Re: FLASH: is it just me? (is: F5 impressions)

[John Dowdell]

[Warning: I don't know it all, and folks in the beta group may

definitely have better info than I here... please be aware that

my current replies are fallible and I haven't been called on all

my own personal BS yet, thanks. ;-)  ]



At 9:20 AM 9/1/0, EchoDotCom wrote:

> I see that I can assign my own short cut keys... ok, that works,

> but I notice that Flash4 set isn't among the preset. is this an

> over site, or by design?


Y'know, I don't know, not yet, but I'll put this on my radar, thanks.


In the meantime, you can definitely duplicate the set of default F5

keyboard shortcuts, change which ones you wish, and then send the

corresponding .WFX file in your "Keyboard Shortcuts" folder to another

machine, post it on a website, whatever.


Are there any keyboard shortcuts that are particularly getting your goat?

Right now I'm trying to track impressions so this can be useful info,

thanks.



> (ctrl) drag fame to copy changed to (alt) drag *which doesn't

> work nearly as well as it did in f4*


I'm not sure what the difference in frame-copying is that you're seeing,

but would be interested in learning more, thanks... fwiw, the prefs do

contain an option for F4-like timeline work; does this give you what you

wish?



> placing of keyframes with f6 and blanks with f7 - Cumbersome,

> or may not work at all...

> I can't seem to click an object and hit F8 to make a symbol... why?

> I can't seem to Paste in Place with a shift-ctrl-V ... why?


I'm able to do all, and don't currently have a plausible way to not achieve

these... my best guess is perhaps a focus issue, but I realize that's a

weak guess.



> why does the double click of an object default to edit in place now?


Double-clicking a symbol in F4 called up a modal properties dialog. In F5

these properties are now exposed to selection-sensitive Inspectors, similar

to what FreeHand introduced with Virtuoso back in 1992.


The ActionScript editor seems to particularly catch people now... you no

longer need to doubleclick to script. I often keep my script editor closed

and invoke it when needed via the Launcher bar in the document window, or

via CTRL-ALT-A on PC, CMD-OPT-A on Mac.


For the editing you wish to do, have you checked the hierarchy bar at the

top, for whether it's the scene, group or a particular symbol that's being

edited? You can also context-click to edit in a new window. (I fear I may

be missing the core issue though.)



Once again, it usually takes me some time to recognize common patterns in

posts, and to polish the rough edges off replies... I tried to practice

during the beta period but am not where I will be yet, so please forgive me

if I'm offbase with any of the above, thanks.


jd







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