Moving and copying objects

You can move objects by dragging them with specific tool, by using the arrow keys on the keyboard, or by entering precise values in a panel. You can also copy objects using clipboard, clone the objects or duplicate transformed objects. 

Move objects by using the arrow keys

 When Snap To Pixels is selected, the arrow keys move objects by pixel increments on the document’s pixel grid, not by pixels on the screen.

Move objects by using the Property inspector

Move objects by using the Info panel

Cut, copy, or paste objects

To copy or move objects between layers, scenes, or other Animate files, use the cut or copy, followed by paste technique. You can paste an object in a position relative to its original position.

Copying objects with the clipboard

Elements copied to the clipboard are anti-aliased, so they look as good in other applications as they do in Animate. This feature is useful for frames that include a bitmap image, gradients, transparency, or a mask layer.

Graphics pasted from other Animate documents or programs are placed in the current frame of the current layer. How a graphic element is pasted into an Animate scene depends on the type of element it is, its source, and the preferences you have set:

• Text from a text editor becomes a single text object.

• Vector-based graphics from any drawing program become a group that can be ungrouped and edited.

• Bitmaps become a single grouped object just like imported bitmaps. You can break apart pasted bitmaps or convert pasted bitmaps to vector graphics.

 Before pasting graphics from Illustrator into Animate, convert colors to RGB in Illustrator.

Cloning or duplicating an object

You can clone or duplicate an object.