D works along some of the understood terminology to have a crystal clear understanding of the workflow in case there’s a specific step that is causing you to have this issue.

I apologize in advance if you have any previous knowledge of animation, but I’m simply trying to be thorough in case you’re not acquainted with the technique.

Pencil2D Workflow: Drawing & Frame creation

For this example please imagine that I have a single drawing, on a single frame on a single layer.

1. Pencil2D has an automatic exposure system which shows a drawing across time from a specific frame (e.g frame #1) until a new blank frame or duplicate frame is created. In general every frame is treated as an empty frame until a new blank frame is created
2. If you draw on the blank frame (sometimes also called key frame) which is basically a drawing container on the timeline, such drawing will be repeated ad infinitum until a new one is created which will interrupt the exposure of the previous frame.
3. By default a drawing container / blank frame is created for you on frame #1 on any new file. Whatever you draw on the canvas at that point, regardless of the frame number you’re positioned over will mean you’re drawing on the current or previous key frame.
4. To create a new, different, drawing after the first one you NEED to:

• Move the time cursor to the frame you want the new drawing to be
• Create a new blank frame
• Confirm that a square container is created on the timeline
• Draw on the canvas
• Now check you should have two different drawings one in frame #1 and another in frame# X, where X is the frame number you chose
  Only then will you have two different drawings, on two separate “key frames”.

Note: In animation a single drawing can span multiple frames, which is what helps to emulate what people calls animating on 2’s, 3’s, 4’s etc that is 1 drawing every 2, 3 or 4 frames and so on.

About the Pencil2D version

It is rare to see 32 bit computers nowadays, so in case it’s a misunderstanding, If you have a Windows 10 version that supports 64bits, please use that instead.

However If you truly have a 32bit version of the OS, it’s possible that there’s an issue with RAM getting too full to work. It is widely known that 32bit apps can only use up to 4GB of RAM with Windows OS.

If you are unsure what is your bit architecture check step #1 in the following guide to help improve your experience under Windows for all third party apps, including Pencil2D.

[Guide] How to Train Your Pencil2D (Windows)

Windows OS tends to be very jealous (particularly newer versions) of files that are not “signed” by official windows developers, since Pencil2D is an open-source project we don’t have the resources to sign the software digitally, so in general those apps tend to be blocked even if you can “normally” open the file at some point. How to download? Choosing 32 or 64 bits Unblock the ZIP file download Unzipping Pencil2D Antivirus Rules UAC Permissions Handling Run as Administrator Enable Developer …

If Pencil2D continues showing the same problem

1. Please record a screencast video (you can use Open Broadcast Software) or a GIF (you can use Licecap)
   Videos can be uploaded to youtube, just paste the link here. GIF’s can be uploaded directly unless they’re too big (above 25mbs or so)

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