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Hi there, while creating an animate tool I've been able to access functions from other JSFL files. I've achieve this by adding this line at the top of each script:var utilities_script = fl.configURI + 'WindowSWF/' + "utilities.jsfl"; And then when I need to actually call a function in (for example) utilities, I call this:fl.runScript(utilities_script, "DistributeKeyFrames", distributionNumber);However, following the first call to the utilities script I can then access any function from utilities directly without the need to the fl.runScript call. So for example, if I needed to call DistributeKeyFrames again, I'd call:DistributeKeyFrames(3)as if it was a local function. But this only works after calling the long fl.runScript the first time. Would really appreate if someone could explain why this is so and also, is there a way to set things up during an initialisation where I could just  call the function directly from the outset!ThanksAnt

In "Webzforevz" "HOW TO ANIMATE LIKE BFDIA | Character Animation Tutorial" video on YouTube, at about 30 seconds in, he references selecting all items and then converting them to symbol, which isn't a problem but then also has them all individually selected whilst inside the symbol? im not sure how that would work, if anybody could help it would be greatly appreciated! (i do have most animation figured out, if someone could help, id love to put you into the credits of the first episode, im the script writer and animator all at once so it may take a while, but id like to credit for helping! :D) 

Hi.  I'm having an issue where I'm animating a star along a path and once I add the tween, the animation doesn't flow smoothly (see attached image.)  I checked the starting and stopping frames and there are no eases.  How can I fix this? Thank you.

2017.1 ReleaseBuild: 16.1.1.0.86video: mpeg-4 fileI have a video component on my stage, with the source pointing to a file in my folder  - "Videos/myVideo.mp4"When I Test or Publish the file, the video in my folder disappears, so I'm assuming it's deleted because when I search for the file on my computer I can't find it.Is anyone else having this issue?

i tried to export the video file of my animation in the fla, but it didnt work, so i closed the file and tried to open it again, then it corrupted and i cant open it anymore, can anyone help me fix it? the fla filehttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1--Wz4gQqCo0u0tFuT4qMaSwxIXEEIKZL/view?usp=sharing no swf sorry

I'd like to center align a text symbol to an existing circle symbol.But whenever I do, the circle symbol moves but not the text symbol: How can I designate the text symbol to align to the circle symbol and not vice versa?

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Hi all,Need a little help, my illustrator has just started using Animate and has made a series of animations (Animate documents). He has succesfully exported most of them as OAM files but one in particular stops at the first hurdle and displays "Invalid File Path".  We have looked through all of the setting and compared all of the files and there appears to be nothing in the preferences that is different across all the documents.  The files are all created and stored in the same folder.  As it is a new program to us both it is a bit like the blind leading the blind, so I thought I would ask the experts. 

Bonjour à tous,  je m'en remets à vous car je suis complètement perdu depuis plusieurs jours :  j'aimerais commencer à animer de maniere "simple", mon objectif est de mettre en scène mes croquis (des personnages mignons sur des décors très simples et ludiques) pour mes 3 enfants qui n'ont pas l'habitude des dessins animés. la question que je me pose est la suivante : Quel logiciel adobe dois je utiliser ? character animator me semble très bien pour l'animation intuitive des personnages, mais je ne trouve aucune information sur l'animation de l'arrière plan (décor)... donc est ce que je peux faire ça sur character animator ou est ce que je dois aller sur animate ou after effects pour le décor ? Disons que je n'ai pas vraiment idée de ce que pourrait être un bon Workflow pour mon projet. En sachant que j'ai déjà créé mes personnages et mes décors sous forme de calque, quelqu'un aurait il la gentillesse de m'expliquer ce que je dois faire pour arriver a mes f

I recently started using Adobe Animate for a school project and am having some trouble with combining layers, using the lasso tool, and creating symbols. I draw the objects on Adobe fresco and then export them to Creative Cloud, and then into my person library so I can use them in my animation. I have a drawing of a hand that is made up of three layers, and when I merge them, I am only able to move around and delete on of the three layers, not all as one. Also, when I use the "break apart" tool to be able to use the lasso tool, and for example I delete my selected part, it deletes a whole layer (out of the three), and a part out of the second one, and nothing out of the third. Instead, I want it to delete my selected part. Additionally, when I create a symbol, how do I make it it's own layer?

There is a phenomenon where pixels are broken when using the paint brush tool.

Hi there, we have an issue in which content is shared in a dropbox folder between multiple users. However, due to the fact that Animate seems to use absolute paths, when UserA tries to open a file created by UserB, it's trying to open images linked to UserA dropbox account - rather than use relative paths and find it on their own dropbox folder. I don't believe (please correct me if I'm wrong) you can change Animate to use relative paths, so one solution was to use the library.updateItem() function (eqivalent to properties/update on a file)  to repath the images, but this doesn't seem to be available via JSFL (it says 'updateItem is not a function'). So is there any way to resolve this?Thanks for any help

I have been developing online learning tools with Adobe Animate, but have received feedback from colleagues needing accessibility that their screen readers pick up nothing at all where the HTML5 canvas is embedded in my website. I know that earlier versions of Adobe Animate had limited (although problematic) accessibility options, but all of the resources from StackExchange about adding ARIA-labels to Adobe Animate appear to lead to non-existant pages on the Adobe website (I asusme the information is obsolete, so Adobe took it down). Is there a way that I can add ARIA-labels to the Javascript file after exporting my Animate Project so that the screen reader can at least read a description of what the text/buttons on a patircular frame are? I am not looking to have something that you can tab through as this is a whole nother level of accessibility that I doubt I can program.

everytime i go to draw on adobe aniamte a random black line just appears at the bottom of the screen i cant seem to find the reason for it either, for some odd reason this only happens on the drawing tablet and second monitor but doesnt happen on the main monitor

I have brought an animated GIF into Animate, I want to make this GIF move accross the screen. Is it possible to animate an already animated GIF?I dont know how to do this as the frames have already been used to animate the dog running... how do I animate the dog so its also moving forwards?(for HTML5)

Welcome geniuses and creators (^_^)I want to view  file (*.glb) in Animate?File attachment.But why work in publishing?Why?please help? 

The new Auto Lip sync seems a nice feature to have.I have seen several tutorials on this and all work fine except when the moth is moving around together with the mouth.The symbol of the mouth stops moving when using Auto Lip Sync. Is there a workaround for this?All the tutorials I have seen ara all with heads that don't move.So my Mouth symbol (in a seperate layer) moves together with my head, but after using auto lip sync, the mouth symbol doesn't move anymore

When I execute the command "File - Export - Export Movie", after choosing to save it in PNG format, a dialog box pops up with a "Smooth" option, but no matter whether I select it or not, the exported image is smooth! This option does not play any role.My Animate version is 2024.  

Hi all,  I am new wit animate and I looked all over the net i can't find the answer.  I tried to connect my child layers to my parent layers, but for some reason some layers disappear when i link them. The timeline of the layers became grey. In the example below all the grey layers are hidden. If somone as a solution please let me know.  Thank you in advance 

Don't get me wrong, the software is pretty good compared to others. It's smooth, has good interface, and can make art look real good. While there are a few issues in that department Adobe Animate does a pretty good job with that kind of stuff. But why do I still think the software's bad? It's the crashes and the errors that spoil the app. While everything about Animate sounds good so far, the one issue, the one very big issue I have with it is the whole exporting issue. It's at the most random time Animate decides to corrupt your flash file. In the past 2 months I've lost 3 animations that took forever to finish. And not to mention that stupid message that pops up: "An error oppening file:" As if it expects me to move on so easily. And then there's auto-recovery, P.S: It's not useful. The problem is, it only saves in the same folder as your project and deletes itself once you finally save and close Adobe Animate. They should really look into following the exporting features of a softwa

How to add frames to symbols? I genuinely can't understand how to do it.

when i try lauching adobe animate it just dont open and just crash while initializing fonts, why it doesnt work?, i use adobe animate 2022 and i already tried 2024 but it still dont work

i dont know what to do or what is the problem is    please help me

I recently created an animation where I used the pin tool to put a bone-type rig on a bunch of leaves, and then warped them to shape frame by frame. I reopenned it the next day to find some of the assets had turned into black boxes. Each one has its own later, maybe 15 layers in total and 7 of them are black boxes in every key frame. The boxes still warp the same way the leaves did, but the leaves themselves won't load. I have 3 different save files and one recovery, I cant open the saved files at all, and this problem is with the recovery file. The animation itself is only 2s long at 15fps, and when open, only takes up 25-30% of my cpu. I'm not sure if any of that info is helpful, but idk how tostart fixing this. 

Hello i have a problem with all of my actionscript files they all say they need to subclass flash.display.MovieClip but they already do subclass it. P.S This file has rights to it please do not use it for your self. Only the mods at adobe are allowed to view it.