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iv noticed that the begaining animation...(when you open the program)...that the switch layers, are image loaded pictures...and when you change one to the top, it actualy shows up in the timeline...and the box says that you can import pictures, or create your own...these are the layers that i have,
head>facing(the camera)>(that opens up to) eyebrows b e(big eyes)>three types of eyebrows vector layers, and so on...but ive got the larers down for long animation meaning folders for future expansions, but when i have shocked eyebrows on the top layer for veiwing, it shows during the whole timeline, now when i select a point in time that i wish for it to change to sad,...nothing shows up to show me that it did anything...and now the sad eyebrows are showing throughout the whole animation...i have no idea what to do right now, im wanting to go further in my animation proccess of learning, and iv only had the program for 4 days, and tutorials and google have helped a lot, but nothing is helping me in this delima of mine...if i could figure this out...ive basicly got things down to be able to create small detailed animations, if there is a way that i could entrust someone with the data from my program so that they may access my animation so that they may see first hand of what im doing wrong...if any of this is answerable, please help me...sorry about the leangth...lol

It seems that you have dragged out a image layer OUTSIDE its folder layer (the switch layer). Now that layer would be shown always. Put it again inside the image layer in its corresponding switch layer folder and it will work again.

Please do the following:

Open Anime Studio. It comes with an animation already loaded. Don't modify the animation or the StartUpFile. Then go to the eyes switch layer folder and select it. Now look to the timeline window and you can see a icon on the left (the switch layer icon) with a zigzag arrow inside. Take a look to the blue dots that are in the horizontal blue line aligned with the switch layer icon in the timeline window.

Those blue dots represent keyframes of the switch layer.
Now using right and left cursor form the keyboard place the red cursor at the frame where those blue dots are. You can see that the eyes of the character changes from opened to closed.

Now place the cursor at other frame (with no keyframe there) then go to the switch layer in the layer window and right click. It would open a context menu telling you what layer is currently selected of the children of the switch layer and allow you select a different one. Make left click on a different one. You have inserted your first switch layer keyframe. Congratulations.

-G

i will definitely do that...lol, and thanks for your help, by the way...your avatar...im guessing that you created that using anime studio software(or pro) but when he goes to put his leg down...its like it pauses...then continous...i have that same problem with my stick figure...do you have a simple fix?
thanks again

You need to post a sample file you are having trouble with.

I can tell from your description you are doing something incorrectly I just can't quite make out what it is.

Genete may be right. It sounds like you may have "dragged" a layer outside of the switch. Or you are moving layers inside the switch? Or possibly are you keying only on frame 0 or 1?

If you have a layer insde the switch "selected" then the preview won't show layer switching.

Look at the sample file CAREFULLY. Read the help and tutorials CAREFULLY.

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The pause at the end of a repeating sequence can be caused either by an extra duplicate frame or ease in/out that causes the motion to slow down and speed up. An extra frame is easy, just shorten the length of the animation by 1 frame.

Use linear key frame interpolation instead of smooth or ease. Or make the keys ease in AND out to balance it on either side.

-vern

Also remember that you use switch layers by right clicking on the switch layer itself and choosing a layer from the context menu... not by opening the switch layer and selecting the layer inside that you want.