zoom layer

An additional layer that magnifies part of the illustration. It's a common technique used for backgrounds in character art.

There are sometimes small, primarily 2D variations, such as:

• The layer being reversed.
• The layer being rotated.
• The layer being partially transparent, in greyscale, or having other changes in color.
• A character having a different expression.

If the layer is from a different 3D perspective, or there are larger 3D differences such as costumes, poses, or characters, it's a projected inset instead.

For the "zoom layer" effect used on stages by projecting the performance on background screens, use screen zoom instead.

See also

• Character Background
• Tag group:Backgrounds
• Tag group:Image composition

The following tags are aliased to this tag: zoomlayer (learn more).