Anime Studio Debut 6 - Layer - Opacity

jeff740x · Post by **jeff740x** » Sat May 01, 2010 2:22 pm

Does layer opacity (a percentage) work in Debut or just Pro? I have spent some time experimenting -- and thought I would confirm it can work, before investing more. (MAC 10.6.2)

swrecordings · Post by **swrecordings** » Sat May 01, 2010 2:24 pm

it works in debut you just have to enable it. there should be a thing in the botton right side of the animation view screen you just have to enable visibility

sbtamu · Post by **sbtamu** » Sat May 01, 2010 2:47 pm

It works On Debut; you can adjust it by double clicking the layer or single click on the layer and then hit layer settings.

jeff740x · Post by **jeff740x** » Sat May 01, 2010 4:57 pm

Thanks for confirming it will work.

I have clicked the vector layer, then layer settings, then on the general tab changed the opacity settings (percentage) many times. The visible checkbox is "checked" and the opacity is set to 48%. I am making some mistake - as it has no effect.

Are you aware of any other layer settings that must, or cannot, be enabled for this to work? For example , Masking is set to "Mask this layer". Is that correct?

Regarding the "enable visibility" setting on the animation screen, -- On the layers list, visibility is enabled -that is - the eyeballs are in the checkbox. The layer is "visible", but I cannot change the opacity.

Thanks for responding - and any other ideas you may have. I will keep after the experimentation.

sbtamu · Post by **sbtamu** » Sat May 01, 2010 5:00 pm

jeff740x wrote:Thanks for confirming it will work.

I have clicked the vector layer, then layer settings, then on the general tab changed the opacity settings (percentage) many times. The visible checkbox is "checked" and the opacity is set to 48%. I am making some mistake - as it has no effect.

Are you aware of any other layer settings that must, or cannot, be enabled for this to work? For example , Masking is set to "Mask this layer". Is that correct?

Regarding the "enable visibility" setting on the animation screen, -- On the layers list, visibility is enabled -that is - the eyeballs are in the checkbox. The layer is "visible", but I cannot change the opacity.

Thanks for responding - and any other ideas you may have. I will keep after the experimentation.

It is only seen when rendered. Set the opacity to some percentage then preview it to see if its what you desire.

And yes, leave the mask this layer checked. It's checked by default anyways and has nothing to do with what you are trying to do.

jeff740x · Post by **jeff740x** » Sat May 01, 2010 6:03 pm

Good Grief.

I assumed when I clicked "Play" that all effects would be displayed.

I just exported the project - and there was the opacity! Not exactly what I was shooting for - but the effect works. Now that I can "see" it, I can probably get it to work in the way I intended.

I will need to learn more about "play" versus "export", but you pointed me in the right direction.

Thanks very much for the great advice.