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Yann Mapple
Inspiring
Jun 29, 2017 9:25 AM UTC
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Trim Paths in Animate CC?

All is in the title...
Why in 2017 "Trim paths" is still not available in Animate CC?? It's a basic animation effect, available in after effect but for strange and mysterious reasons unknown in Animate where it's really a nightmare to create similar effect (and spend hours), however Trim path would so have his place in Animate.
I'm an illustrator and animator, I use Animate for 99% of my work and I SO need this option... PLEASE update it!!!!

(and sorry for my uggly english)

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    Preran
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    Legend
    Jun 29, 2017 1:49 PM UTC

    You can place a request with the team directly using the wishlist form Feature Request/Bug Report Form

    Thanks,

    Preran

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    Community Expert
    Dec 29, 2022 3:18 AM UTC

    you can make suggestions to adobe here: for applicable apps, use https://helpx.adobe.com/ie/x-productkb/global/how-to-user-voice.html for others, use https://www.adobe.com/products/wishform.html

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    Known Participant
    Dec 29, 2022 9:21 AM UTC

    Thank to all, but it seems that this is not possible, the page doesn't allow to make requests for "adobe animate"....

    Furthermore, all the proposed solutions (with masks), which are in any case valid and well known, are cumbersome and long to create...

    It would like the "trim path" feature directly enabled in Adobe Animate

     

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    kglad
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    Community Expert
    Dec 29, 2022 12:46 PM UTC
    sergiopop75
    Inspiring
    Dec 22, 2022 6:32 PM UTC

    In this video show one process to create.
    https://youtu.be/geMvT5GwLH0

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    ____2D vector animator since 2000 & PhD
    Known Participant
    Jan 11, 2022 6:18 PM UTC

    Yes my friend, I also support this idea, come on adobe, I will also send a request;

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    berzins
    Inspiring
    Jan 11, 2022 1:14 PM UTC

    Hi, all!
    Ok. We all know - Adobe will never ever listen in us. We can spam in that Feature Request Form for eternity. They will not give us that feature. And there is no answer "why" on earth.

    The question is - How to simulate it? Here we are users, all we are using Animate, I guess. So - what is the solution? Is there any trick, method, something, how to (for example) reveal a square outline continuously?

     

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    Known Participant
    Jan 12, 2022 6:40 AM UTC

    You can refer to this tutorial https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1J54y1B72n 

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    Deltaweb
    Known Participant
    Dec 22, 2022 5:50 PM UTC

    I also found one in english that works essentially the same! Felt like sharing the wealth! 🙂

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=252kA6UkhMo

    Works using masks, nested movie clips and shape tweens

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    Known Participant
    Oct 23, 2021 12:32 PM UTC

    Please add this feature

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    Inspiring
    Oct 20, 2021 1:12 PM UTC

    Yes Adobe Animate seems lacking in the animation features. Go figure. Please add this feature.

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    Participant
    May 29, 2020 10:08 PM UTC

    I'm in 2020 and it's still the same... What I do is I do a mask layer and just draw on it... like literally frme by frame. Finally it gives me the effect I need but it takes time... This simple trick can be easily done in AE (3-5 minutes).
    However if I trim a simple path like a square, or a circle this can beeasily attainable by transforming the mask and applying either Shape Tween or Classic Tween. 
    Gosh I spend days trying to solve this issue and the only solution for compound shapes is to draw on mask layer frame by frame... Pity...

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    Known Participant
    Oct 10, 2019 9:25 AM UTC

    Me too! Thanks

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    Yann Mapple
    Inspiring
    Jun 29, 2017 2:41 PM UTC

    Thanks Preran!

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    Preran
    PreranCorrect answer
    Legend
    Jun 29, 2017 1:49 PM UTC

    You can place a request with the team directly using the wishlist form Feature Request/Bug Report Form

    Thanks,

    Preran

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    Participant
    Mar 27, 2018 11:22 AM UTC

    I need it too!!! Please

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