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Adding foreground images with transparency
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part 1  -  part 2: Adding an Image Layer -  part 3 - part 4




Adding another (Image) Layer

You're ready to add another layer,. Make it a layer of Image type:



Click the 'New Layer' icon and select 'Image' as the type of layer


Navigate to the folder containing your image, and selecte it.
Notice that ANimeSTudio sets the 'Files of type' field to 'Image files' but that can actually include animations such as AVI or Quicktime movie files too.

In this case, select the PNG file with the grass and containing transparency in alpha.



Here's the view after adding the image. Clearly, the image uses the transparency to let you see the content of the layers below.



Use the render command (Ctrl-R or menu:File>Render) to see the high-quality anti-aliased version:





An that's basically it, but of course you might want to further adjust position, size, angle and other details.

For example, use the layer-control tools to position the grass where you want it. Use the Scale layer commend to resize it.





 


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