convert to movieclip problem - urgent!

[goldie66]

hi!

i am working on a massive animation and i realised that i actually want it to be a movieclip that i can overlay some of them but i did it on the main timeline. i have an animation using more than 1000 layers and about 1500 frames, but when i select all frames i cannot convert it into a movieclip. i tried to copy and paste all the frames into a movieclip but it doesnt work. is it because i have too many frames, empty frames, layers, etc in it? but i reckon there must be a way of converting it into a movieclip!?

please help! thanks a lot!

 

[oldnewbie]

Well you can try this, but unless mistaken, you've already tried it...

http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/tn4106.html

Not to move it, but to select all of it, and try Copy and Paste in a new mc afterwards.

Sometimes, empty layers (or partially empty) will cause problems.

Worst case you can allways publish as a .swf, and load it as an external movie, in another project.

Best I can think of! Sorry.

Regards,

 

[billwatson]

all i can think of is to load the current swf into an empty clip in frame 1 of another swf. the entire file is then within a movie clip that you can do as you like with and carry on from there with the new swf.

frame 1 of new clip

loadMovie("oldMovie.swf",holder);

with holder an empty clip on stage

 

[oldnewbie]

Did I just hear an echo?

Regards,