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Requirement: Using Anime Studio Pro 8.2 Character Wizard, create two characters and trying to make them shake hands. Completed creating two characters. However having issue with shake hands.

Issue 1: I have to mask one hand below the other for the hand shake

Issue 2: Once Issue 1 is figured out I would like to sandwich Person 1's one hand between both hands of Person 2.

Problem: The wrong hand shows on top. Quick solution would be to change the layer order and that worked. However if won't work if I have to resolve Issue 2.

Supplementary Info: I imported the two characters I created using File --> Import Anime Studio Object on a new Project.

Supplementary Question: What kind of layer did it create when I did this import? I have an icon on the layer with an arrow pointing to 2 o'clock and a tiny triangle at the base. Should I do this differently to achieve what I am trying to do?

Other things tried: Played around with masking, but did not quite work.

I don't know about masking, but the simplest way to show shaking hands is to add a layer to the hand switch of ONE of the characters showing BOTH hands clasped. Like this:



Also add an empty layer to the other character's hand switch that corresponds to this one.

When their hands contact to shake, switch on the clasped hands.

Thank you. That was easier than I thought. Appreciate you taking the time to not only respond, but also create an example. What tool did you use to convert to GIF?

You're welcome.

snathan99 wrote:What tool did you use to convert to GIF?

Gimp. See sbtamu's reply to jonbo in this thread:
something to achieve
Use the forum search function and read everything. There's some good stuff buried all over the place.

Thanks again neeters - that was a great link just to see the possibilities and the quality of work that is possible. After I replied I checked to see if there is an imagemagick command. Sure enough there is one:

convert -delay 1 -loop 0 T*.png at.gif

Will create at.gif file of all T*.png files in folder loop infinite times with a 1 hundredths of a second delay between each frame. Ran it under cygwin.