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Why aren't my layers matching to Smart Animate?


Sophie_Chen

I’m trying to transition between these screens with Dining Image smart animating. Instead the entire new screen dissolves in and out. I matched the layers names and hierarchy; I even tried just copy and pasting the same layer into the 2nd screen. What am I doing wrong?

The highlighted layers are what I am trying to smart animate (bitmap w mask), and the Interaction is on Dining Card 2. There is no checkbox to “Smart Animate Layers” as in tutorials.

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Sophie_Chen

Here is the interaction on Dining Card 2:


Phil_Larsen
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  • 130 replies
  • July 27, 2022

It might be because of the other layers that don’t have matching names.

You have:

Stay Detail / Scrollable Dining Lane / Dining 2 / Dining Card 2 / Dining Image

Dining Detail / Frame 2 / Frame 1 / Frame 3 / Dining Image

Might be something within that.


Phil_Larsen
  • Active Member
  • 130 replies
  • July 27, 2022

If all the container frames have consistent naming that will help in identifying the issue. Another thing you can see is selecting a layer while in Prototyping mode. If there is another “ghost” selection on the other frame of the same item, it is recognizing the same layer.


Sophie_Chen

Thank you! That worked to link the layers, though the smart animation itself did not - now the image looks like it flies off the screen then the new screen, instead of expanding into the new screen. Any ideas?


Phil_Larsen
  • Active Member
  • 130 replies
  • July 27, 2022

You might have two layers with the same name so it is getting confused and moving the one on screen to a location off screen.


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