Importing/paste copies the main layer

[mathewp41828441]

I was making a small animation on Animate and whenever I add new objects to the stage, it makes a copy of the main layer. Thing is, it cannot be interacted with, if I move the item that I can touch, the other will move with it, then center. I made a copy of the item I added to the stage, the problem went away. But as I edited it, it was disappearing into the project. And the frames before that were effected as if I somehow took an eraser to all of them. Then I try to replicate those frames, and then the image comes back again.

[n. tilcheff]

Hi mate, 

From what you describe I guess you have no idea what a Symbol is in the context and terminology of Flash.

You should look into Symbols and Symbol Instances to get some grasp how this program is supposed to be used.

[mathewp41828441 · Accepted solution]

Thank you for your...kind...reply, but it turns out symbols weren't the
issue.

There was some type of memory issue that caused the problem and all it
needed was a simple uninstall and reinstall.

[ClayUUID]

Narrator: Symbols were the issue.