I thought I might share an obvious time-saver: duplicating layers. I spent about 3 hours trying the drawn-out linear approach before I realized that it would be a hell of a lot easier to compartmentalize my operation. Rather than populating then altering each frame individually, I made a mental storyboard of the entire sequence and divided it into sections based on what action was taking place. For each action, I created a base layer that included all of the non-moving elements, then duplicated that for as many frames as I needed (copying and pasting the moving elements from a separate file into their desired positions). This way, I was able to keep better track of what I was doing and everything stayed pretty consistent while I was doing it.
This image was used as a background plate for the first 9 frames (the entry of the Auguste clown and the production of the peanut brittle can)
This image is then used as the background plate for the next several frames (the only alterations being the cobra and its movements)
Not fancy, but it helped me out quite a bit.
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