Hi mate, I understand! Very unpleasant indeed. However, you don't really have to break apart the original symbol that is at an angle. You can create a wrapper around it, i.e. convert the symbol to a symbol and that way retain the original for future quick editing everywhere. All you need is one duplicate key or a Pseudo-key to separate the two containers in a tween. Or I'd rather duplicate that one key on a new layer right on top of the original so that I can slide both (the original and the nested inside a second wrapper) left and right for re-timing. I will also send you a PM in a few minutes Hope this helps NT ... View more

It's a known issue. Don't paste in place inside groups and drawing objects or go back to 19.1 while waiting for the next version. ... View more

Hi mate, Did you choose 'stream' as the setting for your audio? If not from the Property Inspector drop-down in Sound > Sync, choose Stream. If the file is a long one and you export audio as MP3 you will encounter progressive error that gets more prominent the further you go. Choose ADPCM with the highest quality instead (or possibly RAW). Hope this helps! NT ... View more

This might help: Export issue - stops mid-export ... View more

Hi mate, Try to switch on and off the little 'Lock fill' button at the bottom of your toolbar. If should allow you to unlock dragging to fill with gradient and also the rest. BTW, this is not new. It's always been like this. Hope this helps! ... View more

Hi mate, Yes, unfortunately it has been an issue for a very long time and it is still the case. There have been literally hundreds of reports, but Animate still does not work well with MS Surface Pen. Various other non-Wacom digitizers also seem to have all kinds of troubles. ... View more

Hi mate, Since you're new to Animate, just an advice which does not answer to your specific question: Do not use bones and armature. The way they are implemented will give you endless frustration and minimal results, if any. Instead focus your time and efforts on the classic tween workflow which is what the industry has always used for TV-series, games and web stuff. Best NT ... View more

Hi mate, Since you're using Wacom there is a good chance that you will be able to get the things going as they should. Look online for "Windows Ink" and see how you can enable or disable it, install it or remove it, depending on what your situation at the moment is. Also check all the Pen settings in Windows Control panel and try to switch most things off. I'm under the impression that there is interference with the Wacom driver coming from some native Windows service, because you are running a tablet PC. Do a few restarts while trying various things. I don't have a Companion but a friend has and he has never complained about having issues with Animate. (Microsoft Surface users, however, have lots of issues and that is why we had to determine what your digitizer was.) Good luck! ... View more

Hi mate, Have a look here: Export issue - stops mid-export This should bring some relief. Good luck! ... View more

Hi again mate, Here we go: Best way to organise your file is to nest everything inside a container at main timeline level which you then use as camera and can mask. Inside this initial container you are free to do anything that works to achieve your goals. Everything is possible and nothing is impossible. You can have as many background layers behind the character(s) as you need - if you want to simulate parallax and you can have as many layers in front of the characters as you need as overlays. My preferred way of working is to jump between 'bubble' and 'sandwich' methods for characters - bubble the walk cycles and break out of the bubble for everything that is not cyclical for better timing control. But since you're novice, you can keep everything 'bubbled' for easier maintenance. So in your case you have a walk cycle inside a graphic symbol which you tween from point A to point B; at point B you want the character to stop. You duplicate your walk cycle symbol and choose the frame that seems to be the most appropriate to break out of it, get rid of the rest and start animating in a linear fashion. Your walk remains intact. In this clone/duplicate container you animate the character stopping and picking up the 'something'; then you animate him doing an antic, turning the other way and starting a step. You choose a frame from your walk cycle toward which you aim as your last key of that fist half-step and now the two can seamlessly 'blend'. Not displaying the duplicate frame you switch to your horizontally flipped walk cycle and walk the character out of the screen. Background remains passive/static at all times. At main timeline level all this can be staged with a few cuts, close up, maybe zoom and pan. All this is very simple and very logical, once you get your head around symbols. There are no recipes. It's just common sense. Good luck NT ... View more

You should look elsewhere. Animate is not your tool for that. (You can do masking and layering in Animate, but that will not produce optimal results.) ... View more

Hi mate, It seems that you have not understood how shape hints function. You cannot add a shape hint to your last key and this is by design. Shape hints work in pairs. When you add one to key 1 its corresponding shape hint is automatically added to key 2 so that you indicate the same vertex or side in both keys. Therefore if we have an animation represented by A---B---C, where the letters indicate keys and the hyphens – tweened frames, you can only add hints to A and B. The hints added to A will have corresponding hints in B and will be responsible for the A---B tween. The ones added to B will have corresponding hints in C and will be responsible for the B---C tween. To see your shape hints in C go to View menu and choose Show Shape Hints. Hope this helps! ... View more

Hi mate, Are these pasted strokes Unions/Drawing objects? If so, try breaking them apart and making them Union again. See if when broken apart they snap better. Double-clicking the Union to enter it and then exiting should help too. My explanation is that Flash/Animate gets confused about the actual transformations and coordinates of those modified or pasted Unions/Drawing objects. I experience similar symptoms very often since I do a lot of snapping when cleaning up character designs. The fastest solution is break apart and 'unionise' again. Assign a shortcut to that if there is no such. Hope this helps NT ... View more

Hi mate, For simple situations you can use the default 'sync' option in Properties. It only works on tweens though. For better control and more flexibility, use our Sync Symbols To Timeline. Hope this helps NT ... View more

Hi mate, Before you feed an audio file to Animate, make sure it is 16-bit, 44kHz PCM. Then it will work. CBR MP3s work too. ... View more