Flash Frame Limit

I already know that Flash's frame limit is 16,000, but is
this every single frame in every single scene, graphic, movie clip,
all added together, or is it just 16,000 per each item (scene,
movie clip, graphic, etc)?

This is a good question.
Scenes are only part of the flash authoring tool - upon
export they become one long timeline - so if
you have 2 scenes, 100 frames each, upon export frame 1 in
scene 2 is now really frame 101. So it
doesnt matter when it comes to scenes.
Graphic symbols are in sync with main timeline so they can be
ruled out as "separate".
Movie clips are independant and you can have 1 that is 16,000
frames long - but then can you have a
2nd MC on frame 2 of main timeline that is also 16,000 frames
long thereby making the overall length
32,000 frames? good question - not sure - never tried it -
never needed to - or i would have setup
my movie differently to avoid such a length - i would try it
and see.
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Bryan Jr wrote:
> I already know that Flash's frame limit is 16,000, but
is this every single
> frame in every single scene, graphic, movie clip, all
added together, or is it
> just 16,000 per each item (scene, movie clip, graphic,
etc)?
>

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