Live streaming 5 on discord | 2022 05015 (Patreon)

Today's topic is "How to paint color in TVpaint"
I share two ways.  

We had the situation my voice was breaking up.
If you want to listen to only actual explanation, please skip to there 🐆

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The first 8 minutes of the video are shortcut keys assigned to the mouse I use.

• テンキーマウス（ブラック）
  NT-MA2BK

NT-MA2BK【テンキーマウス（ブラック）】マウスにテンキーを接続した1台で2役のテンキーマウス。ブラック。｜サンワサプライ株式会社 (sanwa.co.jp)

Unfortunately, this mouse has been discontinued. I have small hands, so the 10 keys were perfect for me.

/ ... Bookmarks: Previous

＊ ... Bookmarks: Next

BS ... Bookmarks: Toggle

7 ... Interface: Toggle Layer Panel

8 ... Undo: Last Action

9 ... Undo: Multi Redo

- ... Delete Image (Fill gap from right)

4 ... Color Picker

5 ... SpeedFill Brush: Toggle Exclusion Mode 

6 ... Genga: Eraser 50.0 (Custom pen)

+ ... Layer: Insert Single Image After Current Image

1 ... Display: Toggle Color Checker

2 ... Shape Select: Clear

3 ... Shape Select: Clear

. ... Image: Flip Horizontally

Enter ... Enter

*Bolded letters are shortcut keys that I often use. I will explain the functions clearly at a later.

• How to do assignments

1. Edit

2. Shortkuts

3. Click on the key you want to assign (left side)

4. Select the function you want to assign (right side)

5. Assign ( bottom left )

6. OK ( bottom right )

• The difference between the two methods I present

It is a different type of line drawing. 

• Non-anti-aliased pen (This way is standard in Japanese anime industry)
• Original pencil line art

• CTG layer

For both methods, first use a CTG layer and place the color over the entire image.

• nichi kakomi nuri/二値囲み塗り

I use the Custom Panel here.

It was created by a Japanese person named Takagi san, and can be downloaded for free at this link.

TVPaint Animationアップデート情報補完トピック - TVPaintの日本語ユーザー専用フォーラムへようこそ！

He sets it up this way.

二値含み塗り-
Paint can, no anti-aliasing, no range extension, paint only adjacent, 3 primary colors already set to include borders

二値囲み塗り-
Fill freehand, no anti-aliasing, no range extension, paint inside, 3 primary colors already set to include borders

*According to Takagi, when applying color with binarized lines, he paints first from shadows and highlights that contain colored lines, but the method is depending on person.

I start painting with normal colors.

• How to load custom pens into TVpaint

https://youtu.be/qkrCL9cj0tY

• Alpha Channel

The nichi custom panel is difficult to use for this kind of pencil-style lines. (It is not impossible to use it.)

Instead, I use the alpha channel to apply shadows and highlight lines.

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Finished

Non-anti-aliased pen 

Original pencil line art

In conclusion, I think that line drawings drawn in non-anti-aliased pen are easier to paint and faster to work with. However, the lines lose their original flavor. Therefore, I always use the second method of coloring.

For animation, the best way to simplify the task is to make the design simpler.

If I find a better method in the future, I will share it with you.

If you know of a better way, please let me know.