How to Move Layers in Alight Motion? Moving, Grouping & Hiding Layers in Alight Motion

Multi-layer timeline editing in Alight Motion offers precise control over each element of the video. This helps video editors have more control over their projects and more possibilities to polish and showcase their content to their audience in a professional way. In this tutorial, we will walk through how to move layers in Alight Motion.

Alight Motion is packed with a lot of advanced features including multi-layer editing, keyframe animation, chroma key, motion graphics, vector drawing, stunning visual effects, vector drawing, and much more. Layers-based timeline editing is the base of video editing and creating animations in Alight Motion.

How to Move Layers in Alight Motion?

New users find it difficult to find how to move layers in Alight Motion. Moving layers in Alight Motion is very simple. You can move any layer to any position you want. You can bring any layer forward or send it backward. The layer in front will show on top of the screen and the layers backward will show in the background of its front layers.

You can move layers in Alight Motion in 3 ways.

1. Moving A Layer Up and Down

You can move the layers up and down to change their positions in the preview. Moving the layers up and down will move their elements in the preview forward or backward.

Tap on the 3 lines icon at the right side of the layer and hold it for 2-3 seconds. The layer will be highlighted.

Now you can move the selected layer up or down the other layers in the project.

2. Moving A Layer Horizontally

Learning how to move layers in Alight Motion horizontally is easy. You can move the layers horizontally to change their placement on the timeline. Moving a layer horizontally, you can adjust at what time frame the layer’s element will start showing in the video.

Tap and hold anywhere on the body of the layer for 1-2 seconds. The layer will pulse, grow in size, and then go back to its original size, indicating that the layer is selected.

Drag your finger right or left to adjust the position of the layer in the timeline. The whole layer will move horizontally.

3. Extending & Shortening (Trimming) A Layer

Extending or Shortening a layer in the timeline increases or decreases the playtime of the layer in the video. This is also called trimming. To extend or shorten a layer, follow the steps below.

Tap on the layer body, it will open the editing options for the layer.

Tap on the little arrow icon at the start or the end of the layer.

Tap on the arrow and move your finger to the right or left. It will increase or decrease the length/duration of the layer in the timeline.

In the control bar, the exact time & frame, and change in the duration will show up. You can precisely extend or shorten the length of the layer by looking at the exact time & frame in the control bar.

What are Layers & How to Add Layers in Alight Motion?

In Alight Motion, layers refer to the levels of content (text, images, videos, shapes, and audio) that are stacked over each other to create a final video.

When we add any element in our project in Alight Motion, a layer containing that element is automatically created in the timeline area. For example, each image added to your project in Alight motion will create a new layer in the timeline. Similarly adding text, audio, shape, and video will also create their respective layers in the timeline.

The order of the layers determines which element will show at the front and which will show at its back in the stack.

The multi-layer editing in Alight Motion Mod APK provides precise control over each element of the video. We can apply different effects, filters, and all other edits to each element of the video separately. By mastering how to move layers in Alight Motion, you can make professional videos.

Multi-layer editing approach helps in:

Grouping, Ungrouping & Hiding Layers in Alight Motion

We can group and ungroup multiple layers in Alight Motion.

How to Group the Layers?

We can make a group of 2 or more layers. Grouping multiple layers makes them 1 layer and then we can edit its properties and duration as a single layer.

Follow the steps below to group layers

Tap and hold for 2-3 seconds on the right-side panel of the layer containing the eye icon. The layer will be selected with the layer’s right panel highlighted in green color and show a tick symbol.

Similarly, select all the other layers you want to group.

The top bar will also be highlighted in green color and show the 3 grouping icons.

Select the appropriate grouping option and the selected layers will be grouped and shown as a single layer in the timeline.

How to Remove A Layer From A Group In Alight Motion?

To ungroup the layers or remove a layer from a group, follow the steps below.

Tap on the group layer body. The layers editing options will appear.

Tap on the 3 dots at the upper right corner of the screen. A list of options will appear.

Tap on “Ungroup”. All the layers in the group will be ungrouped and show up as separate layers in the timeline.

The green screen background will be removed and replaced by the image or video of your choice by following these steps.

How to Hide a Layer in Alight Motion?

You can hide a layer in your project. This feature is helpful during editing your project. You can hide a layer and see the preview of the layer behind it to perfectly edit the layer behind it.

To hide a layer, tap on the “EYE” icon on the right-side panel of the layer. It will hide the layer.

To unhide/show a layer again, tap again on the “EYE” icon. The layer will become visible again.