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Egil Arntzen
Inspiring
Apr 13, 2015 8:22 AM UTC
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Move entire animation into new position

Hi I want to move my animation to a new position. But if I select every frame it moves only from where my time indicator is. How can I move everything to a new position?

    robdillon
    robdillonCorrect answer
    Participating Frequently
    Apr 13, 2015 12:35 PM UTC

    Thanks, yes to a new position. Yeah I created a new movieclip and repositioned the whole animation. The only thing is that I want the animation to be on the layers on scene1 and have all the keyframes there. If I create a movieclip, I'll have to extend the amount of frames to the amount of the movieclip animation, which is okay. But I'll have to enter the movieclip to make adjustments to the keyframes. I thought maybe there was an "easier" way. Bu thanks though.


    If you want to keep to the timeline, you can use "Edit Multiple Frames" at the bottom of the timeline. Select the beginning and the end of the range of frames that you want to move. Go to the buttons at the bottom of the timeline, The second one from the right is the Edit Multiple Frames button, select that. Now you can drag the objects in the that layer to a new position on the stage.

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    TheBenimations
    TheBenimations
    Participant
    Feb 22, 2018 2:05 PM UTC

    If you're going to use the edit multiple frames function, be sure to also select either the onion skin or wireframe button and increase the range to be the entire length of your layer. Otherwise it won't work.

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      Igor Sulim
      Inspiring
      Jan 11, 2018 5:45 PM UTC

      I recommend you to do new animation in movie clip from the beginning if you want to move it later. It would be easier to transfer it to any place you want.

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        Egil ArntzenAuthor
        Inspiring
        Apr 13, 2015 8:25 AM UTC

        My animation is a motion tween by the way.

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        robdillon
        robdillon
        Participating Frequently
        Apr 13, 2015 12:22 PM UTC

        Are you talking about moving to a new position on the stage or a new position on the timeline? If you want to move the animation, the action between two or more keyframes to a new position on the stage, the simplest solution is to cut and paste the frames into a movieClip and then position that movieClip on the stage where you want it to run. If you want to have the animation occur at a different time in the timeline, you can select the whole set of frames and then drag them to a new point in the timeline. You can even drag the frames to a different layer if you like.

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          Egil ArntzenAuthor
          Inspiring
          Apr 13, 2015 12:29 PM UTC

          Thanks, yes to a new position. Yeah I created a new movieclip and repositioned the whole animation. The only thing is that I want the animation to be on the layers on scene1 and have all the keyframes there. If I create a movieclip, I'll have to extend the amount of frames to the amount of the movieclip animation, which is okay. But I'll have to enter the movieclip to make adjustments to the keyframes. I thought maybe there was an "easier" way. Bu thanks though.

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