Adobe Flash Tutorial: How to Merge Layers

In this quick tutorial I show you how to merge layers in Adobe Flash. For more tutorials check out http://www.incredibletutorials.com!

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Howto & Style

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• adobe
• flash
• tutorial
• merge
• layers
• animation
• design
• cartoon

[SpajkenSpajk]

That can be handy. Very simple, but handy. :)

Thank you!

[DCGil]

@SpajkenSpajk Puns FTW

[Argon014]

Thanks a ton!

[MajorazMasta]

I want to merge an object from one layer which features alpha, onto another layer, to create one image that contains transparency between the two objects. I'm making a pair of tinted glasses, but you can see a part of the glasses arms through the lens, and I want to create an object one layer in size that also adds the tint to the colour of the arms beneath. How would I do this?

[PuffOReilly]

what I pasted goes under what i want it on. why?

[Anvilcjl]

To everyone saying they want to merge multiframe animations into one layer. Flash does not do that natively, but there is a trick I discovered.

1. Make sure your animation is on the root timeline.

2. Export to swf

3. IMport swf into a new FLA

4. Presto, you have a keyframe for each frame, and just one layer.

[b2311e]

I've always done that - Ctrl x and control shift v

[phrenetia]

very helpful! thank you!

[yehoshua2123]

@puertoricanboy2008 no problem :)

[puertoricanboy2008]

@yehoshua2123 I guess I could try that. Thanks mate! :)

[yehoshua2123]

@puertoricanboy2008 you can shift+click on each one to select both or you can lock all other layers and press ctrl+a, also i fyou want to treat the merged layers as one object, you can select the two and press crtl+g to group them or F8 to make them into a symbol which would also work.

[yehoshua2123]

so i have been doing them right all along! XD