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Inspiring
September 28, 2023
Question

How do I animate in sync to an imported video?

  • September 28, 2023
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Hi, what I need to do is animate in sync with a video, where the person in the video flips a switch then the switch in the animation also goes up, with multiple different switches. So I would essentially need to see each frame of the video so I can create and/or slide keyframes to line up with those specific points in the video. However whenever I import a video into Animate, it doesn't let me view it frame by frame as I scrub across the timeline.

 

Is there a way I could import the video that would allow me to view it frame by frame in the timeline so I can line my animation up to it? Or do I have to time my animation to each time stamp in the video then put them together in Premiere?

 

Thanks!

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Community Expert
September 30, 2023

 Import an MP4 that has been compressed with H264. Should work just fine I just tested myself.

Inspiring
October 2, 2023

Huh, seems to be the right direction, however I keep getting errors despite reducing the size of the video as far down as I could go. Is there something wrong with my settings maybe?

kglad
Community Expert
Community Expert
October 2, 2023

@Michael30621428f7dz 

 

if you mean the warning about not being able to export an mp4, that's expected.  if you want the video linked with your timeline, use an flv.

kglad
Community Expert
Community Expert
September 29, 2023

if you import an flv, you can add that to your timeline.

 

otherwise, you can use code to sync sounds etc with your video.