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DraconianRain — Clip Studio Paint Animation Tip Unhiding Layers
Published: 2016-03-17 02:30:09 +0000 UTC; Views: 9058; Favourites: 45; Downloads: 21
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Again, some freaking out with new beginners. They can’t understand why their layer is hidden and not editable.
Take a breath, slow down.
Questions:
Why can’t I use and edit my duplicated layer in my animation?
Where the hell is my layer? Why can’t I edit it?!
Answer:
You haven’t specified it.
Right click your timeline, you will see your layer or duplicated layer there. Click it to unhide it from the timeline. Once it’s been specified you can continue animating and editing your layers.
You can also use your vector layers as well, just make sure you unhide it in the animation Timeline by specifying it. This is also true for using grouping folders within the animation folder for line art and colouring. You need to define or specify the folder before it is useable.
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I think I can, I just need a simple screenshot of the issue or even a short video of what's going wrong. It's probably just a simple mistake or a potential bug
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ahh, okay, i cant send a screenshot, cuz she already closed it and gave up TwT, but thank you very much xD
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It's ok, and I understand. It can be very frustrating when you're learning all kinds of things about clip. I'd be happy to help next time if something else happens again
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omg ty ty ty, your simple thing here helped a lot ; 3
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^w^ You're welcome <3 It's confusing for a first timer and it happens a lot. So I thought I'd share this little tip. Good luck with your future animations
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well i have done quite a few animations already lol I just haven't gotten to play with EX until now ; 3
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Ah sorry my apologies. It's nice to see another EX user ^^
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oh no need to apologize : 3 I have at least been playing with it a bit ; 3 maybe i can show you what i get done ;///3
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Sure ^^ Again sorry for the long replies. Quite busy.
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i sent it over, it should be good! im late on reactions too so take your time! its a gift that can be at any time your are done
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Where did you send it too? I'm glad, I don't like upsetting people but sometimes other stuff takes up all of my attention.
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its okay, I got a little mixed up, I have it posted here on deviant now if you would like to see what i have done, i haven't really, sent it, i have one that is a gift for a friend that isn't here, hence my confusion.
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I wouldn't be upset for you for anything! I just wanted to thank you for giving out the information that I needed, it helped a lot ; 3
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Ah okay and nicely done. I hope you will keep animating ^^
Awww you're welcome ^^ I am happy to help with software I know.
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Is this the way to make it so you can sketch in one layer, then make a new layer (not a new cell) to sketch other details like hair without affecting the body sketch?
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No. Do this
Right click>> Group selected layer into folder. It will auto rename. This will add a grouping folder for the cell. Add sketch, ink, colour layers in the group that should have the same name as the frame in the cel in the timeline. If you loose your grouped frame, using this method will help you find it and place it correctly in the timeline.
Please refer to this post
Please take note that in this video instead of grouping an already made layer I simply deleted it and added a fresh folder. Both work. But once you add one folder, the next new cel/frame you create will create a new frame already in a folder with the same number of layers as the previous frame out of convenience. You'll understand what I mean when you try it out.
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You're welcome and good luck!
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PLEASE HELP!!! Im new to Clip studio paint, I've been drawing all day and made the stupid mistake of not saving!! I went to make a New time and kept Cmd-Zing (redo) and undo and now ALL OF MY LAYERS ARE GONE!! I DONT KNOW WHY!!! The history for them is in the history tab but they are not showing. Oh my god please help me!!
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Please stay calm and send me a screencap
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I recorded a quick video to help understand better. Sorry if I sound panicky, I just have no idea what happened to my work.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0hMR9…
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I can see what you did. You can't undo a timeline but you can delete a timeline without effecting your layers. What you were actually doing was undoing your work on your layers and having zero effect on the timeline. The timeline merely converts a project to an animation and sets up a place to organise cels. It has no actual control over layers. Were you trying to animate this? If so I can show you how.
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Yes, I do that in Photoshop, I'll draw my work and then animate parts of it. This was my first time doing so in Clip studio Paint but now my work is all gone. Do you know how I can recover the layers, I made the stupid mistake of not saving...
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If you didn't save at all from the start then there is no recovery. If you saved at the start then there might be a backup save file.
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Aww I didn't have autosave on, I guess its lost then *sign*, Thank you though 
~best Wishes
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It's not a bug. The timeline functions differently to every other application. I watched your video. You undid your work on your layers, not the timeline and without saving or having autosave on, or saving in increments there is no way to recover what you did the same as photoshop. The timeline is similar to photoshop in that its a separate entity to the layers system.
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I don't know why I didn't think to record my actual history of my doc but I didn't undo my work, I only undid the make "new timeline". I Contacted someone on the CSP website and they have conformed it to be a bug. They said that if I undo a timeline its should not delete layers. They told me to update to 1.6.6 to fix it from happening again.
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Glad it has been fixed
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lol, I'll defiantly do that this time! Ive been told so many time to save as I work (and I usually do) and I choose today of all days to run into a layer deleting bug Y u Y Oh well, I guess its just more practice to redraw it again.
~Cheers
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Haha yeah me too. Fortunately Clip does have a decent backup but it only works properly if you save. The easiest way is the second you start a canvas, save it. Even if it's called Untitled 1 and then let autosave do the rest. If you're luck backup will catch it if the program crashes but not if you voluntarily delete or close your own work.
Good luck
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Hi ! I'm actually having another animation linked probelm with the program and I wondered if you could help : the timeline at the bottom doesn't appear at all when I open a new animation folder and I don't know what to do
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Clip saves workspace layouts so if you have accidentally closed it or moved it, you can either reset to default layout or re-open it from the Windows menu. Up top next to help is a menu called Window. Open this and carefully read until you find "Timeline" If it is unticked then it is hidden and you just need to click it and it should appear in it's usual spot or the centre of the screen. If it is ticked and you can't see it, then there's a chance it's been moved and is out of view. In which case you can reset your workspace layout while you are trying to animate. Go to Window then Workspace then Reset to default. And it will reset your clip layout entirely. However the first option should work since it's most likely that it's been closed. If that doesn't work please send me a screencap because there's a third reason it might not be appearing and it's hard to explain. If I could see your layout I could instruct you further on where it might be hiding.
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Yes it was actually just hidden ! Thank you very very much !!
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You're welcome!! If you get stuck again feel free to ask.
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Glad to hear it. If you get stuck or have more questions please don't hesitate to ask.
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thank you soooo much *O* you saved me and my nerves XD
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Glad I could help ^^ If you have other questions plz don't be shy. I'm happy to help where I can
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thank you so much 
hope you can understand me
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Hey, I also have a question lmao... so I currently have one animation folder layer on my timeline consisting of three frames. All of them are specified and play bck properly. The 3 frames are just lineart frames. I am making a background also consisting of 3 frames , and I did so in another animation folder. Even after I specified the new cell layer on the first frame, it still isn't editable. Thoughts?
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You're welcome and ah yeah that seems to not be added yet. I have heard that Clip is working on it. I personally do this with Photoshop but you could do it with GIMP. I'm sorry I can't be of more help. I'm not sure why Clip doesn't allow transparency in it's GIF's yet but it's likely there was a bug they haven't worked out. My only recommendation is to use PS or GIMP and if all else fails you could try Black Magic Fusion 8, but it's really difficult to use.
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thank you so much
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Yeah me too. I was almost pulling my hair out. I pressed, changed, unticked, added, deleted everything I could think of. It's just a missing feature. I hope they add it too but it is a lot harder to convert a programs language to English than people realise. I'm sure they'll add it eventually.
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Thank you, I am trying to follow the Celsysweb YouTube channel and it's not completely comprehensive with the steps involved.
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You're welcome ^^ If you have any other questions please don't hesitate to ask. Also I understand what you mean. I found the user manual to be the most useful, but it's difficult when they don't clearly explain the steps and methods for traditional animation.
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I'm Andesine in Youtube and please ignore my question there bc this is the answer to it thank you sorry.
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It's ok, no need to apologise. Glad I could help out.
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i really miss how we could use the paint tool to just simply "fill" in the line art on a new layer from the previous one. we cant do that in animation! not with the onion skin. why do they make it so complicated
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I'm not sure I understand what you mean because I was able to do this in animation mode. Tell me what you're doing and I might be able to help.
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ok well in normal drawing mode, if you make a layer and draw something on it, and then proceed to make another blank layer on top of it , you can use the "refer to other layer paint bucket" as a sort of cheat to kind of paint in what you want to fill into the blank layer by simply clicking over what you drew on the now opaque layer below.. does that make sense? im terrible at explaining things
in animation mode i simply cant do that. i make a new animated cell and if i use onion skin i cant use the "refer to other layer paint bucket" on the new layer to trace over from my last cell because a cell, is technically not a layer. no mater how much i try. and i cant simply duplicate my cell layer! its so frustrating!
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Yes you can also enable a feature called "multiple layer referring". I have a video I'm about to post that should answer this issue for you.
What you are missing is grouping folders in the animation folder because each frame outside a grouping folder is a single separate frame entity of it's own meaning it can't be referred to as a fillable option for the bucket tool.
Please watch this post I made to see what I mean and read the description. I think you'll find it fixes the issue. If you can't find those paint bucket options, click the wrench icon in the tools properties window and you'll find it amongst those options.
youtu.be/UbmiFbE1XCo
Really sorry to hear it's been giving you a tough time. Hopefully this helps
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