Layer Visibility in Actions

lwaxana · Post by **lwaxana** » Wed Mar 24, 2010 12:53 am

Is it possible to change layer visibility with actions? I see that visibility is in the actions timeline and I can put changes into the timeline, but this does not result in any change in the animation in either the action animation or main timeline animation.

muffysb · Post by **muffysb** » Wed Mar 24, 2010 1:11 am

This is working for me...I can make the layer fade in and out with an action.

Have you checked the "Allow Animated Layer Effects" checkbox for the layer?

lwaxana · Post by **lwaxana** » Wed Mar 24, 2010 1:17 am

Strange. I don't seem to have that as an option. I wonder if that is new with version 6.

lwaxana · Post by **lwaxana** » Wed Mar 24, 2010 1:21 am

Oh! I see my problem.

My action was applied at a group level and the visibility I was trying to control was in a sublayer. Thanks for your reply, Muffy! It helped to know that this was even possible.

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Hmm... if I can only control layer visibility by performing actions at the layer level, I don't see any advantage over just changing the visibility manually...?

lwaxana · Post by **lwaxana** » Wed Mar 24, 2010 1:34 am

or maybe it doesn't work on any layer inside a folder?

[edit] scratch that. It does work. It just doesn't show in the animation when that layer is selected...