Making everything on frame 0 "permanent"

[basshole]

Oh, gentlemen. My project has gotten so long, and so convoluted. I saved a project I had been working on, that had all the characters I needed, background layers, etc. I was going to erase all the animation out of there so as to start anew, but not have to reimport everything. Problem is, when I "clear animation from document", somethings go CRAZY on frame 0. Vector background layers shrink to the point of being microscopic, things move in wacky ways, etc. Why is this is all happening? no idea. If I don't do all this. . .everything on frame 0 is fine.

Is there some simple, sweeping command to lock everything (layer translations, vector positions, etc.) as it appears on frame 0 so that when you clear animation from a layer or document, things don't go nuts? I realize I'm asking a lot and the answer is probably no. But I thought I'd try. Otherwise I have to tread carefully for the rest of the project so as not to upset the delicate balance I've created. Like walking on hot coals and not getting burned.

[Genete]

If using 6.1 try to use the sequencer and shift all the layers (within a new group layer) to the right. Then place your cursor before frame 0 and do a full keyframe lock for all channels and layers (copy entite document from frame -1 to frame -1).
After that test if cleaning all the document animation preserves the frame 0.
I'm just guessing
-G

[basshole]

Thanks. I do have 6.1, but I see as I read your message that there are a few things I don't understand:

-You're saying shift every layer (via the sequencer) to the right so that the "start" frame of the layer is no longer 0, but is 1 or something later? I haven't messed with the sequencer much except with audio as I find it weird and scary to mess with it for any other layer than audio.

-when you do copy entire document, what does it mean "copy to frame?" Is that the RANGE of frames you're copying (let's say for instance the playhead is parked on 1 and I input "copy to frame 10"--does this copy every layer from frames 1-10?), or does it specify the frame you're copying TO? For instance, if I park the playhead on 1, do "copy entire document" with 0 in the "copy to" field, does that then copy every layer on frame 1 and paste it to frame 0?

-how do you place your cursor before frame 0? I didn't realize you could get negative frames.

Sorry if I've made this more confusing.

[Genete]

-You're saying shift every layer (via the sequencer) to the right so that the "start" frame of the layer is no longer 0, but is 1 or something later? I haven't messed with the sequencer much except with audio as I find it weird and scary to mess with it for any other layer than audio.

I cannot test it with AS in this computer but the idea is shift the entire animation some frames forward to access frames before the frame 0.

-when you do copy entire document, what does it mean "copy to frame?" Is that the RANGE of frames you're copying (let's say for instance the playhead is parked on 1 and I input "copy to frame 10"--does this copy every layer from frames 1-10?), or does it specify the frame you're copying TO? For instance, if I park the playhead on 1, do "copy entire document" with 0 in the "copy to" field, does that then copy every layer on frame 1 and paste it to frame 0?

IIRC the menu script allows to select to copy the entire document from a range to a range. I'm not sure now. Sorry.

-how do you place your cursor before frame 0? I didn't realize you could get negative frames.

Once you shift the animation forward you can access previous frames to the zero one I think.

I'm sorry if I cannot support a bit more at the moment. I'll dig it once I reach a computer with AS.
-G

[basshole]

I'll give it a look. Thanks.