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Subject: Re: FLASH: Flash 4 locks up
From: Phil Matt
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2000 15:39:04 +0100

Marc Hoffman wrote:

> Sounds as if it's just this one file, yes? In that case, the next
> thing to try would be to copy all frames and paste into a new file.
> Highlight the first frame in the top layer, hold the shift key,
> highlight the last frame in the bottom layer (assuming all layers end
> at that frame or earlier). This will highlight all frames. Use
> Ctrl+Alt+Shift+C to copy frames. Start a new movie, same dimensions
> and frame rate. You need not add any frames. Just highlight the
> existing frame and use Ctrl+Alt+Shift+V to paste the old frames into
> the new movie. Now try saving. There's a good chance this will fix it.
>

Thanks for your note, Marc. I had already tried this idea - no dice.

> If that doesn't work, you need to start eliminating elements (layers
> or objects, your choice) one at a time to find the culprit.

I found the culprit a couple minutes later - I had forgotten that Flash
4 on the PC has problems with Postscript fonts - in the past I had
experienced crashes when attempting to convert a word of text
written in a Postscript font to a symbol - crashed every time.

I was working on graphic elements and MC's for this file, and created
a new layer for some text. I used a Postscript font (Adobe Garamond
SC) and for some reason the conversion to symbols worked. The
crashes came right afterwards, but I had forgotten about the problem
with PS fonts.

I ended up just making little GIFs in Fireworks and importing those
into Flash - end of problem. I will probably make a couple of font
conversions in Fontographer to speed things up.

Thanks again for your help.

Cheers --- Phil



Phil Matt Photography
www.philmatt.com
716-461-5977

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