Use the Selection tool to select the object (bitmap or vector or a group) that you want to view from new angles.
Last updated on
Nov 10, 2026
Learn how to use Turntable in Adobe Animate to view bitmap and vector objects from a range of angles.
Turntable, powered by Adobe Firefly, takes a 2D object on your stage and generates multiple rotated views, showing you what it looks like from different angles. Fluid transitions between these views let you smoothly slide from one angle to the next for a sweeping exploration of the object. The result becomes a linked Generative Turntable object that lives on your timeline, just like any other symbol instance in your composition.
A Generative Turntable object on the Animate stage, rotated and tilted using the on-stage control and the Properties panel.
Generate multiple views
Initiate Turntable in any of three ways:
- Select Modify > Generate Turntable from the top menu bar.
- Right-click (or Control-click) the selected object and choose Generate Turntable from the context menu.
- Select the object, then select Turntable in the Object tab of the Properties panel.
Turntable generates multiple views. A Generative Turntable Object appears on the stage, linked to all the generated views, and an instance of a Turntable Object is added to the Library panel. Animate preserves the original artwork at 0° rotation and 0° elevation.
Once Turntable generates the views, an on-stage control appears directly below the Generative Turntable object. Use it to explore every generated angle without leaving the stage:
- Reset: Restore the Generative Turntable object to its original view.
- Rotation slider: Drag to turn the object sideways from –180° to 180°. The current angle appears next to the slider.
- Up and Down arrows: Tilt the object from –30° (bottom-up view) to 30° (top-down view). The current elevation angle appears next to the arrows. You can turn the object sideways even while it's tilted, giving you access to a broader range of viewing angles.
- More options (...): Rate the current view or access related resources.
- Good result / Poor result: Rate the current generated view.
- Report variation: Flag a view that's inappropriate.
- Generative AI User Guidelines: Open Adobe's usage guidelines for generative AI features.
- About Generative Credits: Learn how Turntable generations use your Firefly generative credits.
- Reset bar position: Return the on-stage control to its default position.
You can also adjust the same Rotation and Elevation values from the Properties panel, and use the following related control there:
- Feedback: Rate a generated view as a good or poor result, or report a variation that's inappropriate.
- Expand: Create an editable copy of the current pose as a Graphic symbol, without changing the original Generative Turntable object. See Edit a generated view.
To restore the default view of the Generative Turntable object, reset it from the Properties panel.
Use the Generative Turntable object on your timeline
The Generative Turntable object stays linked to all of its generated views and lives directly on your timeline, like any other symbol instance. Scrub the Rotation and Elevation controls, to set a pose for your composition.
Access the views later
To access the generated views again later, drag an instance of the Turntable Object from the Library panel onto the stage, then use the on-stage control or the Properties panel to view and adjust the Rotation and Elevation angles.
A Generative Turntable object is not directly editable. To edit a pose, select the Generative Turntable object and select Expand (in the Properties panel).
A confirmation dialog explains what Expand does: a copy of the object is created and converted into a Graphic symbol that you can edit. The original Generative Turntable object is not changed. Select OK to continue (or select "Don't show again" to skip this confirmation next time).
Where the expanded copy goes
After you select OK, Animate adds a new Graphic symbol to the Library panel, named “[original name] copy” (for example, “Turntable Object copy”). The original Generative Turntable object remains in the Library too, unchanged and still available with all the generated views.
Editing the expanded Graphic symbol
Inside the symbol, the generated poses are laid out as keyframes across the symbol's own timeline (for example, on layers such as Elevation_Up), so you can scrub to any pose and edit it with the regular Animate drawing and editing tools, the same as any other Graphic symbol.
Once you're done editing, return to the main scene. Both the original Generative Turntable object and your edited Graphic symbol copy remain available in the Library panel to use as needed.
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