@kglad advised correctly but I'm now wondering if you have any kind of motion tween applied? There are Classic and Motion tweens which could be effecting your attempt at holding on a single frame (the blink).  Typically, there's a keyframe on frame 1, then to "hold" or "extend the duration of the contents in the keyframe" for a 1 sec duration, go to the 1 second mark on your timeline and click to select that frame and hit F5 (Insert Frames). ... View more

Same here. I may need to go as far back as possible with Animate. I hadn't used it in over a year and these issues I don't experience with any other software on my M1. My next hurdle is why File > New doesn't work but I invented a work-around my opening up from a template and then modifying it.  I'm also stunned at how long it takes the start screen to launch amongst other glaring issues. Oh well. ... View more

Literally YEARS of dealing with these glaring basic issues..      ... View more

V23 just crashed while picking a color - so, still an issue that will never be fixed. I had several files open which also means my local folder will have even more "RECOVERY_fileName.fla" files all over the place. What a mess. ... View more

Thanks @kglad - I found I can still go to New > Openn as Template - once this client project is done, I'm going to try yet an older version to make sure it's not my machine. I've never experienced File > New not working in any application at any time in my career. It's just so weird. ... View more

Not a stupid question and yes, I did as that is 99% of how I create new files any given day. This is a new bug for me today and once this client project is approved and delivered, I'm going to uninstall Animate and try an even older version.  ... View more

Yes. I can still open Fla files and I did manage to find a way to create a new file by closing all files and using the "Start a new file fast" section on the start screen and then clicking Full HD. So for now, I think I'll live with this or try an even older version. Thanks kglad ... View more

I just launched Animnate after many months of not using it (I switched to a much better 2D animation application) and forgot just how sluggish and crash-ridden Animate is in comparison). The color-picker bug is still an issue for me (M1 MBP) and today it has craahed 3 times in a span of 1 hour. I forgot the pain of Animate and now I'm even more convinced switching away from Adobe Animate was indeed the right call for me. I'll switch to V 23 immediately. Thanks @kglad! ... View more

This is certainly a long-standing bug I do not miss at all since moving on to different animation software. It's been an issue for a long time. I used to extend the tween by inserting a frame, then click the 2nd to last frame and hit F6 (Add Keyframe). This sometimes worked for me on Mac.  ... View more

I tried that so many times - could be the resolution of my screen forcing me to be extremly precise with my cursor positioning ... View more

thanks! ... View more

I'm surprised you even got a response JC! All my inquiries a year ago went un-answered. I used direct lines of communication that were active for a very long time. Hard to remain optimistic but either way, if Animate sticks around fine. I'll likely need to use it for some client work. But overall, my loyalty has waned and I have found alternative software that is seeing a surge in users and overall excitement. ... View more

You may want to really look at Rive ... View more

there's so much I could say - but I will only add, I'm not only disapointed to see Animate whither away in the dark cold corner of Adobe, but moreso the way the team quietly abandoned us in the process. They shut the lights off and closed the door while we're still in the room and won't talk to us anymore.  I've moved on but what a master class on how to not to treat your most devoted users. ... View more

That's a screenshot of your Photoshop timeline - I'd ask this question in the Photoshop community. Unless you are exporting an image sequence from P'shop and importing into Animate and trying to sync sound...??? ... View more

Hard to tell but the fact that clicking the art with the Asset Warp tool diesn't actually do anything the first few times might mean your artwork is scaled very small on the stage. Try scaling it up a lot more and see if that helps. ... View more

Not sure if this helps, but I use a Xencelabs pen display and tablet and their Quickeys product (small multifunctional hardware controller with buttons and a dial that you can customize per application. You can probably assign pans and zooms to the dial and use it as a sort of assistant while working. Not unlike what Wacom builds in to their pen displays. ... View more

What Nick said. Motion tweens are OBJECT based Classic tweens are FRAME based The difference is, with Motion tweens, you can set what the starting frame is but it's global across the tween. If you insert additional keyframes and try to change the nested frame nu mber, it will be applied across the tween span. With Classic tweens, you can insert as many keyframes as you wish and edit the viewable nested frame however you like. You also have the option to sync or unsync nested animations across keyframes within a Classic tween span. This is why animators who rely on their motions to be in sync across multiple timeline only use Classic tweens and Graphic symbols. Many years ago Adobe implemnented the Motion tween to replace the original tween modfel and it broke our workflows completely. We asked for that ability to control nested frames and they decided to bring back the original tween model alongside the newer Motion tween model and call it "Classic tween". It's very con fusing for anyone new to Animate and it's tricky to even explain the difference via text-based forums. But know this: Graphic Symbols + Classic Tweens = happy animators ... View more

Are both laptops windows or mac? A common possible solution is resetting preferences (mac). Is Animate crashing with just this one PSD or any PSDs? ... View more

I've seen weird issues with bitmaps disappearing when they are very high resolution, imported into Animate and then scaled down. Animate doesn't handle the rendering of bitmaps very will in this situation unfortunately.  ... View more

Here's a tutorial that was taken from my book from many moons ago... https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/how-to-cheat/9780240521312/41_Chapter-3e.html   ... View more

This is the way it's done for almost all animation studios. We never ever had a single FLA document for anything longer than 30-60 seconds. It's a file management issue as well as simply a better way to work - especially with a team. Much easier to divide your project into scenes or shots and have dedicated documents just for those shots - export them to video and then stitch together in Premiere Pro or similar.   ... View more

Yeah use Photoshop or similar to edit the bitmap image. If P'shop, "Select Subject" usually does a very quick and good job depending. Then export from P'shop as PNG-24 format and import into Animate. If you don't have an image editor, then what Kglad said will work. Import the image into Animate and then use Trace Bitmap to convert it to vectors and then use the Selection tool to highlight the background and hit delete. Just be aware that Trace Bitmap can create complicated vectors as it tries to retain the integrity of the original image. ... View more

Ahhh yes, what Kglad said but you can always go back into your mouth layer and inster keyframes and manually assign different mouths using the Frame Picker after you've run the auto-lip-sync feature. ... View more

We don't know what "whole new image" actually means but are you asking if the auto-lip-syncing can select other parts of the mouth/face/head? Whatever you want to assign as your mouth phenoms can be anything really. Just make sure to include them with each mouth and assign them appropriately. Apologies if I still misunderstood your question. ... View more

Yeah I noticed Rive a few months ago - love some of their example animations.   ... View more

Here's James Nethery's latest 2D character rig using Toon Boom Harmony. This is how it's done folks. ... View more