A patch from Charbel Jacquin allow onion skin function to mypaint, making it a really nice animation tool.
Patched git trunk sources (2010/03/05):
Sources : mypaint-animation.0.8.2+git.tar.lzma (lzma/xz) or
mypaint-animation.0.8.2+git.7z (7zip).
Forum thread
demo (on Youtube) (I made a copy of the Charbel Jacquin video at another place for Chineses and Australians):
Keyboard Status Monitor (key-mon) is used for displaying key during video.
Installation (Debian/Ubuntu Linux):
sudo apt-get install g++ python-dev libglib2.0-dev python-numpy swig scons gettext python-protobuf protobuf-compiler
cd mypaint-animation.0.8.2+git/
scons prefix=/opt/mypaint-animation install
usage:
/opt/mypaint-animation/bin/mypaint
You can replace /opt/mypaint-animation by /usr or /usr/local and it will by in the standard path. or you can select any installation prefix you want.
OraTools is for now a plug-in for Gimp that allow to Open and save the Create project OpenRaster format, default working file format of MyPaint.
To install it, download tarball, unarchive it, and read the included README.txt.
Technic : draw with ballpen on paper + scan + gimp => copy/paste to mypaint, color by mypaint save as multiple png
remiport in gimp for remix (with multiply mode for first layer)
I wrote several functions to import/export layers as multiple png in Mypaint, the save after review and correction was integrated in Mypaint, the open, is in standby. => patchs
Inkscape generator
is a script allowing relationship between SVG and database or spreadsheet, using the CSV format., this can be usefull in lot of case :
* mailing
* badges
* customized objects
* content filling, like a magazine where the page layout is in SVG format
* animation steps
etc…
This script is notably available for Ubuntu Jaunty, using stable Inkscape version.
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