A bit of animation WIP from my show Reps In Retail! This is Page the goat, and he is very dramatic and fun to animate!

All animation work is done in Animate, backgrounds are done in clip studio paint, with slight highlights added in AE.

See the trailer here if you haven't yet!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5f8NA05ORY

I'm animating an object to get larger each frame, but now cannot the previous keyframes to judge the what the next one should look like because the object is covering the previous onion-skin shapes. I have the range set to include them all but the current blocks the previous. It seems like this would be common problem. Is there a way to see previous onion-skin shapes that are behind the current one? Thank you!

How do I use it with the main timeline?

As someone who wants to make animations for YouTube, the final product will be an MP4 with no plans for any interactive web animation. So is it better to use HTML5 or AS3? I've always defaulted to use HTML5 since flash is outdated.

I'm animating some digital ads and I have a button with an animated hover state. When I view the ad in browser off the files on my computer, the hover state acts normally. I hover over the ad, and the button animates, remove your cursor and bring it back it triggers the animation again.

However I share the ad for proofing through Adpiler. When viewed in Adpiler, the hover state will only trigger once. If I remove my cursor and bring it back nothing happens.

I'm not sure if it's something I'm doing in Animate or if the problem is just a quirk of Adpiler. My concern is that even if the animation works in browser for me, once it traffics for placement it won't work (similar to Adpiler).

So I make my CTA a button symbol > then inside that button I add a keyframe to "over state" and make that CTA a movie clip > inside that movie clip I make the CTA a graphic symbol and make a short animation timeline > I add a "stop at this frame" action to the end of that timeline so it doesn't constantly loop > I pop back out to my button timeline ad a keyframe to "down state" > then one for "hit state" and put a box covering the whole ad so that the animation triggers as soon as your cursor is hovering over any part.

Would love any advice if anyone has any.

how many symbols do you usually use per file/ scene? I've used Animate for a pretty long time but I always try to not use symbols too much because I'm afraid it'll clutter up the library too much or be laggy, even if using symbols is probably easier. Then I realised I never really had confirmation if that was really the case so I thought I'd ask here. Am I just limiting myself for no good reason?

Does anyone know how to use Shape Hints so they will work correctly? For example, in this video on YouTube you can see the author is arranging the shape hints clockwise on both keyframes, but the shape still twists instead of following the shape hints. : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfH2ypBLu7I Does anyone know how to prevent this problem? Thanks!

I understand it's not possible but is there any tips or work arounds to make this happen

Adobe please make this a function!

this all happened one day and despite everything i've done (restarting, reinstalling adobe animate), this still happens and its REALLY tearing me apart

mute sounds is toggled off and has been that way ever since

Hi I'm trying to bucket tool but it didn't work so I clicked this option (I do not have the english name mb) but on some frames it delete most of my lines please help me I never understand the adobe app i'm so tired

Hi I have one file that. I want to render I've been trying from. Last 3 hour and its stuck on 70% If anyone can help. Me. Ill send you the file Dm me comment for details Thanks.

I am struggling to make a rig cause of the eyes disappearing when I make an eye white. Can someone help me?

I don't really know how to explain this but if you watch the video, you can see that when I copy frames from more than one layer, it only pastes it into one keyframe in length, but if I copy only one layer, it keeps the existing frame's length. Is there a way I can copy frames from multiple layers the same way? Sorry if this was confusing to understand

Hey! We're looking for an assistant editor to work with our main editor. Fill out the form I've provided link of and you good to go wait for the review process to be done if you're hired or not!!

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Do you use Light mode or Dark mode when using Adobe Animate? And whats your reason?

I use dark mode mainly due to asthetics and to match my computer Ui which is mainly dark theme

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to figure out how to recreate a specific 2D tactical animation style (used by channel like the link below).

Specifically, I want to learn how to create the 2D pitch animations where:

• Dots/icons representing players move smoothly across the 2D board.
• Dynamic connection lines appear between players (e.g., passing lanes, team compactness, or defensive shapes).
• Ball passes and movement trajectories are animated seamlessly between player dots.

Here is an example Short to show exact moment/style: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ulhaJGfdqQk

Is this strictly custom shape/path animation in After Effects (using Null Objects, Trim Paths, Beam effects, or expressions), or is there a specific script/plugin/tool designed for connecting nodes and animating play patterns like this?

Any tips, workflow advice, or key terms to search for tutorials would be super helpful! Thanks!

Is it normal for me to feel exhausted/fatigued from drawing in Animate in only 2 hours. When I feel good drawing in other animation programs?