Importing and working with video - Adobe Animate CC Tutorial

[@devonkong]

I've noticed a lot of comments asking whether you can cut/split the imported video clip, so I made a video explaining how I do this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gqWTpoOPi6eeh8k Hope this helps ✌🏼

[@2DASMRAnimation]

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[@tenticalmarch]

I have spent the last 2 hours for this simple fix. You are a legend.

[@devonkong]

Glad you've got it sorted! These things can be a pain

[@AvocadoInvocado]

Yeah I've learned my lesson after trying to work with audio, so I went straight to google 🤣

[@redhood9949]

honestly thanks for this video im just starting with animation and drawing in general and it's been so hard to find someone who explains as good as you for some reason you have been very helpful to me and so much others and i wish only the best for you

[@nighatnoreen8247]

You've done it so amazingly & I am lucky to found it. No one on YT teaching Animate CC this simple and explicit way. it's a request, please also make a video on how we can do whiteboard animation on Animate CC. Thank you :)

[@karlldraws]

you are the best animate tutorial channel

[@garrywillems]

There is a problem, my Import Video button is greyed out. What should I do?

[@SM-gm6hr]

Your channel is AMAZING!!! Omg you deserve 1 million subs😱😱 keep going you’re AMAZING and you help me A LOT.

[@faithfulfungi3545]

Thank you so much. I am working with this program for the first time, because of work reasons, and you just saved me! :D

[@cchristabel]

I could have sworn I did the exact same thing you just did... But it wasn't playing. I followed all the steps bam video plays. Thanks. :)

[@privet_yupiter]

Спасибо огромное тебе за помощь!

[@LaurensHazelEyes]

Thank you so much for this video!

[@mikishwagg]

Well this saves me a couple of hours of my life. I used to convert videos into picture sequence and import it into the timeline lol feel so dumb!

[@JongYoonKim]

Very well explained. Thanks!

[@duduquerubins7809]

It was a huge help, man. Thanks!!

[@Sammio-Bros]

this will be helpful for the future

[@bomber2.075]

nice tutorial is so easy and quick, it's so good.

[@pro_hub_s]

It's very helpful thank you sir ❤❤❤

[@geografieistorieculturagen9274]

Thanks!

[@artpaperdoll]

seu vídeo foi muito útil pra mim, consegui colocar o vídeo, mas na hora de exportar ele não aparece

[@eliyahfeld]

nice and simple, great!

[@Druidwastaken]

thank you this helped a lot!

[@taliaspencer9093]

When i try to do this, my brush strokes disappear right after i've placed them...

[@mikays7059]

What to do when "WARNING: This movie uses features that are not supported in the Flash Player 32 player Scene=Scene 1, layer=videos, frame=11:WARNING: H.264 video will not be published." pops up?

[@random_is_not_a_studios]

The same thing happened to me, have you discovered how to export?

[@CloverAnimates]

Yo thanks this really helps!

[@Yameterasu]

thanks very helpful

[@محمدتيكنو]

I did that and added the video, but when I finished I couldn't find the video?!!

[@sockdwellersstudios3642]

thanks .

[@sockdwellersstudios3642]

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[@sockdwellersstudios3642]

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[@nashitaaurellia9870]

Hello! Thank you for the tutorial. But i wonder if we can change the video opacity?? I was looking for it but can't find how to lower the vid opacity

[@bitabaliarsingh1809]

thanks man! you saved me

[@pinkloda]

thanks it was quite usefull

[@moontooth]

I have not been able to export using the embedded .mov. Is there any solution to this?

[@starvinDJ]

i imported a video but it only shows one frame and wont play. what am i doing wrong?

[@paulkingMotion]

Thank you Devon

[@nootherideas2000]

Hi Devon, thank you for this video. When I submit my FLV, the recording comes back as a tiny black box, it’s super weird. Tried different file converter apps and everything. Really need help :(

[@devonkong]

Hi, this method requires H264 - which I think is usually a MOV or MP4 file

[@MasterBlek]

Sooo where is the video of how to export it? I want to add stuff to a video in Animate but also export everything.

[@-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.12512]

thanks!

[@theyazzledazzle]

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

[@LucyLerma]

Thank you!

[@sussermananim]

it doesnt work it says an error occurred by importing video.mp4

[@ABGamings]

3:24 is the reason I’m having problems

[@Ceritaelsa]

Help me, how to import video transparant background in Adobe animate?

[@mikecranfield412]

So, when I do all this it works fine, but when I try and export the completed animation to an mp4 the video is missing?? Any ideas?

[@Axxidous]

I tried to do it and it wasn't an FLV so couldn't do that.... and wasn't the second choice so I needed to convert. I went to convert and it failed.... then I noticed that the original video file I was trying to import was no longer in my folder... it's just gone. As far as I know. If it's not, it's definitely a pain in the butt that's for sure. Would be nice if a program like this simply... let you import videos the way you do images. You would think this is obvious so we wouldn't have to go looking up tutorials...

[@nebula9339]

thanks bro peripatetic it

[@adhishpokharel8131]

Thx man

[@liminhe5138]

Is there a way to import mp4 video and publish it html canvas?

[@zha3194]

thank you but it would be really helpful if you could also include on what keyboard shortcuts or where the tools you use to "resize", "rotate", "re-position" etc the video for your future videos 5:28 originaly i am searching on a tutorial if theres a tool for cutting the imported video, if there is may i ask where is it? anyways lovely video and really helpful, keep up the good work!

[@devonkong]

Thanks for the feedback! There isn't a dedicated tool for cutting imported videos, but I've just uploaded a video explaining my workaround: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gqWTpoOPi6eeh8k Wanted to make this when I saw your comment, but it took me awhile. Hope this helps!

[@bloodyvillain8613]

What happens if the video don’t sh or nip on the test preview

[@devonkong]

What do you mean?

[@agusugian]

I managed to get it working thanks. but how do I export them to mp4. on my end, the video didnt get exported only the animation that I did in animate? NEED HELP HERE

[@devonkong]

Hello! You cannot export the video with this method, but you can combine the original video and exported animation in video editing/compositing software (eg. Premiere Pro, After Effects, or Final Cut Pro)

[@HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA-r8h]

why is it greyed out

[@monatooo]

do you know what im doing wrong if i cant select import video? :/ its grey and i cant click it..

[@devonkong]

I can't say for sure without seeing your file, but are you in an ActionScript 3.0 document?

[@monatooo]

@@devonkong yes :0

[@Nikiti4wzd]

I exp the same prob. Have you found the way around maybe?

[@monatooo]

@@Nikiti4wzd nope, i used an older version :/

[@dylka]

... and useful!

[@janetm5055]

is there a way to change the opacity of the video? would I be able to add more videos?

[@devonkong]

Hold Shift and click the Eye button, it'll set everything on that layer to 50% opacity 😛 And yes you can import multiple videos

[@savx6485]

Is it possible to import youtube video with the 2nd option?

[@devonkong]

What do you mean?? 🤔

[@savx6485]

@@devonkong Thanks for your reply. In the "import video" option, the 2nd option is "Already deployed in a server...", where you can import a video from a web link. Is it possible to use youtube video link from that option or any other option? Something like you use a youtube video link in your website instead of hosting it in your own server.

[@devonkong]

@@savx6485 can't help you here unfortunately, i've never tried that 😮

[@inkless533]

I use this method, and when I try to put together video and animation in after effect, they're weirdly doesn't sync... I think it didn't happend before when I do it samely with other video... just complaining myself... animated file's speed was faster. I just slowered it and they're synced. I still don't know wht it synced in animate but not in Ae... but whatever.

[@devonkong]

That's annoying! Maybe your After Effects and Animate files are using different frame rates?

[@inkless533]

@@devonkong Thanks for concern! I think I time remapped video (or animation) and forgot about it. It was my fault! 😂

[@snipercat7838]

The embedding options don't pop up for me. There's only skin options.

[@OmarEssawyGD]

i think the embedding options only appear for h264

[@snipercat7838]

@@OmarEssawyGD Ahhh.

[@cchristabel]

The only issue that I have is that I can't export the animation.

[@devonkong]

You should be able to export the animation, just not the video

[@Prince-eq2ji]

How I can export video and animation together in one file.?

[@DerwinVallie]

Can i onion skin a video?

[@MrThePessimist]

Can you cut some of the frames ? i cant seem to mess with the frames from the video i imported :(

[@devonkong]

Hi! I've just uploaded a video explaining a workaround that let's you cut frames. A little late, but I hope you still find it helpful! kzbin.info/www/bejne/gqWTpoOPi6eeh8k

[@Prajwal____]

A request, can you pls make a video on bone tool and bind tool

[@devonkong]

I'll add these to my list!

[@Prajwal____]

@@devonkong Thanks a lot! I will be eagerly waiting for them! ❤❤❤

[@Friendly_Squirrel]

Is there a way to split the video clip in adobe animate? I know you can split audio, but whenever I try to split the video clip by creating a keyframe, the new keyframe plays this split clip from the beginning of the original clip. If this is confusing here's an example: I split the clip half way through a man's speech, but at the key frame where I split the clip, it plays the beginning of his speech instead of playing his speech halfway through where I made the cut. If anyone knows how to cut/split video clips in adobe animate, please let me know! :)

[@devonkong]

Appreciate all the details 👀 My solution for this is to put the video inside a Graphic Symbol, and control the video's playback by setting the symbols First/Starting Frame. If you need help with Symbols, you'll find a few Symbol tutorials on my channel 💪🏼

[@Friendly_Squirrel]

@@devonkong Awesome!!! Thank you for the speedy reply! Tomorrow while I'm editing I'll test this out. Thank you so much!

[@Friendly_Squirrel]

@@devonkong DUDE! After setting up what you said, this is genius! Such a creative solution! I really appreciate your help! I just subscribed so that I can stay in touch w/ all of your future work and support! :)

[@devonkong]

@@Friendly_Squirrel That's so great to hear, I'm glad it worked for you! Thanks for subscribing ✌🏼

[@sockdwellersstudios3642]

than

[@_rarerayy_]

i know you made this video a while ago but would appreciate some help! i'm able to successfully import my videos with audio and good sync, but for some reason the program doesn't add all the necessary amount of frames of the completed video... example: im animating over an animatic video and i went and cut the whole thing into parts to make it easier, the parts around 16-24 seconds.. but when i open in the program the amount of frames it automatically added when i imported it was extremely low, which means i gotta keep adding them myself is there any way around this? to make it have all the correct amount of frames? im scared of adding too much unnecessary frames

[@devonkong]

Hi! When you're importing your video, select "Expand Timeline if needed" and it'll automatically add frames to match the length of your video

[@_rarerayy_]

@@devonkong maybe I did something wrong.. i did select that but it doesn't match the length of the video at all Maybe the frame rate i chose in the file did this? I selected 12fps, even though the video was in a 30fps configuration

[@_rarerayy_]

@@devonkong oh nevermind, figured what happened! It does expand at the right amount at first, but once i close the file (after saving) and go back to it again, the right amount of frames dissappear for some reason Don't know how or why this happens but it's easily fixed by not checking the "correspond document's fps" while importing the video My video was previously exported at 60fps but want to animate at 12, so it was cutting off needed frames When importing, just let everything the way it us, like: type of symbol? Incorporated video. Extendi timeline checked, add audio checked. Do not check the last option. It worked for me Thanks for the help!

[@dirtymondo]

why cant i export the video?? Adobe is so stupid

[@shadowknight__]

Usefull, helpful, and not overly done. 10/10

[@wildenboy_]

Adobe animate can be a video editing software with this lol

[@goldnArm0r]

Your tutorials are the best. I can actually understand you! Thanks!

[@mizuhim3]

the video keep running after i click Menu icon in my project... how to fix it?

[@JPEG2099]

Thank You very much! It's a bummer that Adobe Animate doesn't export the Sequence with the embeded video (mp4) file. But doing the editing on After Effects/Premiere ... seems to be the solution.

[@devonkong]

That's exactly how I would do it!

[@tzarg]

but how do you cut your video up?? that's a very random part to skip

[@jwjwjwjwjdjd]

i'm trying to import a mov, but it's not working. what am i doing wrong? it tells me to select an H.264 video. i also tried mp4, etc. i'm using adobe animate 2020

[@JuleTheTrain]

Hey you know that mp4 dosent show on the swf but what if i want it then what 😒🙄

[@zacharydaly5328]

Very useful, and saved me a lot of pain -my thanks. And if you celebrate it, Happy Year of the Tiger!!

[@devonkong]

Happy lunar new year to you too!

[@MotionCrabStudio]

Thank you I successfully impor an mp4 videos to my project but when i try to export project as mp4 or mov there is an error message appear tell that flash player doesn’t support the videos that i have imported & videos disappear from final output

[@giulianappi2258]

what if I don't have the "convert video" button?

[@caroleboudreau]

Thank you, super helpful! :)

[@rajeshbarnabas8415]

But what is best workflow for an Canvas HTML5 project. This is an action script one that can't be published online...

[@jeffdowns9513]

Great tutorials, thank you, but what i have found is you can only import video with an ActionScript 3.0 template NOT HTML5 templates - can you confirm Devon? thanks jeff

[@CreativeJack]

But you cant export this(with H264 codec) work with video... What should I do if I wanna export my work?

[@devonkong]

I'd normally add the video later in a video editing software (eg. Final Cut, After Effects, etc)

[@CreativeJack]

@@devonkong Could you explain how you did it? Because I can work with video in Animate, only after converting to FLV format, but without audio.. first way I dont like, because I can't see video on timeline... Second way only FLV, Third way H264 codec can't export... you said, you've exported with 3rd way? If so, pls film some tutorial about how do it? Thanks

[@lasboters]

It is not working in HTML5 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Jimbo1221]

yeaaaaaah. It doesn't :-(

[@Comedyking-wt6qm]

nice bro

[@S.Lowell.Soderman]

This is a very clear tutorial--thanks!

[@ava_maria]

thanks!

[@JDubeta]

Thank you. You're very helpful and a good clear communicator which makes for a good teacher. Thanks again.

[@frontlineassociates]

Excellent video tutorial. Thank you very much!

[@adeengineering1669]

Good presentation andgood titlr

[@Kinteeth]

great tutorial man !!

[@girlinblack5361]

you're awesome

[@bluesky228]

Thanks for this tutorial

[@Anpex.]

Thanks Dude!

[@forget1900]

omg thankyou so much i swear i was about to implode

[@devonkong]

Sometimes Adobe Animate does that to people 😂

[@forget1900]

@@devonkong lol yea

[@mahaneddi927]

Congrats on 1k ! Ur amazing

[@devonkong]

Thank you 🥺🥺🥺

[@caseyjarman559]

Hey Devon, I'm trying to incorporate video I made into my final animation, and I'm having such a hard time. When I use your method above, the video looks great in the timeline but will not export. Is there any way to fix that? When I export using the "load internal video" method, the video doesn't sync well and leaves big gaps in my animation project. I'm feeling stuck. There's no way to actually export the video using the above method, is there?

[@devonkong]

Hey Casey, unfortunately there is no reliable way to export video from Adobe Animate. I usually export the animation as a video file with transparency, and put it on top of the video in Final Cut Pro or After Effects