How do I hold one drawing for multiple frames

[lawrencehagm]

I'm creating an animation that has two layers, on the first layer there is a static drawing of a fence on frame one and on the second layer I have an animated character with multiple keyframes along the timeline. I need to hold the single drawing on the first layer for the duration of the timeline. I don't see a simple way to do this. I tried dragging the keyframe to happen over multiple frames - nope. I tried looking for an interpolation setting - nope. Do I actually have to copy and paste the single drawing for every frame for it to be held? What if I want to change the single drawing, will I have to copy and paste the drawing over again?

A bit confused on the workflow here, any advice?

Thanks.

[n. tilcheff · Accepted solution]

Select an empty frame further down the timeline and press F5. This will extend the span of the last keyframe, i.e. your BG will be held.

You can also right-click and choose from the context menu:

There are also other ways...

[Nicktendo28]

extend the frame by pressing F5.