Timeline layering: is it possible to have a shapes overlay another whilst retaining normal layering rules?
Feb 07, 2023
Hi All,
Apologies for the awful title.
Below I am trying to achieve a kind of 4 coloured moons effect, but the red circle cannot be under the green without the green overlaying the other moons (bringing the shape to the top of the timeline)
Above i have 4 shapes on the timeline. Is it possible to have the green circle overlay the red circle whilst the green circle staying under all of the other circles.
I'm trying to make a nice set of colourful moon shapes but I cannot figure out if what i'm after is possible.
Is it possible, or are there any workarounds? I don't really want to make custom shapes or use the moon shape here.
To attempt to clarify. I would like the red circle to underlay the green whilst maintaining it's position over the others and keeping the green circles position under all of the other circles.
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To attempt to clarify. I would like the red circle to underlay the green whilst maintaining it's position over the others and keeping the green circles position under all of the other circles.
This is something Escher (look up some of his drawings, especially Waterfall, and Ascending and Descending) could do, but in the real world can’t exist.
You can try, but no matter what you do, the top color is not going to have a nice neat moon shape. It isn't possible, even if you create a custom shape (or state) with a slice of green on the red.
Whether the green is a nice moon shape, or the red is, the dotted area has to be a color, and that changes the effect.