*NEW* Switch Icons (updated 12/13/21)
Posted: Sat May 22, 2021 10:33 pm
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/2wq ... s.zip?dl=0
This tool allows you to animate switches using thumbnail images of the actual switch.
Installation: In your custom content folder, put syn_switch_icons.lua and syn_switch_icons.png in Scripts/Tool. Put the syn_resources folder in Scripts/ScriptResources.
Generate/update button: Generate/update switch thumbnails on frame zero for the selected switch layer/s. You can also alt-click this button to render thumbnails for every switch in the document.
Settings:
Use:
The drop downs stay open until you hit enter, change layers, or move to/from frame zero. So you can just scrub down the timeline hitting the appropriate switch icon as you go to animate any switch.
There's now a colorized icon option included. Just install that icon and change line 14, as noted in the script.
Enjoy.
Special thanks to A.Evseeva for contributing code and Lukas for Mac testing and code.
This tool allows you to animate switches using thumbnail images of the actual switch.
Installation: In your custom content folder, put syn_switch_icons.lua and syn_switch_icons.png in Scripts/Tool. Put the syn_resources folder in Scripts/ScriptResources.
Generate/update button: Generate/update switch thumbnails on frame zero for the selected switch layer/s. You can also alt-click this button to render thumbnails for every switch in the document.
Settings:
- Icon size: Select small, large, or input your own custom thumbnail size.
- Arrangement: The thumbnails can be arranged horizontally, vertically, or in blocks. If you only animate one at a time, horizontal will keep it from blocking the workspace. If you need to animate several at once, vertical or square will allow you to see more at a time.
- Reverse sort: Select whether to reverse the sorting of the switches in the tool options bar or the thumbnails in each switch drop down. This might help if they over run the available space.
- Spacing: Set how much space is between multiple switch drop downs. This can help keep their thumbnails from overlapping.
- APPLY button: apply settings changes (or hit <enter> twice to apply) [UPDATE 8/15/21]
- [UPDATE 8/1/21] Workspace scrub time speed: You can now scrub through the timeline by clicking & dragging in the workspace, so you don't have to move your cursor so far from the switch icons. This setting lets you adjust the relative speed between mouse dragging and timeline scrubbing.
- Delete all thumbnails: This deletes all the thumbnails stored for the project. If you're done with a project, there's no need to keep them.
- [UPDATE 12/13/21] Fix for crashing v13.5.2. Some change in 13.5.2 made it so I can no longer update the timeline and layers window when you click a switch icon. So now these update when you click or click & drag in the workspace.
Use:
The drop downs stay open until you hit enter, change layers, or move to/from frame zero. So you can just scrub down the timeline hitting the appropriate switch icon as you go to animate any switch.
There's now a colorized icon option included. Just install that icon and change line 14, as noted in the script.
Enjoy.
Special thanks to A.Evseeva for contributing code and Lukas for Mac testing and code.