Subscribe to our newsletter. This technique originates in traditional cel animation. By drawing on a translucent medium, with a light source beneath the drawing surface, an animator can see the position of an object on one page, while drawing it in a new position on the page above. This useful property of paper has been brought forward into the digital age.
Many software applications offer drawing layers with a translucent quality.
This makes 'tweening a lot easier. In Macromedia Flash, the layers are shown progressively more opaque, to assist in identifying the stacking order of the layers. Here is a screen capture of the work area in Flash with keyframe layers shown both before and after the current drawing. Here is the same drawing with keyframes and inbetweens showing for one complete walk cycle . Sponsored Links Find Animation Specials at eBay eBay - the world's largest online trading site where people buy, sell or trade practically anything on earth.