I knew if I got some smarter heads than mine on the task you'd come up with results! It worked to bind the layer, export as a swf, then import in Flash. Each element was a symbol, ready to go in Flash. They're all on the same layer in the FLA, but I'm sure a little script can be written to separate ...

thanks again for the reply Slow Tiger! So took your test files and imported them into Flash. A few of the skeleton limbs showed up as symbols (awesome, that's exactly what I want) and some showed up as non-symbol groups (not as awesome). Any idea why some and not all items show up as symbols when tr...

Thanks for the response, Slow Tiger. So is there any way to keep the original integrity of a vector shape, and still have it animated by a bone? In other words, can you have the bone only affect the position and rotation of a vector shape, with absolutely no deformation? It seems like that would all...

Hey guys, I'm a Flash animator who just stumbled on Anime Studio. I love the bones feature, very easy to get working and animating with. However.... I've animated a character with bones, with each appendage as a separate vector graphic, everything works great in AS. I've exported to swf, imported ba...