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Jan 25, 2022 4:47 AM UTC
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Graphic Symbol Acting Like A Motion clip

Hi. Im animating a character within a graphic symbol (Levels of nest animation: scene > shot no. >character symbol)  and everytime i publish the animation or export it, it always goes off sync with the internal animation. When I publish it and pause the scene, the graphic symbol continues to play is if its a motion clip. I have the symbol set to graphic in the properties panel and in the library panel. All my frames in each level of nesting are perfectly synced. What can i do to resolve this issue?

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    _keyframer
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    Jan 26, 2022 3:35 PM UTC

    This is a new one for me. Never heard of a graphic symbol continuing to play after the compiled file is stopped. How are you publishing it? What format?

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    Animator and content creator for Animate CC
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    Jan 26, 2022 4:31 PM UTC

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    _keyframer
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    Jan 27, 2022 3:18 PM UTC

    Your intended export format is video I'll assume? I'm stumped and seeing the FLA may be the only possible way to solve this.

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    Animator and content creator for Animate CC
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    Jan 26, 2022 12:52 AM UTC

    I found a temporary fix. By exporting the entire project as a png sequences seems to work. But would still would love a fix for the graphic symbol glitch.

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    kglad
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    Jan 25, 2022 2:31 PM UTC

    1. do you have any movieclips nested within your graphic?

     

    2. on the main timeline (in the properties panel) when you select your graphic, does it say the instance is a graphic?                         

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    Participating Frequently
    Jan 25, 2022 4:23 PM UTC

    1. No i didn use any movie clips

    2. Yes the instance is set to graphic.

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    kglad
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    Jan 25, 2022 4:53 PM UTC

    do all your nested graphics end at the same time?

     

    eg, if you have a graphic symbol with 20 frames and there's another graphic symbol on its 10th frame, does that nested graphic symbol have 11 frames?

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