Using Layers

Layers feature is designed to give you precise control over your artwork, allowing you to segment, arrange, and manipulate frame elements. This feature is designed to enhance your ability to build scenes, create frames, and compose complex visuals with ease.

Step 1: Initial Layer Setup

Start by loading an image into Morphic Studio. Here, a boy is chasing a butterfly.

Step 2: Auto Segment Layers

Use the Auto Segment feature from the Settings Panel to automatically divide the scene into separate layers.

This segmentation will give us three layers: one for the boy, one for the background, and one original layer as a whole. Each segmented layer is now independently adjustable.

Step 3: Manually Segment Layers

Let's further segment the butterfly from the background layer manually. Zoom on to the butterfly, and add 'Positive Points' from the Prompt Bar. Add 'Negative Points' on any surrounding element you do not want to include in the segmentation. Here, I've added Positive Points on the butterfly, and Negative Points on the branch right behind the butterfly.

Positive Points are marked in Blue, while Negative Points are marked in Red.

The result will segment the butterfly into a separate layer.

Step 4: Duplicate the Background Layer on a new Artboard

Duplicate the Background Layer on a new Artboard. This will only duplicate the background, leaving out the boy and the butterfly from the original Artboard.

Step 5: Duplicate Other Layers

Duplicate other layers, the one with the boy and the one with the butterfly, on the new Artboard. In order to create a new keyframe, let's move the boy closer to the butterfly in the new Artboard. Segmentation allows you to adjust individual layers without affecting other layers.

Now with the newly created keyframe using the Layers feature, you can Interpolate this into a scene.

Duplicate, Rename, and Delete the Layers

The Settings Panel on the right side allows you to individually duplicate, rename, and delete layers.

Hide/Unhide and Lock/Unlock Layers

You individually hide, unhide, lock, and unlock layers from the Settings Panel.

Reordering the Layers

Once segmented, you can reorder the layers to get the desired result. Here I have reordered the layers and sent the one with the boy to the back.

Bringing in other Elements and Layers

You can also bring in elements and layers from other artboards and create unique frames. Here I have replaced my primary character with a different character. This functionality enables you to blend elements from different artboards, allowing for efficient scene-building and making it easy to reuse components across your artboards and project.

With Layers on Morphic Studio, deeper control, more flexibility, and efficient reuse of assets are now possible.