Directing help pretty please!

I’m trying to place fish to make them move like they’re swimming and I can’t figure out how to get one to show up then disappear so the other can appear in sequence all the while like the fish is swimming.

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@overlay (OVERLAYNAME) opacity 1 in (time) will make it appear (in however many seconds you choose as the time). opacity 0 to disappear. Anything between 0 and 1 will work for fading.

But do you want them to disappear or swim across the screen?

It’s 10 pngs of the same png just with it moving forward in transition. I want them swimming across the screen.

its a gif?

if yes maybe this might help a bit

ithervice you can just use one overlay and simply shift it from one side of the screen to another to simulate the fish swiming.

YES IT WAS A GIF.

Looks like this now.

I can’t see the pngs.

EXT.FORESTLAKE1-DAY with FORESTWATER to 1.000 0 0 in zone 1 at layer 3

@overlay FORESTWATER opacity 0.5 in 0.5

&overlay GFISH1 create
&overlay GFISH1 shifts to 1 -17 in zone 2
&overlay GFISH1 scales to 1.000 1.000
&overlay GFISH1 to layer 1
&overlay GFISH2 create
&overlay GFISH2 shifts to 1 -16 in zone 2
&overlay GFISH2 scales to 1.000 1.000
&overlay GFISH2 to layer 1
&overlay GFISH3 create
&overlay GFISH3 shifts to 1 -15 in zone 2
&overlay GFISH3 scales to 1.000 1.000
&overlay GFISH3 to layer 1
&overlay GFISH4 create
&overlay GFISH4 shifts to 1 -14 in zone 2
&overlay GFISH4 scales to 1.000 1.000
&overlay GFISH4 to layer 1
&overlay GFISH5 create
&overlay GFISH5 shifts to 1 -13 in zone 2
&overlay GFISH5 scales to 1.000 1.000
&overlay GFISH5 to layer 1
&overlay GFISH6 create
&overlay GFISH6 shifts to 1 -12 in zone 2
&overlay GFISH6 scales to 1.000 1.000
&overlay GFISH6 to layer 1
&overlay GFISH7 create
&overlay GFISH7 shifts to 1 -11 in zone 2
&overlay GFISH7 scales to 1.000 1.000
&overlay GFISH7 to layer 1
&overlay GFISH8 create
&overlay GFISH8 shifts to 1 -10 in zone 2
&overlay GFISH8 scales to 1.000 1.000
&overlay GFISH8 to layer 1

&overlay GFISH1 opacity 1 in 0.1 THEN overlay GFISH10 opacity 0 in 0 THEN overlay GFISH2 opacity 1 in 0.1 THEN overlay GFISH1 opacity 0 in 0 THEN overlay GFISH4 opacity 1 in 0.1 THEN overlay GFISH5 opacity 0 in 0 THEN overlay GFISH4 opacity 1 in 0.1 THEN overlay GFISH3 opacity 0 in 0 THEN overlay GFISH5 opacity 1 in 0.1 THEN overlay GFISH4 opacity 0 in 0 THEN overlay GFISH6 opacity 1 in 0.1 THEN overlay GFISH5 opacity 0 in 0 THEN overlay GFISH7 opacity 1 in 0.1 THEN overlay GFISH6 opacity 0 in 0 THEN overlay GFISH8 opacity 1 in 0.1 THEN overlay GFISH7 opacity 0 in 0 loop INFINITE times

they might be covered by the overlay you have next to the bg because you havent put this overlay to a layer lower then the fish… put it on layer 0 instead of 3

No difference besides I have it at half opacity so it can look see through.

is your scale and shift position, right?
when you push the spot directing / overlays - do you see the rectangle around the fish overlays when you toggle between them?
do you have any error message?

I found the first one and its blinking.

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