Pixel Joint Forum: Help with animation

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   Alright so I'm making a lil' game with game maker and have some pixel art going. I was wondering if somebody would help me in my quest to find an animation technique. I want to know what the best way is to draw my new frame over an old frame to be placed in a strip. I've got an issue with spacing and correct framing and hope someone can help me. 

Thanks in advance, 

P3ngu

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penguoctopus Seaman Joined: 26 March 2010 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1	Topic: Help with animation Posted: 26 March 2010 at 8:35pm
	Alright so I'm making a lil' game with game maker and have some pixel art going. I was wondering if somebody would help me in my quest to find an animation technique. I want to know what the best way is to draw my new frame over an old frame to be placed in a strip. I've got an issue with spacing and correct framing and hope someone can help me. Thanks in advance, P3ngu
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AngelOTG Commander Joined: 28 February 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 258	Posted: 29 March 2010 at 1:05am
	Basically any program with layers. If you don't have one, go for GIMP. It's free and will work perfectly. Just create a new layer above the next frame in your line. Change the layer you're working on to something like 40% opacity, so you'll be able to see what you're doing and the frame underneath.
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Hatch Admiral Joined: 05 August 2015 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1387	Posted: 29 March 2010 at 2:29pm
	The feature you want is known as onion skinning. It's definitely available in ProMotion and I think it's available in GraphicsGale, although both of those are Windows-exclusive and require you to pay. I would use GIMP's pseudo-onion-skinning with layers as Angel suggested.
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