Hi, most of the backgrounds I use in Animate are usually multiple layered PNG files and Toonboom isn’t very pleasant to work with when drawing over.
Let me explain; when I’m drawing over a png, the ‘transparent’ part is shown as white, which makes the eye strain and tired.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5928749/whendrawing.png
But, when the shot is rendered, it actually shows that the background is not white, but blank, appearing as black in this case
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5928749/renderedpng.png
So what I have been doing is making the background transparent, which is kind of annoying since I have to make a effects layer so it would be easier to draw on. Nonetheless, when using the lasso tool, the blank background toggles from black to white, again, annoying.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5928749/usingtransparency.png
So what I would suggest is making the blank part of the png actually blank, not appearing white when drawing over and appearing black when using the lasso tool.
Thanks!
