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A topic by Twosday created Aug 23, 2019 Views: 982 Replies: 15

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Twosday5 years ago

Hello! I'm very excited about this project and will probably get it soon as it will be perfect for my visual novel idea.

I was just wondering how active you still are on this project? I think this program should be getting much more attention from people than it is!

Also, can the gifs/mp4s be exported with transparent backgrounds?

I look forward to hearing from you, thanks!

JITDDeveloper5 years ago

Hey there. Thanks for the support!

Sadly, part of the lack of attention to the project is because i don't have time to promote the project, but once there is a decent build the plan is to release on steam and do a little promotion.

Progress is slow but steady. I'm almost finishing a new build that fix a lot of annoying bugs and add a (Beta) 3D lighting mode.

In this new version the "Record perfect loops" tool is improved, so this will be good for your novel. If you find any bugs with it after release please report in here.

Does mp4 support transparent background? I will have to research this.

Gif does not support transp. bg yet, but i will see if is easy to implement, and try to add it to the next release.

Twosday5 years ago (2 edits)

Cool! I'm glad its still ongoing! I think the Tyranobuilder/Renpy community would love this product, being on steam would be awesome as well.

Hmm maybe mp4 doesn't support transparency. I just know that trying to do it frame by frame with a gif is tedious as heck!

A png sequence could work!

My goal is to use gifs/clips of looped poses for each emotion for my character's instead of stale 2d images. The transparency would let me use the same emotions no matter the scene.

Thanks!

Edit: for what it's worth I just bought it! Let me know if you ever need feedback :P

JITDDeveloper5 years ago

Wow, thanks for the buy! For the .png sequence i am 99% sure i can add a transparent background, for the gif will try to see what i can do.

Next week most likely will release the new version.

One of my objectives is to people use the animations in their own projects (like you) so feel free to give any idea or feedback.

Twosday5 years ago

Cool! That would save me a lot of time.

Roger that, I'll start jotting things down after the new version comes out. When the time comes would you want me to post here, start a new post, or PM you?

JITDDeveloper5 years ago

You can reply to this post or start a new one, either is fine. Thanks!

JITDDeveloper5 years ago

Hey there, just released the version, unfortunate the png sequence still have some problems with the alpha, but it would be a few days until i manage to fix it, so for now there is this beta release.

Twosday5 years ago

Cool! I'll download it and give it a try this weekend

Twosday5 years ago

Ok sorry I'm a little late, but I've got some feedback!

Alright so here goes:

Features:

-GUI translucency-- when applying shapes (such as eyes) it's hard to place the lines in the correct area because the white circles block the view. Would there be a way to make them more transparent, so we could see the photo underneath easier for lining up?

-Select photo-- I believe someone has suggested this earlier, but better navigation for photos would be a big help (either drag and drop or seeing thumbnails in the explorer)

Bugs:

-When navigating looking for photos, using mouse wheel both scrolls through the list and zooms in/out the background

-PNG export progress-- I realize it's in beta but it looks promising! Right now it seems to be making both the background and the photo/character itself translucent.

As I think of/find more I'll let you know!

JITDDeveloper5 years ago

Thanks for the feedback, this really help me a lot.

-GUI translucency: Definitely can, will try to make something to help to look under the lines.
-Select photo: Yes, it been suggested, i was trying to make ctrl+c/ctrl+v but it involve a lot more work than it look like. Right now i am trying to use a better file selector.
Photos Scroll: Noted. Will try to fix it, thanks!
PNG export: Yep, the alpha is glitched, will fix it in the next release.

Please keep the feedback coming, thanks!

Twosday5 years ago (1 edit)

I apologize if it's already available, but I can't seem to find it-- is there a menu for customizing the particles and the overlays? (i.e. size, speed, opacity, etc). If there isn't one I'd like to add it to the suggestion list ^_^

JITDDeveloper5 years ago

Not yet. It is easy to add this to the particles, so i can add it on the next update.

For the overlay, i can give it a try for customization, but no promises.

Next version should appear this week, with the png bug fixed and hopeful a new image selector.

JITDDeveloper5 years ago

Also. Would a .png sequence be useful? This is very easy to add.

Twosday5 years ago

I'm excited to try the latest version! Unfortunately I can't get either the 86x or 64x to work because when I unzip them I get errors like this

JITDDeveloper5 years ago

Hey there, perhaps your connection was unstable and the download is corrupt? Can you try downloading again? Using winrar i can open it just fine.

Twosday5 years ago(+1)

Yup, you're right, it was an issue on my end. Tried it again and it worked. I'll give it a spin asap. Thanks!

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