Re: FLASH: Flash: Changing the center point on a symbol

[Marc Hoffman, Poison Dart Frog Media]

At 11:48 AM 6/9/00 , you wrote:


>I am trying to create an animated cross section of a mechanical press. To do

>this accurately I need to have two points on a symbol follow two different

>paths. I have tried Modify>Transform>Edit Center and a the center can be

>moved. However when I try to use the motion guide this center is

>unavailable. Any suggestions?


Edit Center changes the center of the instance, not of the original symbol. 

To use Edit Center, make the change to the first instance before adding 

additional keyframes for the tween. After you edit the center, you can add 

the later keyframe and that second instance will retain the edited center 

position. Then add your motion guide, add the the motion tween, lock the 

starting and ending instances to the motion guide, and all should be fine.


if you need to permanently change the center within the symbol, go to 

symbol edit mode, select all elements (might need to use Edit Multiple 

Frames plus Onion Skin All plus unlock all layers plus Select All) and drag 

them to the correct location so that the crosshair in the center of the 

edit stage is where you want it in relation to the elements.


Marc Hoffman


Poison Dart Frog Media

Flash portfolio: http://www.dartfrogmedia.com/portfolio



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