ok this is probably not for the currrent engine.
i would like to be able to switch off part of a layer.
if i want to make a cut from one layer to the next, i could simply delete the extra frames.
But when i need to keep my options open i have to split the layer and this will increase the amount of layers and add to a cluttered and confusing layerpanel.
it would be nice to have a nondestructive way of switching off frames in the layer.
maybe even with opacity control to make non destructive fades!
Even fades?
switch off part of a layer.
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switch off part of a layer.
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Re: switch of part of a layer.
I Second that request!
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Re: switch off part of a layer.
Indeed, that can't be done in the TVP11 engine :pok this is probably not for the currrent engine.
I think it's already in our todo list, I'm going to check and add it if it's not the case

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Re: switch off part of a layer.
ha i'm pretty sure its on the list.
it probably sits there....together with folders in the layerpanel
i'm now just reporting any issue i come across, i reason that it doesn't hurt if a request is double
it probably sits there....together with folders in the layerpanel

i'm now just reporting any issue i come across, i reason that it doesn't hurt if a request is double
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Re: switch off part of a layer.
+1.
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Re: switch off part of a layer.
The red line you used makes me think. In video editors and music sequencers a diagonal line like this indicates a fade.
What about making this a real feature: have a line over the thumbnails in the timeline which indicates opacity? This way we could have 1. switch off parts of the layer completely 2. have different parts of the layer have different opacity 3. can easily create fades - and all of this non-destructive, being able to edit later again and again.
This would be especially usefull for FX animation or more experimental work, and for that old technique of using less drawings with a lot of cross-dissolves.
What about making this a real feature: have a line over the thumbnails in the timeline which indicates opacity? This way we could have 1. switch off parts of the layer completely 2. have different parts of the layer have different opacity 3. can easily create fades - and all of this non-destructive, being able to edit later again and again.
This would be especially usefull for FX animation or more experimental work, and for that old technique of using less drawings with a lot of cross-dissolves.
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Re: switch off part of a layer.
Yes.slowtiger wrote: ↑15 Sep 2020, 09:29What about making this a real feature: have a line over the thumbnails in the timeline which indicates opacity? This way we could have 1. switch off parts of the layer completely 2. have different parts of the layer have different opacity 3. can easily create fades - and all of this non-destructive, being able to edit later again and again.
Stretch interpolate makes this quite easy, but yeah, to be able to do it non-destructive is something i'd love to see in TVP.
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Re: switch off part of a layer.
You now have the "delete & let empty" option available in the latest version !
For the current engine, a layer is one indivisible part. That's a workaround
(oops, I forgot to update the menu item names)
For the current engine, a layer is one indivisible part. That's a workaround

(oops, I forgot to update the menu item names)
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