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RuryBild
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January 19, 2017
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Symbols not playing

  • January 19, 2017
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Hello,

so in Adobe Animate, I am following along with a simple tutorial online on combining shape and motion tweens.

The setup is this:

  1. Box on the stage
  2. Convert to symbol
  3. Add curves to box
  4. Add frames up to f20 and create shape tween
  5. Add shape hints to four corners
  6. Add parallel shape hints on one end
  7. At the second Keyframe, move those hints along the shape (thus creating a simple wiggling animation that plays fine)
  8. Back out to scene, add frames up to f60 and now press play: nothing changes

I found an old thread that suggest switching the symbol type from movie clip to image, however that has not worked.

Pressing "Enter" is the main issue, "Ctrl" + "Enter" is fine.

I would appreciate any help,

Cheers,

Rury

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    Correct answer ClayUUID

    You have to change the type of the instance on the stage, not in the library.

    3 replies

    RuryBild
    RuryBildAuthor
    Participant
    January 19, 2017

    kglad​ - Inside "Edit Symbol" view it works perfectly, and if the animation is directly on the stage, it's perfectly happy.

    ClayUUID​ - I saw that in a similar thread, but converting the Symbol type to "Graphic" didn't seem to do anything. I tried to locate the "Looping" option in the Properties panel, however it wasn't visible. Does the Symbol have to be made a "Graphic" from the start or should it happily switch?

    kglad
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    January 19, 2017

    do you see any problem when testing, ctrl-enter?

    Legend
    January 19, 2017

    Movieclip symbols don't play when scrubbing the timeline in the IDE. Graphic symbols do.

    Graphic symbols have a "Looping" property that can be set to Loop, Play Once, or Single Frame.

    kglad
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    January 19, 2017

    if you're trying to use a shape tween:

    add an object (eg, rectangle) to frame 1

    add a keyframe to frame 20

    change the objects shape (using your mouse, for example) in frame 20

    between frame 1 and 20, right click > add shape tween

    test.