Animate 2014 sprite sheet import different than docs

Edge Animate Help | Import sprite sheets
Importing from just an image creates a single symbol. Importing with the help of an .eas file creates individual symbols. The docs say both processes create separate symbols - which isn't really helpful. Under what circumstances would I want separate symbols created for a sprite?
It would be a cool feature to import individual symbols defined in an .eas file if it wasn't sprite data.

Hi Chip,
There are 2 types of SpriteSheet can you can import into Animate CC 2014:
1) Created from Flash Professional
In this case you have a Image File and a corresponding metadata file(.eas) which has information on how the sprites are arranged.
From Flash, you can select multiple symbols(having animations) and export as a single spritesheet. These Flash Pro individual symbols has different sprite sequence names in the .EAS and are therefore imported as individual symbols when they get imported into Animate. You can refer to the SpriteSheet lesson in Animate CC 2014 which has .eas file having these multiple symbols imported.
If you export only one symbol as a SpriteSheet from Flash Pro, then you will get only one symbol animation in Animate too.
While Importing the Import SpriteSheet dialog in Animate will show you the number of sequences that are present in the imported .eas file.
Some cases where you may want this single spritesheet for multiple symbols:
If you encapsulate multiple animations in a single sprite-sheet the number of round trips when you composition is viewed in the browser does get reduced therefore improving the overall performance for your content
But one aspect to note is to not have a very huge spritesheet image size(2k * 2k) which will make it non-performant on mobile devices
Currently there is no option to select the sequence within a .eas file at import time. That is a good suggestion and will be a good enhancement for this feature.
2) Image only SpriteSheet which has same sized images tiled in order
In this case, there is no metadata associated with it and therefore when imported after specifying the row/column/padding options; you always get only a single symbol created in Animate as part of the import process.
Hope this helps
-Sujai

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