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November 14, 2017
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Am I able to add bones to a photo I have prepared in parts from Photoshop?

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I use An quite allot and love it!

However of late I am wanting to develop my skills and start getting into more of it. Using bones the camera etc.

Now I don't draw anything in AN I do all my imagery in photoshop and save as psd then import to stage.

I mostly use artwork of friends - cut it up into parts to seperate all the bits I need for my animation.

Im wanting to speed up the process and use bones to tie in the characters etc.

At first when I try to add bones it says cannot add bones to bitmap image.

However when I highlight the peice and select "Break apart" it allows me to add bones.

But for some reason its not really working out right.

Is there a tutorial someone can direct me too that uses the bone tool feature on imagery not created in AN?

Thank you.

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    Correct answer Joseph Labrecque

    Using bitmap objects, the best thing to do is to convert each movable piece into a MovieClip symbol and then apply your bone definitions to those, creating a complete armature.

    So select a piece - hit F8 to convert to a MovieClip symbol. Repeat and then add bones.

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    Joseph Labrecque
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    Joseph LabrecqueCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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    November 14, 2017

    Using bitmap objects, the best thing to do is to convert each movable piece into a MovieClip symbol and then apply your bone definitions to those, creating a complete armature.

    So select a piece - hit F8 to convert to a MovieClip symbol. Repeat and then add bones.

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