Hi devs !

Compilation and Development
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Hi developpers !
@chchwy, @jose…

How are u ?

I was wondering if you could tell us a little more about what’s going on with Pencil2D.
On what are u working actually; is there a “plan”, a roadmap defined ?

Well, I would be glad to have some news from you !

Thanks guys !

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@admin

Hi, Gordie

Sorry for the late reply. I was swamped with work in August, so I slow up the pencil2d development. And I’ll be back about mid-September.

@jose is continuously improving Pencil2D in these weeks, I have just released a new nightly build which contains most works of @jose recently. Thanks for his great work.

 

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Fine, thank you @admin and @chchwy

I was so busy recently, sorry for my late answer!

ABOUT RECENT DEVELOPMENT
I’ve just finished a sort of “bitmap smudge” so, right now, it’s requiring beta-testing.

ABOUT FUTURE DEVELOPMENT
I haven’t decided yet a new task but I’ll expose what I think more convenient for P2D, from my own perspective:

Graphic editor:
a. Smudge (almost finished – may require a final polish and adjustments)
b. Freehand selector

Animation editor:
a. Add vector interpolation (useful to simplify some animation tasks and add shape effects)
b. Undo enhancement: frame(s) deletion…

Other:
a. Improve the interface design
b. Add different concepts of grids ( for motion and perspective reference )
c. Add a “losseless liquify” (similar to smudge but without smoothing). It’s useful for lipsync, face animation and natural effects.

To finish, I can’t guarantee I will have time enough to accomplish all the tasks from above but: who knows?

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@chchwy

I wouldn’t be able to contribute without Matt’s regular assistance and it’s programming experience helped me a lot ! I hope people do finally realize how complete is Matt Chang’s dedication to the Pencil 2D project !

Congrats @chchwy !

 

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Yes, I think @chchwy is the guy here :slight_smile:
Thanks to you both ! (and to the others contributors !)

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Given that some of the above features have been solved and new suggestions were posted since then, here is my new updated TODO list

IMPROVEMENTS/ENHANCEMENTS

URGENT

  1. Dynamic brush resizing(DONE BASIC VERSION): adapt the size to the zoom scale.
  2. Undo for time-line operations.
  3. Add a freehand selection tool
  4. Fix the export size problem (commented by @kaiko): Exports seem to be limited to a given size.

IMPORTANT

  1. Add grid references (DONE BASIC VERSION): enhancement to professional grid.
  2. Bitmap smudge (DONE BASIC VERSION): Smooth seems finished but the liquify option requires a non-pixel-destructive enhancement with interpolation.
  3. Hidden onion-skin while previewing
  4. Change the layer stack ordering: they’re actually inverted.
  5. Add vector interpolations with ease-in/out between frames. Complicated but convenient for some tasks.
  6. Interface design Improvement

NEW FEATURES

  1. Invert painting colour (using [X] or [TAB] key): it seems more useful than swapping fore/bkg colours and it allows complementary colour selection, which is good for design and art works.
  2. Add a symmetrical drawing option: useful for concept design and to stimulate inspiration. A must for some artists.
  3. Independent layer panning: will allow to animate layer positions (like camera)
  4. Automatic z panning when camera moves, according to horizon distance. (prev. point 3 helps)
  5. Render for 3D visualization: allows animation for 3D screen, glasses or cross-eye visualization. (prev. point 4 helps)

This reduced list is based on my own experience, perspective and capabilities given my available time and resources. I hope to have time enough to complete them all but I can’t even promise to finish the half part.

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I want to thank you for all your hard work. I’m really happy how Pencil2d is going.

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@oinkystudio

It’s a honour to contribute in making life easier
and happier, thank you so much !

… and congrats for your great art works !

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@Cirus

Your list is just a whole new path for Pencil, improving its already implemented tools and adding some new capabilities.

Just a fantastic job.

I believe from now to two years at the most, some of these tools adn improvements will be of a great help for those willing to create animations/images.

Thank you to the developers, @Matt, @Cirus… for the last work!

Congratulations

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I’m getting busy with other tasks right now,
I hope I can be back soon.

Thank you all for your support !