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Subject: RE: FLASH: Movie Clip
From: Campbell, Clyde
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 15:19:18 +0100

Hi Renu

You need to define the centre point for the instance - find the instance
(symbol) in your library, open it up, and drag the picture so that the
square in the middle of the page is in the middle of the image.Then go back
to your movie

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Renu Vora [SMTP:renu_voraatemail [dot] msn [dot] com]
> Sent: Monday, October 18, 1999 2:39 PM
> To: flasheratchinwag [dot] com
> Subject: Re: FLASH: Movie Clip
>
> Thanks.....that helped. But I got another silly problem. I created a movie
> clip, tested the scene/movie & the animation if fine. But when I add this
> movie clip to the main movie, which has some other animation going on, the
> movie clip does not run. Only the first key of MC appears & then it
> disapperas. What is it that I am missing here?
>
> One more silly question, is there a way to save an instance from
> disappearing from the stage when it is being transformed -> rotated or
> flipped? Let us say I want the instance to stay where it was, but just
> rotate it....how is this achieved?
> Renu
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marc Hoffman, Poison Dart Frog Media < mailatdartfrogmedia [dot] com
> <mailatdartfrogmedia [dot] com (mailto:mailatdartfrogmedia [dot] com)>>
> To: flasheratchinwag [dot] com <flasheratchinwag [dot] com (mailto:flasheratchinwag [dot] com)> <
> flasheratchinwag [dot] com <flasheratchinwag [dot] com (mailto:flasheratchinwag [dot] com)>>
> Date: Tuesday, October 19, 1999 12:44 AM
> Subject: Re: FLASH: Movie Clip
>
>
> At 04:07 PM 10/18/1999 , you wrote:
> >I am trying to create a movie clip.....but I am unable to change
> instance
> >properties. I an able to modify-> transform but not Modify->
> instance...
>
>
> it must be a symbol already before it can have an instance to
> modify. If
> starting on the main stage, select the graphics that will be the
> basis for
> the movie clip, hit F8, and define the symbol. Or, with nothing
> selected,
> hit F8 to begin creating the symbol in symbol edit mode.
>
>
>
> Marc Hoffman
>
> <marcatdartfrogmedia [dot] com (mailto:marcatdartfrogmedia [dot] com)>.
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