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magda031125
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January 11, 2017
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How to loop some layers in timeline and leave other layers to be played just once

  • January 11, 2017
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Hi I'm a very beginner and I wasn't able to find an answer on my question, probably because it's difficult for me to formulate it right... So I have an animation movie which in general needs to be played just once but some parts of it needs to be looping forever. how to loop just some layers on the timeline and leave other layers to be played just once? Is it possible?

Thank you!

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Correct answer kglad

layers don't exist in your published file so you can't control individual layers.

to work-around that follow the advice of rezun8​ and convert each layer to a movieclip.  ie, select all the frame in that layer, right click > click cut and then create a new movieclip and paste the cut frames into the new movieclip's timeline.

you can then control that movieclip's timeline independent of the main timeline.

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kglad
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kgladCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
January 11, 2017

layers don't exist in your published file so you can't control individual layers.

to work-around that follow the advice of rezun8​ and convert each layer to a movieclip.  ie, select all the frame in that layer, right click > click cut and then create a new movieclip and paste the cut frames into the new movieclip's timeline.

you can then control that movieclip's timeline independent of the main timeline.

magda031125
Participant
January 11, 2017

thanks a lot for explanation!

kglad
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 11, 2017

you're welcome.

rezun8
Inspiring
January 11, 2017

use MovieClips to make that happen. Think of the MovieClip (MC) as a smaller timeline animation that resides within the main timeline.

Legend
January 11, 2017

Because that's exactly what it is.