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Inspiring
May 19, 2017
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Moving Animated Character Through The Scene

  • May 19, 2017
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I have created a character and animated the walk cycle in the center of the stage. I now need to put this character in a backdrop that I've created and have him move. I would like for him to walk into the frame from the left. 

The problem is I don't know how to move the character within the space without going into/changing every keyframe in the walk cycle. I come from premiere, where I would call the solution "nesting" the sequence so I can move, scale, and rotate it without effecting the walk cycle animation. I've created symbols for each of the body parts (followed a "draw with Jazza" tutorial) so I can't make the entire piece a symbol (when I try this it says you can not put a symbol within a symbol). 

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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    Correct answer Colin Holgate

    You can't put a symbol into itself. It's normal to put symbols into other symbols.

    Make sure you have a backup in case you get this wrong:

    Select the layers of the character parts.

    Right-click in the layer name area and do a Cut Layers.

    In the Library right-click and select New Symbol. Choose Graphic as the type.

    You should now see the graphic's timeline.

    Right click in the layers area and choose Paste Layers.

    If you then go back to the main timeline you should be able to drag the graphic you just made from the library onto the stage, and then apply a tween to it to get the walk cycle to animate across the stage.

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    destynp79486094
    destynp79486094Author
    Inspiring
    June 2, 2017

    Thank you! Problem solved!

    Asymetrical
    Asymetrical
    Inspiring
    June 2, 2017

    After you've applied the Tween however and gotten your start and stop positions, you should go back and move the character to place the feet better because the feet are going to slide using a Tween.

    Basically you Tween, then create a keyframe for every other frame, then get rid of the Tween then slide the character forward into position each frame so his feet don't slide and he appears to move forward in the scene.

      Colin Holgate
      Colin HolgateCorrect answer
      Inspiring
      May 19, 2017

      You can't put a symbol into itself. It's normal to put symbols into other symbols.

      Make sure you have a backup in case you get this wrong:

      Select the layers of the character parts.

      Right-click in the layer name area and do a Cut Layers.

      In the Library right-click and select New Symbol. Choose Graphic as the type.

      You should now see the graphic's timeline.

      Right click in the layers area and choose Paste Layers.

      If you then go back to the main timeline you should be able to drag the graphic you just made from the library onto the stage, and then apply a tween to it to get the walk cycle to animate across the stage.

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        bui_huut27802964
        Participant
        July 29, 2017

        Thanks. It's use full.

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