Warped Objects and the Asset Warp Tool

Using the Asset Warp tool, we can create a special kind of object—a Warped Object—out of vector shapes or bitmap images. This object type includes the underlying artwork within a container that exhibits a distortion mesh. This allows the mesh to influence the artwork within through the use of Pins and Bones. Warped Objects are somewhat similar to symbols, but they will not appear within the Library as symbols do. They can, however, be animated like symbols through the use of keyframes and Classic Tweens.

Tip

Be sure that you do not attempt to use the Asset Warp tool on a symbol instance—it simply will not work.

Initially, Warped Objects and the Asset Warp tool were added to Animate 2019 in October 2018. Despite the feature being part of the application for nearly 3 years, not much had been done to expand upon the workflows originally introduced with the tool since then. This has all changed with the release of Animate...