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Subject: RE: FLASH:Preview with Tell Target?
From: Aaron Schurman
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 17:00:40 +0100

Thanks a ton John!! Very helpful! Now if I could pick your brain
further...do you have any idea why quicktime wouldn't play in a browser?
Thanks!
Aaron

> ----------
> From: John Croteau
> Reply To: flasheratchinwag [dot] com
> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 10:28 AM
> To: flasheratchinwag [dot] com
> Subject: Re: FLASH:Preview with Tell Target?
>
> Hi Aaron,
>
> > When I create a flash file that uses only tell targets to go from one mc
> to
> > another, I have found it to be extremely difficult to line up objects
> and
> > use any sort of design setup because of the lack of visibility in the
> movie
> > clips (since I have the movie clips fade or animate it, it won't show
> > anything but a center dot). Is there anyway to do some sort of a
> preview
> > that will help me view the movie clips and line things up? Does this
> make
> > sense to anyone...has anyone else delt with this problem?
> Three things that make working with multiple MCs easy.
> 1) Maintain a 1 to 1 relartionship between symbol edit and the stage.
> 2) Create a frame border the size of the stage that is center in the
> symbol window, use it as a guide to align or verify alignment of the
> symbol on the stage. Change it to a Guide Layer (do not delete) when you
> don't want it to appear outside of the symbol edit window.
>
> 3) Use the frame created above as a guide to see the border of the stage
> inside the symbol edit window. Add other items that would be helpful as
> guides to your symbol edit window and make them Guide layers.
>
> 4) At the beginning of the project create a template of common guides
> and common elements that appear on the main timeline making them Guide
> layers. Duplicate this template for all your visual MCs. If you do this
> properly then alignment will not a problem and design time should be
> speeded
>
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