Help With Flash Layers

[beebopy]

I think i'm probably missing something really obvious here, but a si'm rather new to flash please bear with me!

I've placed 7 movie clips each containing a line/lines of text on top of an exising movie clip. I've set them using AS to to appear on rollover (which i'm not sure if it is working right), anyway the problem is that they are appearing at random places on the screen. I would like to see where I am placing them instead of just randomly inserting them over the movie clip.

How can I see the movie clip on the main stage if the first frame of the movie clip is blank.

I hope this makes sense cos I'm tearing my hair out because it's probably reaaaaaaaaaaalllly simple!

Thanks again ;)

[beebopy]

http://myfreefilehosting.com/f/513aed08c2_22.08MB

here's my .fla if this makes my explaination easier

[kkbbcute]

Errr. Just draw a red circle as a placeholder for you to click. Then dump the red Circle into an MC and then in the actions panel, set its _visible property to false on the first fframe, so that way, you can select the mc easily in Flash, but it won't show on runtime.

P.S. Your animation effect that you wanted is a hard one due to the nature of the image, still figuring it out... ;)

[beebopy]

Errr. Just draw a red circle as a placeholder for you to click. Then dump the red Circle into an MC and then in the actions panel, set its _visible property to false on the first fframe, so that way, you can select the mc easily in Flash, but it won't show on runtime.

P.S. Your animation effect that you wanted is a hard one due to the nature of the image, still figuring it out... ;)

this sounds really stupid but where do I draw the circle. D i make it a new graphic or soemthing?

Sorry, but i dont really understand :confused:

[kkbbcute]

Okay, draw a red circle on the stage, anywhere, it doesn't matter. Convert it to a movie clip. Now, delet it (yes you read that right, delete it). After you are done, navigate to inside your button, and create a new layer, drag the red circle in from your library and place it where your text should appear on the next frame. Name the circle something like circleMC. Then on the actions panel, type in
circleMC._visible = false;

That way, you can click on the button more easily!

[Kim Jong]

Some day when I am as good as kkbbcute, I may understand what he's getting at, and how his suggestion would solve your problem...

Meanwhile, as I understand it, to properly position all your quotes, temporarily copy the last frame (the completed quote) of each quote and paste it on the first frame.

To copy the last frame, select it and then hit CTRL->ALT->C or right-click it and select Copy Frames. Select frame 1, and hit CTRL->ALT->V or right-click it and select Paste Frames.

Next, back on the Paper_mc's timeline, select the first frame of the first quote mc (frame 107), and now that you see the completed quote, position that quote mc as you see fit over your Rushing_mc (people).

Repeat the above process copying the last frame on the first frame of all other quote mcs, and position each one to your liking.

When done, go into each quote mc, simply select the first frame and hit the Backspace key to clear the content on the first frame.

You're done! ;)

[kkbbcute]

Okay, let's make this really simple.
How can I see the movie clip on the main stage if the first frame of the movie clip is blank.

To solve this, just draw a red circle where your text would later appear, like so. I attached a file. Note that at runtime, the red circle disappears, there, simple. ;)

Kim Jong: Your method isn't good as it requires you to copy and delete away frame contents, and is more of a temporary method, mine doesn't require the deletion of any content after you are done with the positioning.

[Kim Jong]

Like I said earlier, you're an expert. ;)

But in this case, because of the size of the quotes, you've obviously not downloaded his 45MBs .fla, I'd still go with my method... Piece of cake!

Have a nice day! I'm going to bed!

[kkbbcute]

Like I said earlier, you're an expert. ;)

But in this case, because of the size of the quotes, you've obviously not downloaded his 45MBs .fla, I'd still go with my method... Piece of cake!

Have a nice day! I'm going to bed!


Errr... You do realize that you can scale the circle to any size you want right? Even if you don't like a circle, you can use a rectangle, it's all the same. In fact, you could use the exact same MC that he used for the quote as well, that way, it's a perfect estimation.

[Kim Jong]

Errr... You do realize that you can scale the circle to any size you want right? Even if you don't like a circle, you can use a rectangle, it's all the same. In fact, you could use the exact same MC that he used for the quote as well, that way, it's a perfect estimation.

lol!

[kkbbcute]

lol!

What's lol supposed to mean? :p

Unless you have a better idea than the red rectangle/circle one. Duplicating and deleting frames is just too temporary a solution, what if you want to move object again?