Nightglow Scene Studio

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Scene Studio

Build a Nightglow scene, watch it run, export it.

Layers — back to front

Pick one image for something still, or several at once for one animation — they become its frames, in filename order. You can also drag images straight onto the picture.

Nothing yet. Add the background first — it sits at the back.

Scene

Folder

Publish

Library

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Texture budget

You work at 4K; scenes are saved at 1080p and every image is resampled to the size it is actually drawn. An image used by more than one layer is counted once, because the device stores it once. These figures are what the television will hold, not what you dropped in. A Roku has about 23 MB.

Checks

Reminders

Only animate what moves. A candle flame as its own 8 frames plus a still candlestick costs a fraction of one big sequence containing both.

Every frame the same size. Don't trim each frame to its content or the character will jump.

Layers stack in the order above. A still can sit in front of an animation — a curtain, a bed post.