# Making an animation into a symbol

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-an-animation-into-a-symbol/204219>\
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**Created:** [October 18, 2006, 2:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-an-animation-into-a-symbol/204219 "2006-10-18T02:17:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![juice22](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/45deac/32.png) [@juice22](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/juice22)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2006, 2:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-an-animation-into-a-symbol/204219/1 "2006-10-18T02:17:07Z")

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i have a 20 frame animation (not a tween, but frame-by-frame) that i am trying to convert into a symbol so that i can add an alpha effect but i can’t get it to work- can anyone help me