2/19/21

TVPaint interface Tip - Close/Restore Drawers and Timeline with Keyboard Shortcut

Well, this blog has certainly been dormant for a while. (since 2015!) I really should start posting again. There are certainly MANY more examples of animated productions (large and small) made with TVPaint that I could post , but haven't gotten around to it (yet). For the latest, check in on the TVPaint User's Community in the Made with TVPaint forum , also TVPaint's Instagram and TVPaint's Facebook Page.

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I thought I'd get back into posting here by mentioning a nifty new keyboard shortcut in TVPaint 11.5'Close/Restore All Drawers'.  I have mine set to "J" because it was an unassigned key. You can assign the shortcut to whatever key you prefer .)

This shortcut allows you to instantly CLOSE (Hide) the side storage Drawers and the Timeline , then click it again and instantly RESTORE the Drawers and Timeline giving you access to the toolbars stored in the Drawers and access to the Timeline. But whenever you don't need the Drawers or Timeline to be visible , just press the button to instantly "declutter" the interface to focus on drawing with nothing else in the way.

NOTE: If you want to hide the Timeline only but leave the Drawers open , the keyboard shortcut is 0 (zero) .





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