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When exporting as Animated GIF, is there a way to make animations that are within (graphic) symbols play?

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July 13, 2017
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I created an animation on the main time line, and one part of it is a graphic symbol which has its own animation. However, when I export this as an Animated GIF, the symbol's animation doesn't play. Is there a way to export it in such a way that it does play? Or do I have to find a circuitous way of trying to replicate my animation on the main timeline?

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Correct answer mark@headTrix

MOVIECLIPS will NOT export to an Animated GIF.... Graphic Symbols export just fine!

Just make sure it says "LOOP" or "Play Once" and that it has enough frames on the timeline to play"

If the animation inside of the Graphic Symbol is 30 frames... then you will have to give the graphic symbol 30 Frames on the MAIN timeline... they sync frame for frame.

Hope that helps!
mark

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chabotjeff

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"MOVIECLIPS will NOT export to an Animated GIF.... Graphic Symbols export just fine!"

In Animate CC I have no problem exporting movieclips as a gif animation.

The problem I come across is when exporting gif animations it will only play the animation on the main timeline -- not embedded "nested" movie clips with their own timeline.

Has anyone else found this to be true and found a workaround?

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spy32323446

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Yes, unfortunately this still doesn't work with a nested movieclip. So you have to export a video and import e.g. into Photoshop and export a animated gif, thats not a good solution. In a newsletter you mostly still have no alternative to an animetd gif, so would be nice if nested movoe clips would work.

kglad

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no, I have converted that to a graphic symbol but this symbol has its own timeline, no code inside

and what's on the timeline of that graphic? a tween?

if yes, what kind of symbol is the tweened object? (hint: it needs to be a graphic if it has more than 1 frame with visible property changes).

if not,

how many frames in that graphic?

on what main timeline frame does that graphic first appear?

on what main timeline frame does that graphic last appear?

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mark@headTrix

Correct answer

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MOVIECLIPS will NOT export to an Animated GIF.... Graphic Symbols export just fine!

Just make sure it says "LOOP" or "Play Once" and that it has enough frames on the timeline to play"

If the animation inside of the Graphic Symbol is 30 frames... then you will have to give the graphic symbol 30 Frames on the MAIN timeline... they sync frame for frame.

Hope that helps!
mark

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BrightAnnaAuthor

Participating Frequently

Thanks! I figured out I had a movie clip after all! I'm trying to get the timing fixed now because it messed up somehow. I will try to export it then.

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Nick Gioia

Community Expert

Try this tutorial. Adobe Animate CC Tutorial | How to Export a GIF Image in Adobe Animate CC - YouTube

Colin Holgate

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I think that the symbol's animation wouldn't play only if it's a movieclip, or if it's a graphic that is set to only show one frame. If you have ti set to play once, or loop, I would have thought its animation would show up ok.

kglad

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as long as there are enough frames on the main timeline, the graphics symbol's animation should be veiwable when checking the main timeline and in the exported gif. ie, if you put a symbol (that contains animation over 30 frames) on a 1 frame main timeline, you'll see no animation. if the main timeline has 15 frames, you'll see 1/2 the animation (assuming the graphic is on frame 1).

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