| • | To create motion with layers |
One of the simplest ways to create animation in Corel Painter is to add an item from the Image Portfolio panel across a series of frames. This is the most basic example of animating with layers. Adding multiple layers allows you to make more complex animations.
You can also group layers and move them simultaneously, but be careful. When you leave a frame, Corel Painter drops the layers in that frame. When a layer is dropped, its contents are merged with the canvas and can no longer be accessed separately. For this reason, you may want to work from the background forward; start by animating what’s farthest from your point of view. For more information, see Dropping layers with the canvas.
| To create motion with layers |
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| 1 . | Choose Movie  New Movie. |
| 2 . | Type 1 in the Number of Frames box. |
| 3 . | Enable one of the Layers of Onion Skin options, and click OK. |
| 4 . | In the Enter Movie Name dialog box, choose a location, type a name for the file, and click Save. |
| 5 . | Choose Window Media Panels Images. |
| 6 . | Double-click an item in the Image Portfolio panel to add it to the document window. |
| A new layer is created. |
| 7 . | Position the layer to the far left of the document window. |
| 8 . | Click the Step Forward button  in the Frame Stacks panel. |
| A new frame is added and becomes the current frame. The layer in the previous frame is merged with the canvas. In the new, current frame, the layer is active. |
| 9 . | On the keyboard, press the arrow keys to move the portfolio image. |
| 10 . | Repeat steps 8 and 9 for as many frames as you want to add. |
| 11 . | In the last frame, click the Layer options button  in the Layers panel, and choose Drop. |
| 12 . | Click the Play button  in the Frame Stacks panel. |
| The portfolio image moves across the screen. |
