@erzulie Hi, I’m creating this thread on the forum to give attention to your issue, you said on your message:
Hello, I use pencil 2d since 2 months and I have a file that I work on since then. Now I don’t know why put when I open it, i don’t see any drawing !!! I try to zoom out but My drawing just dissapeared.
Hmm, this is a common issue when using any version of Pencil2D from before 2017. And even now it happens under a very specific set of variables.
Right now all I can say is that you can try to do the following to recover part of your work, if there’s anything left:
This problem is outlined in the FAQ as well as some “crash-wipe” prevention methods and other healthy habits used in real animation productions.
www.pencil2d.org/pencil2d/faq/#corruptfiles www.pencil2d.org/pencil2d/faq/#pencilprob
The thing is, if you were using PCL files, there’s little we can do to recover, although you can try the following:
NOTE: There is no guarantee this will work, but a few people have managed to get their files back using this method!
- Temp File Recovery
WINDOWS: a) In the Start Menu, go to System, or open a folder b) In the Folder Address Bar enter: %temp% to go to the temporary files folder c) Look for a Pencil2D folder. Enter the Folder. Organize the files by “last modified” d) Look for a folder with the name of your saved file and Y2XD extension. e.g MyFile.Y2xD d-2) If you hadn’t saved, look for a folder called “Default.Y2XD” e) enter the data folder and verify if there is any image inside. f) make a copy of this folder on your desktop or a preferred folder to at least save some of your images.
MACOSX
a) In the Finder Menu, under GO choose “Go to Folder” you can also use the shortcut: Shift + CMD + G. b) In the Go To Folder dialog box enter: ~/Library/Caches. c) Look for a Pencil2D folder. Enter the Folder. Organize the files by “last modified” d) Look for a folder with the name of your saved file. d2) If you hadn’t saved, look for a folder called “Default” e) make a copy of this folder on your desktop or a preferred folder.
Note: Most of the time images from the last session you worked on will be lost, but this method might allow you to get some of them back, though bear in mind that they will not be aligned, since Pencil2D grabs the “RAW” image and then positions it with coordinates found in the PCLX file. It’s like an address book to find it’s way to put the stuff in a correct order. So if the file becomes damaged then it won’t be able to accurately find it’s place so you’d have to reposition it again.
- If you had already saved your file but it’s not opening for whatever reason I did this video to learn how to open PCLX files only. This works in any platform but I have windows, so you’d have to use a software called pea zip for mac