Problem: Symbol invisible and has no Styles and Effects.
Saola Animate version: v3
OS: win10
Notes:
I’ve converted the “dolphin” in project “boat-sea” to a symbol,
then export it as a file named " symbol-dolphin.saolasym".
then I opened a new project, and add it from file to Resources pane,
then drag this “symbol-dolphin” onto the canvas, something strange happened:
O1) it is selectable but invisible, why?
Q2) it has no Styles and Effects properties, what happened?
Please help,
Afei
Hi,
I’m not sure what happened with your project
Could you please take a look at this video to make sure that you perform the correct steps:
Regards,
Yen
I’ve done as your demo
2) as you can see, after this “symbol-dolphin” drag onto the canvas,
it becomes invisible, but it is selectable,
so I can select it then choose “Edit symbol”,
then see that it is really a “dolphin”.
3) I found something another, this dolphin contains many timeline settings:
Q) Dose a symbol can contain any thing (event, action, multiple timeline, keyframes)?
Regards,
Afei
Hi Afei,
We have a tutorial about how to convert and use symbols that you can refer to:
In short, symbol is a child document of a project. It also has full components (such as scenes, independent timelines, interactive capabilities…) like the main document. To edit a symbol, you can double-click or right-click it and select Edit Symbol as guided in the video.
the symbol and its exported file is actually named “symbol-dolphin” but its name change to “small boat” automatically, although it looks like a dolphin.
It seems that you accidentally selected both “dolphin” and “small boat” and converted them to a symbol.
That’s why the issue happens as you described.
We have many tutorials about how to use each feature in Saola Animate in this page:
Hope it will help provide you with useful information.
Regards,
Yen
