Anime Studio 5 question

gdub · Post by **gdub** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 6:00 pm

Hi,
I'm doing some projects in version 5, and ran across something that's puzzling me. I acquired some version 5 characters from Content Paradise for studying. In the layers window, you can create a vector, image, bone, and switch layer, yet in some of the version 5 character files, there is a folder in the layers window, kind of like a group folder, but I can't figure out how it was created. Anyone know how this is done?
Thanks!

GCharb · Post by **GCharb** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 6:39 pm

Just click on the new layer button at the top of the layers window at the right, there You should see group, click on it and a group layer should appear in your list of layers.

From there You can drag it wherever You want!

gdub · Post by **gdub** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 6:58 pm

That's the problem, there is no Group when I click on the new layer button,
just Vector, Image, Bone and Switch.

Post by **Víctor Paredes** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 7:20 pm

Anime Studio 5 (the non pro version, later called "Anime Studio Debut") can't create groups. Anyway, a group layer is practically the same than a bone layer, only with the difference you can't create bones on a group layer.

GCharb · Post by **GCharb** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 7:33 pm

Oh, my bad, forgot there was a non pro 5

Yeah, just use a bone layer as a group layer.

Your files was probably made in the pro version, which is why You can see a group layer, but the non pro version cannot create those.

gdub · Post by **gdub** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 8:21 pm

Okay, I understand now, thanks a lot for that information.