# How to make a MC from animation on main timeline?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-make-a-mc-from-animation-on-main-timeline/156186>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 23, 2005, 2:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-make-a-mc-from-animation-on-main-timeline/156186 "2005-07-23T14:18:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![mars16](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/fbc32d/32.png) [@mars16](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mars16)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2005, 2:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-make-a-mc-from-animation-on-main-timeline/156186/1 "2005-07-23T14:18:31Z")

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I have got a simple animation on the main timeline that i want to convert to a movie clip, is that possible, if so, how?

I have already tried right-clicking on the objects\>convert to symbol but the the all objects animate at once and not in the order it should have been in.