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- LightTable (Effect Menu)
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- DEMONSTRATION AVAILABLE -> `LightTable.ademo`
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- DeluxePaint IV's LightTable feature is an animation tool that simulates
- the device used by traditional cel animators. Cel animation is a procedure
- that involves drawing animation frames on transparent film. This allows the
- animator to overlay consecutive frames so that they can be used as
- reference for drawing additional frames.
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- DPaint accomplishes this effect by allowing you to see up to two previous
- frames of animation from the current animation frame. You can continue
- painting on the current frame, without affecting the contents of the
- previous frames. This way you can use previous frames as reference frames
- to paint more frames. You can dim the Lightable and cause previous frames
- to become less distinct so that the display is not so confusing.
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- Additionally, DPaint allows you to see the next frame in a sequence as
- well, so that you can draw in-between frames.
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- The options available for the LightTable are:
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- ON/OFF Toggles the LightTable effect on or off.
- (l)
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- MERGE Combines the contents of all frames being currently displayed
- by the LightTable, into the current frame.
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- DIM Lowers the intensity for all frames other than the current frame.
- (ALT l) This helps you distinguish between the images displayed by the
- LightTable.
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- TWO BACK Displays the image on the frame that is two back; the frame
- previous to the previous frame, along with the current frame.
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- PREVIOUS Displays the frame previous to the current frame, along with the
- current frame.
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- NEXT Displays the image on the next frame, along with the current
- frame.
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- SPARE Displays the image on the `Spare Page`, along with the current
- frame.
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- NOTE: You can use any combination of TWO BACK, PREVIOUS, NEXT or SPARE
- to display the desired frames you need.
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- You must turn LightTable off if you want to Delete or Clear
- multiple frames.
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- SEE ALSO -> `Control Panel`
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