Here's where I think the problem is: the scale at which you are animating. See my screenshot. On the stage, your asssets are incredibly small (3.2%). I think what's happening is, upon publishing/exporting, the vectors are scaled so small, that some of the vectors are not able to render as you drew them. This happens often enough. I think you need to re-think how you have set this document up. Instead of having the symbols so small on stage, set them to 100% and use the camera to zoom out. I'll keep looking and testing today. ... View more

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Well, this thread was an adventure! ... View more

Wow that is weird. Can you send me the FLA? DM me for an email address. ... View more

I agree - I have no idea what you are trying to do and how you are doing it. Can you explain it more clearly? ... View more

Oops. ... View more

Sounds like the Rectangle tool has Object Drawing mode on and when you choose a different tool to draw on top of it, Object Drawing is turned off. I could be wrong but it's the omnly explanation I can think of. Make sure Object Drawing is on. Also, check that if you are drawing over an existing object using the BRUSH tool, "Paint Behind" isn't the mode the Brush tool is in. ... View more

Sometimes, and it's rare, I've accidentally drawn on the stage on a frame with a warp asset and not realized it because it was caused by a drawing tool.  To verify there isn't something on the stage that is not part of the warped asset, turn the layer to outlines and look on the stage for a random indication of invisible art somewhere. This has caused your exact problem for others in the past. This is the best peer-to-peer forum for solving issues with other users which is why we sometimes ask for screen captures, the source FLA and other helpful clues.   ... View more

Is it possible to upload your FLA somewhere?  ... View more

UGH! This has to be a major bug with Layer Parenting! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nDXewMnVqXRwnv2wG3UdI3ZuPWDMQVuv/view?usp=sharing  So sorry this is happening to you. This feature just isn't ready for prime time. One work-around would be to move the parent symbol containing yopur character instead of trying to move each symbol across layers inside the symbol - but I realize this isn't ideal. The tool should never force you to work a specific way. I highly recommend https://flash-powertools.com/  It's a VERY powerful and rock-stable extension for Flash/Animate that provides really cool IK/FK rigging tools for character animation. I made a video that shows just how to use it... Flash Powertools EDAP System  ... View more

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1odDbUBDtv5oNGQEi9hExFFKFaSm6gwul/view?usp=sharing  That's a screen capture of me simply trying to rotate your rigged character - I don't see the same issue your sc reenshots show but I do see a very annoying visual glitch whenever I try to rotate a limb.  I'm on a 2017 Macbook Pro running 2.3 GHz Dual-Core Intel i5 with 16GB RAM Your Layer Parenting looks good except your facial featurees (eyes and nose) aren't parented. Personally, I would nest all of these facial assets inside a "head" symbol and have that the only thing parented to the rest of the body and then animate the facial features inside the head symbol. But overall not sure what is happening on your machine excepot maybe you have a slower system/GPU? I have yert to check out your other FLAs but I'll try soon ... View more

Either upload to a cloud based service like Google Driv e and supply a link or send to my email - DM me here for it ... View more

Hard to say baaed on the screengrabs. Do you have multiple keyframes across your timeline and if so, is your layer parenting consistent throughout each keyframe? Can you provide the FLA? ... View more

Check Behance as well. ... View more

Can you explain your exact steps? I've read your post 3 times and I still don't understand your process. You say to ctrl+s to save your project, then press ctrl+enter resulting in an application crash that somehow reverts your document to a state before the last save command. Never heard of this as a practice by anyone but also, it doesn't make sense how it somehow ignores the last save command and reverts back to when the doucment was created.  I'm sure I have misunderstood what you are doing to cause this. When you press ctrl+s and it saves, what happens when you close the document and re-open it? In other words, don't press ctrl+enter. ... View more

For some reason, the option to turn off bitmap conversion when using the Asset Warp tool is buried deep in the Preferences panel. Open Prefs, go down to Drawing and you'll see a checkbox to turn this off.    ... View more

What drawing tool are you using? ... View more

Adobe acquired Macromedia in 2005. Based on your post, it sounds like you are using the last known Macromedia version of Flash for that year which was Flash 8. Operating systems have come a long way since then and it's very likely you are experiencing bugs based on how old that software is and how new your OS likely is. Unless you are simply referring to Adobe as "Macromedia" for some other unknown reason. So, what version of Flash (rebranded as Animate many years ago) are you actually using? What platform? What kid of bugs are you seeing?  Alternative software requires your own research honestly. These are peer-to-peer Adobe forums and you may not get first hand advice for alternate software. A simple google search will yield several results. I do hear great things about DaVinci Resolve however. ... View more

Nice! I had no idea the trans point of the symbol would recognize any area of a mesh. So does it create it's own unique metadata for where on the mesh it's "connected"?   ... View more

Cool! I'll keep trying to solve it. I use a 3rd party extension that is really powerful but not sure it would work alongside the asset warp tool. I'mm keep trying to find an answer. ... View more

Okay - first check this out... https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NrXqgGhO6Ebsx0faTP8vr7YQDjS0F_zB/view?usp=sharing Basically, I drew a stroke (arm) and the hand I converted to a symbol with the center point near the wrist and then positioned it accordingly. The arm was "rigged" using the Asset Warp Tool. It's the tool represented by a push pin. If you don't see it in your Tools panel, click the 3 dots (...) at bottom of Tools panel and drag the Push Pin icon to your Tools panel. Select the Push Pin (Asset Warp Tool) and start at the "shoulder" and click/drag to the "elbow" and release. Repeat from elbow to the "wrist". Select each "bone" and in properties panel change its properties to "Hard" to "Soft". Inster a 2nd keyframe down the timeline. In this keyframe drag the bones. The video shows you how I get it to curve.  Apply a Classic Tween and easing.  NOTE: I tried to use Layer Parenting to get the hand to follow the "wrist" end of the arm but of course, it doesn't recognize it since the arm isn't a symbol with a center point. So instead I simply used a classic tween to tween it. The problem is, Classic tweens animate in straight lines. If you use a Motion tween, you cann adjust it to animate on a curve. BUT, if you have nested frames with multiple hand positions, you will not be able to control what frame is visible like you can with Classic tweens. This is where Animate gets REALLY clunky and confusing for anyone new to it. Hope this helps. There may be a better way but I have yet to find it. A future update may provide an even better solution so hang in there 😉 ... View more

What would seem like a simple animation can, as you discovered, be quite complicated. I'm going to do some experiements and time permitting a short video explaining the best approach. Stay tuned. ... View more

Video cards don't "fill up" really. They have RAM but it's not like a hard drive where it has to be emptied. Usully a factory video card will auto-update along with the operating system.  Do you know what your screen resolution is? Is your OS 32 or 64bit? I'm grasping at straws here but Animate runs pretty smoothly on my MacBook Pros and a couple of them are a couple of years old. ... View more

I would use Layer Parenting yes but even better is a 3rd party tool called Flanimate Power Tools. Really smart and powerful IK and FK system built for Flash/Animate: https://flash-powertools.com/ You might benefit from a 30min video where I explain it and show how to use it... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2WZFDatO6c   ... View more

That's a gaming laptop and should be capable. Hard to say what's causing your issues aside from running as many updates and making sure your video card drivers are up to date.   ... View more

Yeah the Bone tool can reveal more issues than solutions but you do have options: 1. Use the Camera tool to zoom and pan. 2. Copy Frames > Paste Frames of your armature into a new Graphic Symbol and place an istance of that on the stage in a new layer. Then scale the symbol. That should work. I don't actually use the Bone tool so I'd have to test, but in theory, that should work. ... View more

What tool are you using to draw?  What are your system specs? ... View more

What version of Animate was this FLA created with? ... View more

Sorry for my late response - I was traveling.  So that is the SWF, not the FLA. That means it's still difficult to solve your issue but from what the SWF shows, I can provide some insight:   1. You are seeing outside the stage area in the SWF, because the SWF doesn't crop the stage. If you export to video format, it will. BUT! When I opened your SWF it went fullscreen on my retina display. That means your stage size is probably 4k. Also, you are panning/zooming a bitmap image. I suspect that PNG image is a very high resolution...? Animate has a tough time with high res images and 4K sizes unless the vectors are relatively simple. If you play your SWF and then manually scale the SWF player down to a small size, you'll see your animation playback smoother the smaller you make the player. This is a limitation of your GPU trying to render your animation in real time. Export to MP4 to get a better feel for the timing. But I really recommend resampling your background image first in Photoshop and re-importing to Animate to make thigs easier on your system. ... View more

I tried and couldn't open it either. Do you have any autio-saved "recover" versions of your FLA? ... View more