Content Overflow in Symbols

Symbols
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Hi,
I’ve been using masked animated groups with content overflow set to ‘hidden’ in order to animate a sprite sheet.

(I used an adapted version of Jonathans workaround here very successfully http://hype.desk.com/customer/portal/questions/212974-using-sprites-with-hype)

However, now I’ve got Hype3 Pro I’m trying to use these animations as symbols instead of just in the scenes… am I correct in thinking masking and content overflow in a symbol is not preserved if the symbol is then placed in a scene? do I have to place the symbol in a group and then remask the area?

Many thanks.

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You are correct that any properties you set on the Symbol itself are not synchronized with other symbols, but if you place everything inside of your symbol inside of a group (which is inside of the symbol) any changes you make to the group (masking, etc) will be synchronized to the other instances.