Ok everyone... this is my first actual animation short project. after running the tutorials and doing a few short experiment files, i wanted to try a 2 minute animation with multiple characters and papagayo synching. man, that lip synching sure is the most tedious part, isn't it? the audio comes fro...

No, you can do exactly what you want -- the opacity is animatable, as are many things that aren't immediately apparent could you give me a quick idea of how to do it? i'm adjusting the opacity of the image layer but it's not altering how the image looks at all. i don't see it adding keyframes to an...

got it... thanks. i'm an old Final Cut Pro user, so i'm pretty familiar with the idea of putting a "hold". lemme ask you one more question, since you're being so helpful and all. =) i see there's a "layer opacity" icon that i can add to the timeline. i'm not sure it does what i w...

mkelley wrote:However, I'm not sure it would be any easier than just to add the keys in yourself on the timeline.

oh... aha. that's what i was wondering about. how do you add phoneme keys to the timeline manually? that's what i need to do.

thanks.

i'm hoping this is a noob question with an easy answer.... i'm working on my first "real" animation project. i got AS last week and did the tutorials, and made some 10 second test files just to make sure i understood... by "real" i mean a 2 min short with 2 characters talking, et...