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--- help:animbg [2022/07/23 13:53] – created peyo
+++ help:animbg [2022/07/25 16:02] (current) – peyo
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-How to use a static  backdrop for an animation?
+====== How to use a static  backdrop for an animation? ======
 You have multiple options if you want a backdrop for your animation:
-- redraw it every frame
+  * redraw it every frame
-- enable ** Allow Copy ** under the ** Extra ** tab and keep copying it to first layer
+  * enable ** Allow Copy ** under the ** Extra ** tab and keep copying it to first layer
-- use an image from another strip (by you or someone else)
+  * use an image from another strip (by you or someone else)
+----
+this tutorial shows how to make this third option to work:
-the ANIM tab is visible if you are making an animation:
+the ANIM tab is visible if you are making an animation
 {{:help:abtut_header.png?200|}}
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 (for this tutorial we are using [[https://pchutney.com/user/50|Electra]]'s [[https://pchutney.com/strip/325|Free to use Backgrounds 2 ]] )
+----
 Press 'Update' or 'Make Strip' to save your settings
-I reccomend setting the backdrop before drawing the first frame
+\\ I reccomend setting the backdrop before drawing the first frame
+----
+Now when you start drawing the backdrop should show up on the canvas:
+{{:help:abtut_paint.png?400|}}
+You can toggle the backdrop with this button:
+{{:help:abtut_toggle.png?400|}}
+The backdrop itself will only show up in the finished animation
+\\ you can test it with the ** Show Anim ** button
+\\ (but it will be only visible after you have at least 2 frames)
+{{:help:abtut_showanim.png?400|}}
+{{:help:abtut_backdrop.png?400|}}
+----
+see the finished example animation here: [[https://pchutney.com/strip/348|https://pchutney.com/strip/348]]

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