
Saving Animations As Symbols
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Figure 12.34 To convert an existing animation to a
symbol, fi rst select all the frames and layers that
make up the animation sequence. (This example
uses the Ping-Pong animation created in the section
“Working with Multiple-Layer Motion Tweens,” earlier
in this chapter.)
Figure 12.35 You set a new symbol’s type in the
Create New Symbol dialog. Movie clips operate from
their own independent Timeline. Animated graphic
symbols play in sync with the main movie that contains
them. One frame in the main movie’s Timeline displays
one frame of the graphic symbol’s Timeline.
Saving Animations As
Symbols
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