Masks allow you to show specific portions of other layers. They come in handy when wanting to crop images or limit the visibility of other objects within your ad design. Let’s first create a simple animation with 2 texts that appear “from left”. As you can see the text is overlapping the white vertical line. We […]
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Organize Layers
Organizing layers can help you find design elements easier as you create. Notice each layer displays an icon indicating the type of content on the layer — such as a T for a type layer, or an image icon for an image layer. To add a folder click on the icon as shown in the […]
Guidelines and Grid
Grid Guides/Rulers and the Grid help you position items precisely. Guides will appear as red lines floating over elements on the stage. You’ll be able to move and remove grids, which will not be visible on the exported banner. The grid is useful especially when looking to lay out elements symmetrically. The grid will appear by default as […]
Reordering Layers
Reorder Layers on Timeline Whenever a new element is added to the stage it automatically receives the highest order number – meaning it will be placed above all other elements on the z-axis (if element A has a higher-order number than element B then A will cover up B). Layers can be used to control any elements’ order. To reorder layers drag them Up or Down using the mouse. […]
Animation Timeline
Use timeline to control behavior/animation of every item in your banner. The Timeline is a very powerful feature of BannerNow. It gives you full control of your banner animation. Also, any time you add a new element on stage, a corresponding layer with transition is created on the timeline. Use layers and folders (left side of the timeline) to […]