Re: FLASH: Load Movie Clip?

[John Croteau]

Hi Jeff,


> That's what I what I thought you were saying.  One of the consistent

> problems I find is aligning MC's with the main time line. Even using

> layer guides I find that some hand tweaking is often necessary.

This should not be neccessary if you use guides, don't scale objects on

the main timeline (sclae in the synmbol editor) and know how to

calculate the offset. 


SymbolXpos = MainXpos - (.5 x MovieWidth)

SymbolYpos = MainYpos - (.5 x MovieHeight)


MainXpos = SymbolXpos + (.5 x MovieWidth)

MainYpos = SymbolYpos + (.5 x MovieHeight)


> So it only gets worse with Load into Target?

It gets more complicated. But as Karin pointed out if you want to line

up by the upper left hand corner create the original MC (that you will

target) with its upper left hand corner at the center of the symbol edit

window.


> Would repeated Load Targets become increasingly offset?

No


In general if you are planning to use Load Movie as a site stucture

create or convert all your movies to a common movie size. 

Use Load into Target to replace moving MC objects or MCs that positions

are dynamically changed. Also, use Load into Target to add movies

originally created as Flash but you no longer have the FLA for, and

therefor can't change the movie size easily.


> >LOAD INTO TARGET:

> >1) An SWF movie replaces a target movie clip.

> >2) The center of the new movie does not line up with the center of the

> >target MC.

> >3) The upper left edge of the new movie is placed at the center of where

> >the old MC was.

> >4) The SWF file becomes a movie clip and inherets the Instance name.

> >5) The new SWF file comes in at its size and not that of the MC it is

> >replacing.


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