Symbols Keep Distorting During Tween?

[pete142]

This didn't happen with my last project. I have saved all my layers as symbols and connected them together. However, whenever I try to move a symbol (like the head or eyebrow) the tween distorts it like crazy and then skips back to normal at the end of the tween. I don't understand what's happening? Please help. Is this a glitch in Animate or my file?

[kglad]

what do you mean by, "I have saved all my layers as symbols..."?

and what do you mean by, "...and connected them together."?

[pete142]

I mean each layer is a bodily feature (head, eyes, mouth, torso, shoulder, arm etc) and it is all successfully parented to each appropriate body part.

I have discovered an update is available, so perhaps that is the issue. 

[Nick Gioia]

Make sure your registration points are in the same spot for each from. If not that could be your issue.

[pete142]

Thanks. When you say registration points what do you mean? The anchor/hinge points for the symbols? And each from-- what do you mean by this?

[Nick Gioia]

Yes the anchor point. The little white dot. You have to use the transformation tool to see it. 

[pete142]

Yeah I have them all in the right positions. It literally just distorts in the middle of the tween then snaps back to the endpoint I set on the last frame of the tween. Very frustrating!

[Nick Gioia]

Have you tried deleting all the frames for the tween and re-putting in the frames and trying to redo the tween see if that works?

[pete142]

I'm not sure if I did that. I undid the tween and change the outcome over
and over to see if it will change anything but it never does. I think I'll
have to just start a fresh file and use the same symbols to hope it works.

[Nick Gioia]

Ok. Let me know if that works. Your animation looks pretty cool. Lol

[pete142]

Haha thanks man! I've just started doing these comedy sketches online, I'm new to it all, but it's going well. Really appreciate the help.