I’m currently writing a scene with a couple of characters and i’m trying to have some in the front and some in the back peeking through, but the characters that are meant to be in the front are inside or hidden by the background characters. I don’t know how to use layers soo uhm yea. How can i make them in the front. I tried:
I see that you already use spot directing. Try to add the layer to the positions of the characters.
ex MARINA spot 0.933 210 132 at layer -5
See if that helps. It seems that’s easier for the SE to handle. moves to layer is good to use for short reloactions - like for instance when two character’s switch place with each other.
Layers can be tricky, but here’s a quick/short F&Q about them.
The default position for anything (character or overlay) if not specified, is layer 1.
Layers go from low to high. The lower the number the further back on the screen the item is. I know, it doesn’t feel logical at first, but it will after a while. Right now you’ve placed EMMA and MARINA in the background, but i believe you want them in the foreground(?) Try to put them on a higher layer instead.
Already existing overlays in backgrounds (desks etc) are placed at layer 1, so - if you don’t replace them and specify the layer - to place something behind them you need to place the character on layer 0 or lower
When I added the ‘at layer -5’ to the end of their spot positions, it said that it wasn’t a valid directing command, and when I previewed the characters weren’t there.