Two features that a fellow 2D animator would love to see in Blender 2.8 Grease Pencil
Here are two features that would be super helpful in Blender Grease Pencil.
1: VFX AFFECTING GP LAYERS. With this feature, any and all GP vfx settings will have an extra setting to target a certain layer, rather than the entire GP object. 2: AIRBRUSH. Drawing programs like FireAlpaca and Paint Tool SAI have an airbrush that's super helpful for a lot of artists. It would be a great addition to the list of brushes in Blender.
Ever since the few weeks before Blender 2.8 went beta, I've been working at 2D animations using the GP. I have more ideas for helpful features that most 2D animators would love to have in future updates, so I'll present as many as possible into one or two posts.
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Actually, you can apply VFX separately to individual Strokes, which sounds great in theory, but in practice they don't blend correctly with other strokes beneath them. They have a weird white blob or transparent blob around them, which persists in the render. I really don't see why they bothered to implement it at all in its current form, unless this is just like a buggy unfinished version of it or something.
@warpzone32: That's why the ability to affect layers is important. For example, one layer has a character and another layer has a lightning effect. I want the "Glow" effect to ONLY affect the lightning layer, not both layers.
@Sam Long: Do we have any idea how the VFX on strokes was meant to be used? Near as I can tell it's 100% useless as currently implemented.
all i need is the ability to turn the screen around. like in photoshop. and while there is viewport rolling, it's not very usable.
I started a thread over at BA to collect stuff about the GP. I uploaded a blend file with some custom made brushes including an airbrush. It's not perfect and I would appreciate a built in softness slider too but maybe it works for you.. Link
@ogonek: Hmm, I think I'll check it out. Thanks!