OK. I've updated and tried this again, and what I found was this: http://i.imgur.com/GOtLdvM.gif They're all Reference layer groups to the real ones. The top ones' actions are inserted via copy; the lower ones are inserted via reference. I'm confused as to why an action reference insertion won't wor...

Okay. Here's the link:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ji2orxviw009c ... t.zip?dl=0

Thanks for the tip. Since you mention that, you don't think that would also interfere with a final animation export, by means of preventing something from moving, would it?

I tried it without the multi-threading and got the same problem.

How do you post a .anime file like this? Do I use this tinypic thing?

I'm trying to animate a star subtly growing and shrinking in size. Right now, I have one that works just fine, but the other one refuses to move. Here's a gif showing it (the largest star on the right with the halo): http://i.imgur.com/5FpWZRS.gif Let me walk through how this star, like the moving o...

Thanks for telling me that.

OK, dude, after a while of messing with this, and taking a multi-hour break in between, I think I got it, and the editor and render windows have reached an agreement! http://i.imgur.com/EvfiviS.png Can o' Worms: Hide All, Mask this Layer --Label: Reveal All, Mask this Layer ----Worm: No masking, Mas...

Thanks for responding. Ok. So I'm a really confused. I get what you mean by the layer effect: Masking works on a per group basis. This means that whatever masking a nested group does has its result passed to the parent group as if it were a merged image. getting me to believe that it's a bottom-up h...

I've been having a problem lately with the masking functionality for AS Pro 11. Sorry I don't have the newest version, but I'm poor now, and have to wait before I can get the upgrade. Anyway, the main problem I've been having is that the masking seems to be a little weird, in that it's not rendering...