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Mark5FF8
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December 20, 2020
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Import wav audio - Limited file size / length?

  • December 20, 2020
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Hi,

 

I'm very new to Animate, I've watched a few tutorials and picked up the basics to start making short cartoons. The problem I have is that I've noticed the longer audio files aren't coming in full to the Stage.

 

Steps

 

  1. Drag Wav file to Library
  2. Create new layer, name to match audio
  3. With new layer selected, drag and drop audio from library to Stage
  4. Audio is cut off at the end and I cannot extend the audio any further (see below

 

Am I doing something wrong? Thanks in advance

 

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    kglad
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    kgladCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    December 20, 2020

    animate has limits on everything. 

     

    the limit on frames in any one timeline is 16000 (which is more than you can possibly need).  ie, learn how to use movieclips.

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    Mark5FF8Author
    Participant
    December 20, 2020

    Thanks for clarifying the timeline.


    Is Movieclips a tool or are you saying to export shorter clips? My aim is to have 15+ min animations (which is more than 16000 frames) using the lip sync function. The whole this is a talking computer screen, so no cut aways are needed. Are you saying the fix is to export multiple files and piece together?

    kglad
    Community Expert
    kgladCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    December 20, 2020

    you can have an unlimited (time-wise) animation. 

     

    eg, create a (few minutes in duration) movieclip that displays the start of what you want your user's to see.  put that on the first main timeline frame.

     

    then create another (few minutes in duration) movieclip that displays the next part of what you want your user's to see.  put that on the next main timeline frame.

     

    etc

     

    you can then use code (as3 or js) to seemlessly move (if that's what you want) from one main timeline frame to the next displaying each of the movieclips.

     

     

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