upgraded to PRO

[toonertime]

Hello all AS Pro animators

I just upgraded to the Pro version, and it is version 5.5.

Should I bother with the 5.6 update?

I can't wait to try the new powers, such as
Actions and Brushes, etc.

[DK]

Hi toonertime.
I'd reccommend the upgrade to 5.6 at the very least to take advantage of the animated layer ordering. Also, if you stay with 5.5 you will not be able to open any 5.6 AS files posted on the forum as 5.6 is not backwad compatible to 5.5.

Cheers
D.K

[heyvern]

Check the other thread that Mike posted to. He posted another update there that fixed something in the 5.6 upgrade that was broken. I don't know if this other "patch" is part of the official 5.6 upgrade... maybe it is.

-vern

[DK]

Hi Vern.
What was the update? I must have missed it?

D.K

[heyvern]

Sorry, it was only a Mac fix in this thread:

viewtopic.php?t=10914&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15

-vern

[DK]

Phew!!!..(takes his heart out of his mouth)...i remember that one...
thanks Vern

D.K

[toonertime]

Thanks for the input!

I will find the update and install it.

The next questions I will have for you
AS vets will be about scripts, which are the
useful ones, and how to install them!

[Genete]

There are two main kind of scripts:

Layer Scripts and Menu/Button scripts

Layer Scripts:

Were introduced the last by Mike. They allow to any layer perform a repetitive task every time a new frame is reached in the time line. They can be distinguished by the header of the function call. It looks like:

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fucntion LayerScript(Moho)

To install them you have to edit the properties of the layer and make click in the "Embedded Script" checkbox in the General properties tab. It would prompt for the layer script file. Once located it is installed. Position in disc of anme file an its layer scripts should be maintained to allow them work properly.

Menu/ Button scripts:

They are the used to perform the main work of the tools (for the button ones) and for the menu under Scripts sub menu. Usually they start by the name of the script preceded by the name of the creator. It is useful to not mix the same script for two versions of the same tool/menu.

To install them you have to:

Menu scripts: Just copy the script file into any of the current (or created by you) folders of the scritps/Menu folder at AS location. The next time you open AS they would be installed. They are called by accessing the menu item. Normally the produce a single action. One click ->one result.

Tool Scripts: There are two kind of tool scripts: Tools itself and Buttons.
Buttons are like Menu scripts but you use a single click button to perform a call to the script. Tool script acts different. They stay working and wait for user interaction until other script is called. Both scripts types should come with a icon (a png image file). To install them you have to
1) Copy the script file and the icon a the scripts/tool folder.
2) Edit the _tool_list.txt file and add the new scripts to the group of buttons you like. Also you can add a keyboard short cut (if available) to the new installed script. This is how a _tool_list.txt file looks after add some custom scripts:

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group Draw
color	204 220 232 255

tool	fa_select_points	G
tool	fa_translate_points	T
tool	lm_translate_points	Y
tool	fa_scale_points		S

tool	fa_add_point		A
tool	lm_delete_edge		D
tool	fa_curvature		C
tool	fa_rotate_points	R

tool	fa_magnet		    X
tool	fa_freehand		    F
tool	lm_rectangle		E
tool	lm_oval			    L

tool	lm_arrow		    ...
tool	fa_polygon		    ...
tool	lm_shear_points_x	...
tool	lm_shear_points_y	...

tool	lm_perspective_points_h	...
tool	lm_perspective_points_v	...
tool	lm_bend_points_h	...
tool	lm_bend_points_v	...

tool	lm_noise		    N
tool	fa_replace_line		...
tool	ms_spiral			...
tool	cc_sf_MegaMagnet	...

button	lm_smooth			M
button	lm_peak				P
button	lm_flip_points_h	...
button	lm_flip_points_v	...

group Special
button  ge_freeze_points	...

group Fill
color	232 220 204 255
tool	lm_select_shape		Q
tool	fa_create_shape		U
tool	lm_paint_bucket		...
tool	lm_delete_shape		...

tool	lm_line_width		W
tool	lm_hide_edge		H
button	lm_lower_shape		...
button	lm_raise_shape		...

button	ge_alignx		    ...
button	ge_aligny		    ...


group Bone
color	204 220 232 255
tool	lm_select_bone		B
tool	lm_translate_bone	T
tool	lm_scale_bone		S
tool	lm_rotate_bone		R

tool	lm_add_bone		A
tool	lm_reparent_bone	P
tool	lm_bone_strength	...
tool	lm_manipulate_bones	Z

tool	lm_bind_layer		...
tool	fa_bind_points		I
tool	lm_offset_bone		...
button	ge_bone_of_shape	...

button	ge_uname_bones		U
button  ge_select_released_points ...
button  ge_select_flexibound_points ...	
button  ge_select_bound_points ...

group Layer
color	232 220 204 255
tool	lm_translate_layer	1
tool	lm_scale_layer		2
tool	lm_rotate_layer		3
tool	lm_set_origin		0
tool	lm_rotate_layer_x	...
tool	lm_rotate_layer_y	...
tool	lm_shear_layer_x	...
tool	lm_shear_layer_y	...

button	lm_flip_layer_h		...

The tree dots means that there is not keyboard short cut.

You have to install (all they are sticky in the Scripts forum):
fazek's LM replacement tools (they are a must)
macton commands
heyvern's embedded and menu scripts
my menu and embedded scripts
Rasheed ones
7feet ones
and much more...

Good luck

-G

[toonertime]

Thanks for the response, Genete!

I will experiment and try to install some
scripts.

Thank you again.