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Editing a Symbol or Movie Clip - Can I make the editing window bigger?
OK PEOPLE - 4 EXPERTS ARE BAFFLED BY THIS - AND I AM STUCK - PLEASE HELP
THIS IS NOTHING TO DO WITH ZOOMING OR "SHOW ALL" OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT - PLEASE READ
imagine my doc starts at 0 and goes all the way to 800 on the ruler - becuase my movie is 800 x 600
BUT in the SE MODE editting window (say i double click on a movie clip to edit it) the editable area is -720 to +720 so some of my stuff has to go over the edge to display properly in the final movie.
Obviously i got to sort that out. any ideas?
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this should explain it even better, check out the three images
THIS is how the final movie should look when published
http://www.djvolatile.com/temp/image3.jpg
THIS is how the main stage looks
http://www.djvolatile.com/temp/image1.jpg
THIS is the editing window im having problems with
http://www.djvolatile.com/temp/image2.jpg
look at the rulers to see exactly what im talking about, cos this is beggining to stress me out.
If you wish to see a early version of my fla that behaves this way. Its at
http://www.djvolatile.com/temp/main.fla
The items causing me grief are in the library for example BIO – V GALLERY – HOME – EVENTS – VOLATILE etc etc
Volatile
THIS IS NOTHING TO DO WITH ZOOMING OR "SHOW ALL" OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT - PLEASE READ
imagine my doc starts at 0 and goes all the way to 800 on the ruler - becuase my movie is 800 x 600
BUT in the SE MODE editting window (say i double click on a movie clip to edit it) the editable area is -720 to +720 so some of my stuff has to go over the edge to display properly in the final movie.
Obviously i got to sort that out. any ideas?
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this should explain it even better, check out the three images
THIS is how the final movie should look when published
http://www.djvolatile.com/temp/image3.jpg
THIS is how the main stage looks
http://www.djvolatile.com/temp/image1.jpg
THIS is the editing window im having problems with
http://www.djvolatile.com/temp/image2.jpg
look at the rulers to see exactly what im talking about, cos this is beggining to stress me out.
If you wish to see a early version of my fla that behaves this way. Its at
http://www.djvolatile.com/temp/main.fla
The items causing me grief are in the library for example BIO – V GALLERY – HOME – EVENTS – VOLATILE etc etc
Volatile
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no. if you drag a movieclip to the stage, and then double click it, you will be able to edit it in it's entire width. just try: http://www.negatyve.com/EE/main.zip
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negatyve. whats the difference in your fla to mine? i cant see it
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oh i see. if i import the movie clip into the "guide" layer, i can do as much as i want to it and it never gets displayed? but it will save the changes?
>oh i see. if i import the movie clip into the "guide" layer, i can do as much as i want to it and it never gets displayed?
yes, you can
>but it will save the changes?
yes, it will
really, that's exactly what I do when a movieclip is bigger than the working area. I drag it on the stage, movdify it there (where I can have a canvas of 2880x2880), the delete it when done..
yes, you can
>but it will save the changes?
yes, it will
really, that's exactly what I do when a movieclip is bigger than the working area. I drag it on the stage, movdify it there (where I can have a canvas of 2880x2880), the delete it when done..
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Negatyve
Its a shame that there isn't really an answer to the question, but that's nothing to do with me or you, so it would seem.
I'm awarding you the points as you have provided me with the closest thing to a solution, which has allowed me to get working.
Thanks a lot man.
Volatile.
Its a shame that there isn't really an answer to the question, but that's nothing to do with me or you, so it would seem.
I'm awarding you the points as you have provided me with the closest thing to a solution, which has allowed me to get working.
Thanks a lot man.
Volatile.
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