Animation Help
I’m new to animating in FireAlpaca and I’m confused about how I should structure my layers.
My workflow for normal drawings is:
● Create a sketch layer
● Create a color layer underneath it
● Use the fill tool to add base colors
● Add shading and line art as needed
The problem starts when I try to animate.
I have two hands reaching toward each other. The hands, line art, colors, and background should remain completely static throughout the animation. The only thing I want to animate is a silhouette moving in the background.
When I work in the animation window, my color layers don’t seem to behave the same way they do in a normal drawing. the colors appear over the sketch instead of underneath it, and I’m not sure how to keep everything organized while preserving the finished artwork across all frames.
What is the correct way to:
1. Keep colors underneath the sketch/line art?
2. Keep the coloring contained within the lines?
3. Keep a completed drawing visible across every frame without having to redraw it?
4. Animate only one element (the silhouette) while everything else remains static?