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1. Re: How do i independently move my symbols on the timeline. They are overlapping.
Could you post a screenshot?
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2. Re: How do i independently move my symbols on the timeline. They are overlapping.
I am having the same issue. I'm an after effects/flash user and I would like to use symbols like precomps with animations in them that I can line up and have a user jump around in the timeline to play different scenes depending on choices a user makes.
I'm wondering if there's a good video about managing how to organize and trigger symbols without stepping outside of html css and javascript.
I found this link:
http://gotoandlearn.com/play.php?id=168
but it says it uses a json file. Is this compatible if I'm trying to make an iphone app and/or web app on only html css and javascript?
Thanks!
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3. Re: How do i independently move my symbols on the timeline. They are overlapping.
You got red-mike!
Whats the use of creating it to a symbole if you can't move it around on the time line. The group thing sucks
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4. Re: How do i independently move my symbols on the timeline. They are overlapping.
I found this in the FAQ:
What format is Edge Animate’s output?
Edge Animate reads and writes HTML, CSS, and JavaScript files. Animated content produced in Edge Animate is expressed in a JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) data structure that preserves the CSS-based layout. JSON is a formatting style for JavaScript that is easily readable and allows more flexibility to work with the document and animated content independently.
(http://html.adobe.com/edge/animate/faq.html?promoid=KBGZY)
Looks like the link to the 20 minute video may be the answer. I will be watching it tonight.
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5. Re: How do i independently move my symbols on the timeline. They are overlapping.
In Edge Animate, all elements (including symbols) are visible at all times throughout the timeline. This is how browsers work with elements as well...there's no explicit element lifetime such as in Flash or AE.
In Animate, you control when elements appear in the browser by using Display Off and On keyframes, which you set in time on the timeline. This gives you the same level of fine-grained control for when elements appear and disappear in the browser.
hth,
Joe
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6. Re: How do i independently move my symbols on the timeline. They are overlapping.
Kinda found it.
1) On the "Playback +" on the time choose "Playfrom" (just hit return button to activate - real intuitive huh…)
2) Grab the arrow/triangle icon forwards or backwards (you can scrub it anywhere along the time line.
This will just duplicate the "Symbol" and leave the original starting point in place.
3) Now you have to set "Keyframes" to hide the original with the "Always ON, Off or On" (Upper left of the Properties Panel - the 2 eyes)
This is very annoying, but you got to know AE renders to a hard movie file. EA has to create Java Script files (I think) based on <div> to tell the images what to do can't do much about that.
I thought EA would be CSS based not so lopsided on the .js side.
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7. Re: How do i independently move my symbols on the timeline. They are overlapping.
Hi stijill,
Those are playback actions, which control symbol playback over time - that's not actually "moving the symbol on the timeline" as in your first post. It's just controlling the playback over time. It doesn't duplicate the symbol.
But I think you've already figured that out.
Joe
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8. Re: How do i independently move my symbols on the timeline. They are overlapping.
You know I was able to do all this in "GoLive" (not as intensive). It looks like Adobe is just resurrecting "GoLive" body part by body part.
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9. Re: How do i independently move my symbols on the timeline. They are overlapping.
It's working for me. Unless you have better way.. well an easier way. I had to take apart the Adobe EA sample files in the gallery.
This what I meant as a Duplicate. It's on the same layer
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10. Re: How do i independently move my symbols on the timeline. They are overlapping.
How do you move it whithout having it duplicated. Like the sample file in the green area?
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11. Re: How do i independently move my symbols on the timeline. They are overlapping.
Yes - that's essentially how you do this in EA. You could also use a timeline trigger (code) to get the symbol to play, but playback actions are easier.
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12. Re: How do i independently move my symbols on the timeline. They are overlapping.
It's not duplicated.
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13. Re: How do i independently move my symbols on the timeline. They are overlapping.
So can I do it or get it like the sample file screen shot I posted?
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14. Re: How do i independently move my symbols on the timeline. They are overlapping.
Yes, just drag the playback action later in time.
