Creating multiple scenes

The TimeLine Editor lets you save multiple scenes with a document. All scenes share the same document window, the same floating boxes. Scenes make your animations more flexible. You can play them back simultaneously, one after the other, or start and stop individual scenes through scripted actions. You can have the browser autoload scenes (the default), use scripted actions to trigger playback, or let the viewer select a scene by clicking a button.

Be sure you don't try to control the same floating box from two scenes simultaneously. We recommend using only one scene whenever possible. Scenes are a powerful tool, but you can create overly complex animations.

To create multiple scenes:

1 Create an animation. Adobe GoLive names the first animation you create in a document Scene 1 by default.

2 In the upper left corner of the TimeLine Editor (), Choose Scenes > New Scene. Enter a name for the scene, and click OK.

The time tracks in the TimeLine Editor don't change. The keyframes for the first animation are used in the first scene you have created. Leave them unchanged as you work on Scene 2. (To edit them, go to the Scenes menu and switch back to the first scene.)

3 Add and animate floating boxes for the new scene, and then preview the entire animation by clicking the Play button in the TimeLine Editor.

Floating Boxes > Creating multiple scenes