# Alternative Way to Animate Frame by Frame in Synfig 1.5.5

**URL:** https://forums.synfig.org/t/alternative-way-to-animate-frame-by-frame-in-synfig-1-5-5/17142
**Category:** Tutorials
**Created:** [June 11, 2026, 7:02pm UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/alternative-way-to-animate-frame-by-frame-in-synfig-1-5-5/17142 "2026-06-11T19:02:53Z")
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### Author: ![Archer](https://forums.synfig.org/user_avatar/forums.synfig.org/archer/32/189_2.png) [@Archer](https://forums.synfig.org/u/Archer)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2026, 7:02pm UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/alternative-way-to-animate-frame-by-frame-in-synfig-1-5-5/17142/1 "2026-06-11T19:02:53Z")

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I would like to share with you all a simple way I found to do frame by frame animation in Synfig Studio. Although there are tutorials that talk about Z Depth, I did not find any that used this same method. It consists of using the Z Range, Z Range Position and Z Range Blur parameters of groups.

I hope you like it, see you soon.

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### Author: ![Svarov](https://forums.synfig.org/user_avatar/forums.synfig.org/svarov/32/8167_2.png) [@Svarov](https://forums.synfig.org/u/Svarov)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2026, 4:15am UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/alternative-way-to-animate-frame-by-frame-in-synfig-1-5-5/17142/2 "2026-06-12T04:15:51Z")

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Very interesting technique, thank you for sharing. I like that onion skin comes naturally with it which means you can theoretically do some weird motion blur shenanigans with it in a more nuanced and controlled way than just using “Motion Blur” layer.

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### Author: ![Archer](https://forums.synfig.org/user_avatar/forums.synfig.org/archer/32/189_2.png) [@Archer](https://forums.synfig.org/u/Archer)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2026, 6:04pm UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/alternative-way-to-animate-frame-by-frame-in-synfig-1-5-5/17142/3 "2026-06-12T18:04:35Z")

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Hola @Svarov. You’re right, with the Z Range Depth parameter it can be nuanced much more to make it look like a motion blur trail.