By cold-drying thin gelatin layers form a matrix with triplehelical fibrils of preferred orientation. This orientation is variable and depends on the thickness of the layer. Indeed, this is no typical effect of the layer thickness, but it is related to the residual water content (moisture) in the nominally dry layers. These correlations are be discussed. The results are of interest for the orientation of the mesogenic phase of LC molecules dispersed as droplets in the gelatin layers.