Image Layers

Image layers are a way of importing artwork into Moho that was created in other programs. Any program that can produce image files can be used together with Moho this way. For example, a painting program, photo editor, or 3D modeling program can produce images that can be used in a Moho image layer. You can't edit the pixels of one of these images in Moho, but you can move, resize and rotate image layers, and attach them to skeletons for more complex animation.

The best image format to use with Moho is PNG. PNG files have high quality, good compression, and support full alpha channels for transparency effects. Although PNG is the preferred format for use with Moho, you can also use JPEG, BMP, Targa, or GIF images.

Image layers can also be used to bring external movies into Moho. Instead of selecting a still image, select a movie file when creating a new image layer. Moho can import QuickTime (Windows and Mac OS) or AVI (Windows only) movies as image layers. When importing a movie file, Moho will use the movie's alpha channel (if present) to composite the movie with other elements in the scene.