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Subject: RE: FLASH: started my movie too close to the left of the stage
From: Byron Canfield
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 17:08:26 GMT

Also -- IMPORTANT -- either between step 4 and 5, or between 5 and 6
(matters not which), grab the range markers in the timeline (the left- and
right-pointing arrows) and drag them out to the extreme ends of the movie
(left-pointing one to the right; right-pointing one to the left, if it's
not already on frame 1).

At 11:27 AM 1/20/99 +0000, you wrote:
>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
>rajatclayduck [dot] com (mailto:rajatclayduck [dot] com)
>
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owneratshocker [dot] com [owneratshocker [dot] com]On">mailto:owneratshocker [dot] com]On Behalf Of
>> d.l.cheseldine
>> Sent: 20 January 1999 10:24
>> To: flasheratshocker [dot] com
>> Subject: FLASH: started my movie too close to the left of the stage
>>
>>
>> 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
>>
>> --
>> David Cheseldine | Email: d [dot] l [dot] cheseldineatbham [dot] ac [dot] uk
>> Multimedia Developer |
>> Dept of Rheumatology | Tel: +44-121-414-6787
>> University of Birmingham | FAX: +44-121-414-6794
>> Birmingham B15 2TT UK
>>
>
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Byron Canfield, Canfield Studios (http://www.byronc.com)
President, Seattle Coreldraw Artists Network (http://www.corelsea.org)

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