RE: FLASH: started my movie too close to the left of the stage

[Raj]

Hi Dave,


You can do it using a combination of "onion skinning / edit multiple frames

" and the Inspector. People forget that the Inspector gives absolute values

for position and size.


Do the following.


1. Use Modify movie to increase the size of the movie to the required

dimensions.


2. Next - select " Onion All " ( onion skinning is superfluous to get the

end result but it helps to make sure that all the elements are selected in

further steps )


3. Turn Onion Skin on


4. Turn Edit multiple frames on


5. Next make sure that all the layers are active - i.e. Not Locked


6. Also make sure that you are on the very first frame ( not necessary but

helpful )


7. Select all


8. Position them wherever you want



Addition - If you have multiple SCENES and want to carry forward the same

registration then after step 7 ...


8. Group them


9. Position the newly created group ( all the selected elements ) them

wherever you want


10. Write down the X / Y co-ordinates from the Inspector


11. Ungroup the elements ( remember this is very important or else your

animation will go screwy )


12. Move to next scene and follow the same steps except after Step 8

 grouping ) just type in the written down co-ordinates into the Inspector

and it will be pin registered with the previous scene.



This might be a tedious method but as of now I have not found out any easier

or faster way and believe me when I say so because just yesterday I had to

resize a movie and do it all across 31 scenes !!!


Hope you understand and that my steps are clearly understood , if not feel

free to email me.


Cheers and good luck


Raj

rajclayduck [dot] com (mailto:rajclayduck [dot] com)

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> Subject: FLASH: started my movie too close to the left of the stage

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>

> I've created about half my movie and I've realised it's too close to the

> left of the stage and I've run out of space.  I expect someone has done

> this before.  I've tried selecting all the objects and moving them across

> but of  course the tweens don't work any more.  Any solution other than

> starting a new movie, copying all my objects across and turning them into

> symbols again etc

>

> Thanks in advance

>

> dave Cheseldine

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