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[jeanphi]

Hi everybody, first sorry for my english i'm french... This is my trouble : i would like animate a character made with pieces of picture (body, head, arms, legs in png for transparency) with a picture (jpg) behind my character. And i can't do it. Each time my character is BEHIND the background. Sometimes he is in front but when i manipulate it, it goes rear back... It's very annoying. If someone had an idea... Thank you very much for your attention.

[slowtiger]

Do you have character and background inside the same group or bone layer? In this case, you've most likely created a layer order key somewhere in your animation. Erase that (it's in the bone/group layer timeline).

[jeanphi]

very nice to you for this quick answer but...
I don't really understand your answer. My background is in a layer and my picture's character are in a bone layer... How can i create a "layer order key" and what should i erase ?
Thx for your patience with my poor scholar english...

[jeanphi]

is it possible to send a picture ? sometimes it's easier to understand than a long talk...

[hayasidist]

yes -- to add a picture to a post upload the picture to a file sharing site (e.g. dropbox, mediafire, ...) then push the "img" button (above the message compose dialogue box) and put the URL in between the [img]-and-[/img] tags that the buton generates...

[jeanphi]

Many Thanks guys... You're very cool. I think i've solved my trouble with your precious help. I'll try to send you something when i'll be sure.

[slowtiger]

Check your layer structure. It should be something similar to this:

- character bone layer
- - character part
- - character part
- BG layer

Step through your timeline and watch the layer palette. If at any time the BG layer is on top, this ist the layer order problem.

Another explanation: maybe you've had set your character to invisible at some moment in animation. Select the top charatcer layer and see if part of the timeline is pink. This indicates frames where that layer's visibility is checked off.