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10 Select the last frame in all the other layers and insert frames (F5) so that the
head, body, and feet all remain on the Stage for the same amount of time as
the moving arms.
P Note: Animations
inside of movie clip
symbols won’t play
on the main timeline.
Choose Control >
Test Movie > in Flash
Professional to preview
nested animations.
P Note: Animations
11 Exit symbol-editing mode by clicking the Scene 1 button at the top left of
the Stage.
inside movie clip
symbols will loop
automatically. To
prevent the looping,
you need to add
ActionScript to tell the
movie clip Timeline to
stop on its last frame.
You’ll learn more about
ActionScript in Lesson 6,
“Creating Interactive
Navigation.”
Your animation of the alien raising his arms is complete. Wherever you use the
movie clip symbol, the alien will continue to play its nested animation.
12 Preview the animation by choosing Control > Test Movie > in Flash Professional.
Flash opens a window showing the exported animation. The alien moves along
the motion path while the nested animation of his arms moving plays and loops.
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