Hide Edge Tool

teotoon · Post by **teotoon** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 2:29 pm

I think "Hide Edge Tool" is a great tool. It would solve many problems deriving from unchangable layer order. However, it would be handier, if it was animatable. Or is it?

Post by **Lost Marble** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 7:11 pm

No, it's not animatable. It's not meant to fake out layer ordering, and wouldnt' work well for that, even if it were animatable. the Hide Edge tool is meant to help you create a partial outline around an object without having to create a separate fill and outline.

teotoon · Post by **teotoon** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 8:29 pm

I see. Then, is it possible to add a function for changing the layer order during the animation?

Post by **Lost Marble** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 10:17 pm

You can use depth sorting to move layers forward and back. Take a look at Tutorial 16 (in the 4.x manual) for an example of this.

teotoon · Post by **teotoon** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 10:31 am

Depth sorting works fine v.4, but when I tried it in v.5, I couldn't achieve the same effect. Has something changed in v.5 or am I doing something wrong? Or, worst of all, is it a bug?