TUTORIAL ARTICLE

Intermediate

8 min

How to create MovieClips in Adobe Animate

Create looping animations by using a MovieClip symbol.

What you learned:

  • A MovieClip symbol has its own independent timeline that loops over and over

  • A MovieClip can be used as a container for an animation

  • MovieClips only play when you test your movie (Command+Return, Control+Enter on PC)

  • Symbols can be nested within other symbols

  • Symbols can have multiple layers within their timeline

  • MovieClips can be created with Motion tweens or with frame-by-frame animations


25 August 2022

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