If you use anime studio pro 9 or later you can use smartbones If using Pro 8 or eariler This might help 7ym0NZj2Tb4 The audio is text to speech(robotic) but it is informative But for me I normally divide the arm in three layerd or separate shapes Top, Bottom, and hand Tip: Everthing rotates or bend ...

You don't have to copy and paste keyframes in actions
you can just go one frame 1 and click insert reference of the action you want
that way the action will be in the mainline, and it cycle.

Have you seen this video?

I recommend using masking for switch layers,
and I normally do lip sync for 3-4 seconds...

Typically, a switch layer contains the mouth shapes
-AI
-O
-E
-U
-etc
-L
-WQ
-MBP
-FV
-Rest

It also helps to have other mouth shapes

It would be nice we have something like this,
Kinda like keyframes caddy in abode flash
Or how drawing substitution in toon boom

I learned this while watching an anime studio tutorial, using onionskins to adjust bones pivot point. 0dooA-tNxRU 1. Go to a frame, (I normally do frame 24) 2. Go back to frame 0 3.Turn on onionskins for that keyframe 4. Translate bones -you can now see when you move the bone the layer bind to it wi...

That would nice, something like in ToonBoom drawing substitution or abode flash's keyframe caddy

Hi, I am not sure if this is possible or already made
Is there a way to export layers as a Photoshop file or a
vector file (SVG)?

With transparency?

I think this would benefit everyone, not only me.
This is merely a script idea.

I don't want to ask someone to make script for me.
I don't want that.

Yes, you don't have to render the whole animation
When you click export, change the start frame and end frame.

Oh i see you drew your characters in different body positions and used masking.... though i am pretty sure there is limitations with this Though I am confused on how this is possible I wish one day you can show us how one day Though I am gonna stick with switch layers, if only it was more smooth :/

Use bone constraints... Make a smartbone action for going in the negative direction and positive directions . Though I prefer doing layer binding, except for clothes and torso.... And also, you didn't make a smartbone action you only made a regular and morph actions.... When making a smartbone actio...

go in the masking settings and click exclude strokes.... so the line won't disappear

If you don't like to recolor, you should create style and apply to any shapes....thats way if you duplicate a frame, you don't have manually apply styles to it.

Tutorial on making a style:

Animation Test
"Grappling Hook"
I was trying to do a vector version of a rough animation...
But here I did point animation and some frame by frame

The only problem is that you can't actually rig a character like this....

I recommend translated the arm and leg bones for a 180° rig and adjust torso....
But make the head turn a diffrent action