convert frames to symbol script

Question

I'm wondering if there's a way to take all of the keyframes and tweens I have on a timline and turn it into a symbol in a single script?

Right now I'm:

copying all keyframes on one or multiple layers

creating a new symbol on the first frame with the objects in that frame

going into the new symbol

deleting the objects

pasting the keyframes

then moving all of the objects with the edit multiple keyframes tool to align with where they were on the upper level

and then removing all of the keyframes and tweens after frame 2 on the initial layer so symbol will have the proper loop length

A script to create this in one command would be incredibly usefull for my animation and being able to do the opposite... selecting a symbol and breaking all of the information inside to the same layer.

If anyone can write this or point me in the direction of how to write this I would be very greatfull.

Ned Murphy · Answer

I cannot be sure, but if I follow what you described doing versus what you want is what I think it is, it sounds like you took the long road to get there... though I might not understand what you are talking about.

If you select all the frames/layers of the timeline that you want to copy into a movieclip, then right click that selection, you can choose Copy Frames to copy the timeline. To plant the timeline into a MovieClip, just create a new empty MovieClip symbol, select the one and only keyframe in its one and only layer, right click it and choose Paste Frames... and the timeline you copied and all its layers and frames will fill out the MovieClip's timeline just as they were when you copied them.

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