Clean up

Once you have scanned your drawings and imported them into TVPaint, it is possible to:

*Delete white or gray pixels to imitate the use of a true animation overlay (which is something you’ll have to do in case you want to color your drawing or use a background with it).

or will result in:

*Clean up your drawings in order to correct rough pencil lines.

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You can use the Scan Cleaner function to accomplish the two aforementioned operations in a few clicks. It is to be found in the Image menu:

As you can see, this tool comes with two different settings:

-The Scan Cleaner (soft) function will preserve lighter pencil lines.

-The Scan Cleaner (stronger) function will preserve stronger pencil lines.

You can also use the FX > Color > Scan Cleaner Black and White effect in case the previously mentioned functions don’t give you the results you expect.

Effects will be reviewed in a later part of this user manual.