db&w documentation wiki - framed2018

Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements Software Design and Development Michael Wolf Management Dagmar Bornemann Documentation and Tutorials Michael Wolf Product Marketing Dagmar Bornemann Special thanks go to our team of dedicated beta testers. You've all done a great job and your feedback, time, criticism and bug hunting skills were invaluable.

Keyboard shortcuts for the editor

Keyboard shortcuts for the editor The frameD editor provides numerous to speed up working with it. Shortcut Function <- / -> Scrub to the previous/next frame, selecting it (and deselecting all other frames). Ctrl + <- / -> Swap the contents of the current frame with the previous/next frame.

Trademark and copyright information

Trademark and copyright information (c) 2011-2017 db&w Bornemann und Wolf GbR. All rights reserved. All brands, company names, and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holder. TRADEMARKS This product may contain brands, company names and product names of third parties, and following are the requirements for identifying trademarks and registered trademarks of those third parties. This list is not exhaustive and the paper may contain brands, company names …

Creating an IFL using a command line window

Creating an IFL using a command line window dir *.tga /b | sort > .ifl is the base name of the sequence, without the trailing frame number. is the name of the .ifl file you want to create to load into frameD.

Image specific files created by frameD

Image specific files created by frameD frameD automatically creates and stores scaled down versions of the images if required. These are used as proxies or to speed up loading sequences into the frameD editor. Scaled down images are stored in a sub-directory of the directory where the respective image is located.

Description of the XFD file format

Description of the XFD file format XFD is the native, XML based, format used by frameD. It is used both to store editor projects and to load projects directly into LightWave 3D as an animation using the frameD loader. Sample XFD file

frameD Editor

frameD Editor This is an overview of the frameD editor and the implemented functionality. The list on the very left is the clipboard, next to it is the X-Sheet, it showing the frames in the sequence and the images assigned to them. The preview shows the image at the currently selected frame.

Introduction

Introduction frameD is a plugin for LightWave3D to create, load and manage image sequences defined by text files. The main usage scenarios are image sequences that contain duplicate images (such as mouth shapes mapped on a character's face) as well as backplates used for reference

Software License and Limited Warranty Agreement

Software License and Limited Warranty Agreement PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE DOWNLOADING, INSTALLING OR USING THIS SOFTWARE: THIS SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT IS A LEGAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU ( EITHER AN INDIVIDUAL OR, IF PURCHASED OR OTHERWISE ACQUIRED BY OR FOR AN ENTITY, AN ENTITY) AND db&w Bornemann und Wolf GbR.

Known limitations and Issues

Known limitations and Issues Supported image formats FrameD loads images by using the image loading plugins for LightWave 3D directly. IFF is however not loaded by plugins and thus not supported by frameD. Images with colour palettes are currently not supported.

Master Plugin

Master Plugin The frameD Master plugin makes the individual settings for frameD managed image sequences available in a scene. The settings are saved with the scene and respected in Screamernet as well . The Sequences tab hosts the individual controls for specific sequences. The Image Cache tab host the controls responsible for managing the image RAM cache which is used both by Layout as well as Screamernet.

Setting up frameD

Setting up frameD Installation The download contains ZIP compressed files for all platforms supported by frameD. Extract the appropriate ZIP file for your platform. Windows The frameD.p file can be copied to any directory where you keep your plugins. We recommend using a manually created plugin directory to separate third party plugins from plugins shipped with LightWave 3D. This will simplify upgrades of LightWave 3D.

frameD User Manual

frameD User Manual Version 2018.1.0 (c)2011-2018 by db&w Bornemann und Wolf GbR Software License and Limited Warranty Agreement Trademark and copyright information Acknowledgements ---------- Introduction Introduction Setting up frameD frameD frameD consists of a collection of plugins with different purposes: The frameD animation loader loads IFL/XFD based sequences into LightWave 3D. This is accessed by loading a IFL/XFD file using the image editor.