|  | editing symbol from stage | | |
| | | valerieab |  |
|  Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 9:08 pm Post subject: editing symbol from stage |  |
I'm a very new newbie, so please forgive me if I don't use quite the right
words to describe my problem. I'm going through the lynda.com tutorial on Flash
Pro 8, and I'm in the chapter on symbols. The instructor describes two ways of
accessing the symbol in order to edit it when you are in stage view: double
click on the symbol in the library (which worked just fine for me) or
double-click on the symbol on the stage (which did nothing for me). Is this
strange? Is it worrisome? Am I going to miss all the fun because I can't do
this? Has anyone else encountered this? Does it work for anyone else who uses a
Wacom tablet?
Thanks for any insights y'all can provide!
~Valerie |
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| | | Shan-Dysigns | |
| | Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 9:16 pm Post subject: Re: editing symbol from stage | |
| Make sure that layer isn't locked. |
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| | | kyriosity | |
| | Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 10:15 pm Post subject: Re: editing symbol from stage | |
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| | | mjjp | |
| | Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 1:58 am Post subject: Re: editing symbol from stage | |
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- First thing, make sure you have the Selection Tool and not the Subselction
Tool. The Selection Tool is a black arrow, while the Subselection tool is a
white arrow. You can access this tool in your tool panel, located on the left
side of the screen, or by pressing the "v" button on your keyboard, while in
Flash.
- If you're using a tablet, try using just a plain old mouse to see if that
makes a difference.
- Ensure that you are, in fact, not inside the symbol. After you've double
clicked to go into the symbol, look at your timeline. There is a bar between
the timeline and the workspace (stage) that has a few buttons, of which one of
those buttons is the zoom percentage. At the left side of this bar, you'll see
"Scene 1". If this is followed by something else (like Symbol 1, movie_clip,
etc) that means you are inside the symbol. Sometimes you don't even notice when
you're actually in the symbol (I've done it before) so this is a way to be sure
where you're at in the timeline/stage. |
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| | | Chris Georgenes | |
| | Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 10:21 am Post subject: Re: editing symbol from stage | |
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It should work - is your Edit bar open? It is located a cross the top of the
timeline (depending on version). It will show you a bredcrumb trail of where
you are in whatever symbol in relation to the stage. Window > Toolbars >
Edit Bar.
Verify after double clicking you can see that you have entered Edit in Place
mode. This has nothing to do with using a Wacom or not.
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| Quote: | I'm a very new newbie, so please forgive me if I don't use quite the right
words to describe my problem. I'm going through the lynda.com tutorial on
Flash
Pro 8, and I'm in the chapter on symbols. The instructor describes two
ways of
accessing the symbol in order to edit it when you are in stage view:
double
click on the symbol in the library (which worked just fine for me) or
double-click on the symbol on the stage (which did nothing for me). Is
this
strange? Is it worrisome? Am I going to miss all the fun because I can't
do
this? Has anyone else encountered this? Does it work for anyone else who
uses a
Wacom tablet?
Thanks for any insights y'all can provide!
~Valerie
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| | | kyriosity | |
| | Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 7:35 pm Post subject: Re: editing symbol from stage | |
mjjp got it. It was the selection tool vs. the subselection tool. Thanks!
~Valerie |
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