I created the "Great Expectations" entry in AS Contest 1, but I did not leave room at the "head" to insert my title sequence. I did not know how to sellect "all" my layers together to make room for my titles, so my title is one frame long.
Can I shift "all" layers forward in time as a group in Anime Studio plain or Pro?
Thanks!
Can I shift all layers forward in time?
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Shifting all layers in time.
I tried "Rescale Keyframes" . I set the new start and end frames 100 frames later. It din not have the desired effect. It only effected the one layer highlighted in blue. I need to shift "everything" forward in time at once.
Did I miss something?
Did I miss something?
I thought I posted a reply... hmmm... maybe I posted in the wrong thread..
Anyway...
From my extensive testing I've found that rescale key frames doesn't always work the way you expect.
To do what you need launch the scale key frame menu. Check scale the entire document FIRST, if you check it later it sets the scaled values back to default.
Leave the top part as is, start frame 1, end frame whatever the last key frame of the animation is. Remember! The end of the animation is the LAST KEYED ITEM not what you set the end of the animation to be in the time line (that gray bar).
On the new start, set it to how far forward you want to push the timeline and the new end frame is that value added to the current end frame.
So lets say you had a 100 frame animation and you want to push it ahead 20 frames.
Set the new start to 20 and the new end to 120.
This should work.
-vern
Anyway...
From my extensive testing I've found that rescale key frames doesn't always work the way you expect.
To do what you need launch the scale key frame menu. Check scale the entire document FIRST, if you check it later it sets the scaled values back to default.
Leave the top part as is, start frame 1, end frame whatever the last key frame of the animation is. Remember! The end of the animation is the LAST KEYED ITEM not what you set the end of the animation to be in the time line (that gray bar).
On the new start, set it to how far forward you want to push the timeline and the new end frame is that value added to the current end frame.
So lets say you had a 100 frame animation and you want to push it ahead 20 frames.
Set the new start to 20 and the new end to 120.
This should work.
-vern
Rescaling Keyframes.
"Rescaling Keyframes" has not shifted my layers forward, but rather alter my animation in ways I am not looking for.
I plan to upgrade to AS Pro soon. Then I can put all the layers in a "group" layer and shift that, as was recommended here. Thank you!
I could always build a seperate animation for the titles and assemble the parts later in a video editing program.
Thank you for all the suggestions!
I plan to upgrade to AS Pro soon. Then I can put all the layers in a "group" layer and shift that, as was recommended here. Thank you!
I could always build a seperate animation for the titles and assemble the parts later in a video editing program.
Thank you for all the suggestions!
Group layers
DK,
I have Anime Studio 5 (not-pro). One of the features it lacks is "group" layers.
Anime Studio Pro 5 has "group" layers, as well as several other useful features not in the (not-pro) version.
What I don't know is if a complex .anme file created in AS Pro with particles or 3D objects, etc. will open and play properly if opened in the (not-pro) version.
My guess is, no.
I have Anime Studio 5 (not-pro). One of the features it lacks is "group" layers.
Anime Studio Pro 5 has "group" layers, as well as several other useful features not in the (not-pro) version.
What I don't know is if a complex .anme file created in AS Pro with particles or 3D objects, etc. will open and play properly if opened in the (not-pro) version.
My guess is, no.