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Subject: RE: FLASH: Flash: Changing the center point on a symbol
From: JohnS
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 14:35:06 +0100

Thanks,

That clarifies the issue. I still may end up doing this in Director 7 due to
the complex interactions, however it is worth a second look at Flash.

John Szalay



-----Original Message-----
From: Marc Hoffman, Poison Dart Frog Media
[mailatdartfrogmedia [dot] com (mailto:mailatdartfrogmedia [dot] com)]
Sent: Friday, June 09, 2000 4:34 PM
To: flasheratchinwag [dot] com
Subject: Re: FLASH: Flash: Changing the center point on a symbol


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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