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June 12, 2020
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Prototype Animation Keeps Blinking/Flickering Between Artboards

For some reason when I animate my prototype with the drag auto-animation, the screens between each artboard during transition would flicker/washed out. 

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Zaac SaidCorrect answer
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April 5, 2022

I had the same issue before and it's actually pretty easy to solve. Between artboards make sure the object flickering has the same name in both artboards so the program understands it as one (in case you have named the same item differently in the artboards it will assume they are different objects and the transition between one another will result in the flickerings).

 

Regards,

Isaac

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Zaac SaidCorrect answer
Participant
April 5, 2022

I had the same issue before and it's actually pretty easy to solve. Between artboards make sure the object flickering has the same name in both artboards so the program understands it as one (in case you have named the same item differently in the artboards it will assume they are different objects and the transition between one another will result in the flickerings).

 

Regards,

Isaac

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    AmyJewitt
    AmyJewitt
    Participant
    August 12, 2022

    You saved me! It took me 45+ minutes to try to figure it out and I finally found your response and it fixed everything. Thanks a bunch!

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      default1a1y05ljun50
      Participant
      October 16, 2021

      I just had the same issue. After about 2 hours of trial and error I figured it out. I was using retangles as a background and had a plain white artboard. I think the flicker is XD taking the white artboard into account during the animation. I delete all by retangles and colored the artboards and the strobing/flickering is gone.

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        ekeme23654374jsc1
        Participant
        March 18, 2022

        I dont think coloring your artboard is a good solution long term

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        Six Cinquième
        Six Cinquième
        Participant
        March 8, 2021

        Found the solution! I was having the same issue.

         

        Check your layers between each artboard and make sure nothing has changed. 

        My issue was that I had a black rectangle as the background and at some point, as I duplicated my artboards, the black rectangle displayed as a "path" in my layers panel rather than a "rectangle" shape as it did in the other artboards. So I deleted the faulty "path" layers and copy pasted the correct "rectangle" back onto the affected artboards while ensuring it was placed in the same order in the layers panel as the other artboards.

         

        This, somehow, fixed everything when I played back my prototype. Weird bug.

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          kelly_mccain
          Participant
          August 30, 2023

          Very helpful. Thank you. My object names matched on each page, but I had "paths." Once I removed them the flickering ended. 

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          djDyer
          djDyer
          Participant
          December 3, 2020

          Any news on this resolution?  My background keeps flickering between each and every auto-animate transition.  

          Creating a component doesn't affect any change.  The containers are not the issue, it's the background alone. 

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            Alishba5FD3
            Participant
            December 4, 2020

            For me, it was the viewport hight. For example, on one artboard it would be 859 and then on the other 856 and that would cause the flickering. I don't understand how that happened but yeah.

             

            Hope that helped!  

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              maximm98720856
              Participant
              November 12, 2020

              Hi, if you are still wondering how to fix this. Make a component out of your objects that aren't working well together.

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              djDyer
              djDyer
              Participant
              September 13, 2020

              Never got resolution for the issue on this thread?  I'm seeing the same thing, but it wasn't happening before.  Just all of a sudden

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                Harshika Verma
                Community Manager
                Harshika VermaCommunity Manager
                Community Manager
                June 12, 2020

                Hi Anita,

                 

                Sorry to hear you are having trouble with animation in XD. We would request you to please share the video of your workflow for better understanding. Please share the screenshot of your about XD info page. Is it happening with all the files or with this specific file?

                 

                We will try our best to help.

                 

                Thanks,

                Harshika

                 

                 

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                willriot
                Participant
                July 16, 2020

                Hi, I am also having the same issue (I'm fairly new to UX Design & XD) each artboard has the background image flash each time it changes to the next on the time-transition.

                 

                Was there any solution to this?

                 

                TIA.

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                Rishabh_Tiwari
                Rishabh_Tiwari
                Legend
                July 16, 2020

                Hi Willriot,

                 

                Sorry to hear about the trouble. Could you please share a few more details like:

                 

                1. The exact version of Adobe XD and the Operating System.
                2. Is it happening on a specific file or multiple files?
                3. Do you use an external monitor along with a primary screen?
                4. Will it be possible for you to share a small video of what exactly happens at your end?

                 

                We're here to help, just need more information.

                 

                Regards

                Rishabh

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