Add several animated instances different locations

[SuperSGL]

I'm trying to create a small reflection highlight on water. You know when you see the water sparkle from the sunlight or moonlight. I have the sparkle animation but now I want to place them several times in different locations and different times. I'm probably going to use the particle system, but I was wondering if you can place an animated shape (point animation) and place it as a (reference) regular Action anywhere on screen. I tried this first and tried moving it but the rest of the animation plays where it originated (all the points move back to where I created the animation). My biggest problem is (apart from age) If I don't use certain features in the program very often I forget how.

[Hoptoad]

I haven't used particles yet. I always find another way to get things done.

Maybe you could copy/paste the sparkling animation into numerous layers, then translate each layer to where you want it. When all the locations look correct, go into a few of the layers and start dragging keyframes to the right to stagger the timing. Then collect all the layers into a group folder to keep things tidy.

[synthsin75]

You can do point motion animations, and them place them anywhere using layer translation, and offset their timing using the sequencer.

[SuperSGL]

Thanks for the reply I went ahead and used the particle system put it inside a mask to keep it just at the center. But I would like some larger brighter reflections to flash I thought of the sequencer as well. Still wondering if I can save that animation as an Action or just copy and paste?