Flash :: Movie Clip Symbol Registration Point

Movie Clip Registration Point
Hello,

I am hoping someone can help me out with a question regarding moving the movie clip registration point in Flash MX04. I have a flash movie which will be pulling in external swf files in order to do a random rotation deal. Currently the individual movies that I exported (which are to be imported into the main movie), all have the registration in the center, and I need the clips to be registered in the upper left corner in order to achieve my desired alignment when the main movie plays and pulls in these swf files.

I need to know if there is a way to change the registration for this movie clip Globally, and Not, just on individual instances. Since the file is being imported on the fly, changing the registration point for a non-existant instance on the main movie will do me no good. How can I change the registration point for actual movie clip library item itself.

I have a feeling the solution is quite simple, but I will be damned if I have been able to find it. Any help is much appreciated!

Thanks.

Changing The Registration Point Of A Movie Clip
Hey, I have a fairly complex movie clip with a bunch of animations in it, and it seems that the registration point for it is at some random location in the middle of it all. Is there any way that I would be able to move the registration point around without having to move everything else?

The only way i've been able to come up with so far is just to make that all into another movie clip and set that registration point how i want, but this doesn't really help due to the way I have my script referencing things it would mess things up.

Thanks!

Can I Change The Registration Point Of A Movie Clip?
I'm loading a movie clip dynamically and its registration point defaults to top-left corner. I need to change it to the center, is this possible? if so, how?
Thank you

Setting The Registration Point Of A Movie Clip (with Actionscript)
I am making a photo viewing app that dynamically loads images on the click of a button, and uses the scroll wheel for zooming in an out. However the scrolling isn't working the way I would like because the registration point is not in the center of the image. My question is how do I set the registration point to center of the movie clip whenever I load a new image.

How To Set The Registration Point Of A Dynamically Created Movie Clip?
I have this dynamically created movie clip:

ActionScript Code:
this.createEmptyMovieClip("A", this.getNextHighestDepth());

and now I wan to dynamically change its registration point, for example, to its center.
is it achievable?
How can I do that?

How Would I Edit The Registration Point Of A Movie Clip That I've Already Created
Ok, this is a very very very basic question, how would I edit the registration point of a movie clip that I've already created?

Changing Registration Point In A Loaded Movie Clip
Can anyone help me with my problem?

I’m building a interface with a zoom and pan function. The only problem i got now is that i need to change the registration point in the loaded Jpeg file.

When you use something.laodMovie(””); the uploaded image get the registration point (0,0) in the upper left corner. i need to get this registration point to the center of the uploaded image.

Can anyone tell me how this is dun, or is it impossible like many forum say?

Can You Change The Registration Point Of A Symbol?
I have a bunch of MC's that have registration points in the center,
but I would like to go back and change the registration point to the middle-right.

Is this popssible? I've tried everything I can think of.

thanks for any help.

jhilgert00

Best Place For Symbol Registration Point?
Hi there, I am new to ActionScript and currently in the middle of a project to create a "look-up wheel", which is a movie clip comprising of a number of concentric circles. This is built up using instances of a single circle symbol.

An ActionScript trainer advised that ALL symbols should have their registration point in the top left (0,0) position and not in the middle. However, later in the project I need the finished movie clip to be able to rotate around the centre point. Surely, this would be easier if the registration point was at the centre, not in the corner?

What's the consensus of opinion?

Thanks in advance.

Registration Point Exactly Center To Symbol
Hi all, I'm working on a game that has a stationary background and a scrolling foreground. The Character moves a percentage distance towards the mouse like this...(see code below)

It appeared to work fine except I noticed that as you play the game the screen gets off over time. It was driving me nuts and I think I know why. The mouse and the charater are never exactly center. The y coordinate for mouseY is offset to the character y. I tried centering the character in the movie clip but it doesn't seem to work right. Does anyone know how I can make sure the registratoin point is in the center of the character so character.x will center exactly to mouseX and character.y will center exactly to mouseY?

To complicate I have to force the character to stop short of the top of the screen because of the control panel. The mouse can continue up to the panel so that causes a unsync of mouseY since the user can move the mouse in Y farther than the character is allowed to go. Any suggestions how I can fix this? Thanks

Attach Code

var vx:Number = Math.floor((mouseX - character.x ) * easing)-2;
var vy:Number = Math.floor((mouseY- character.y ) * easing)-2;

character.x += vx;
character.y += vy

// Then I use the same formula reversed so the forgroud moves relative to the character...

bkBackGnd.x -=vx;;
bkBackGnd.y -=vy;

Insert Symbol Registration Point
Why can't I see the registraiton point so I can change it when I use "Insert, New Symbol"? It only shows up when I use "Modify, Convert to Symbol". I created a movie and the point is in the center and I need it to be in the top left corner but can't move it. I'm new to Flash so I don't know if I did something wrong when I created the movie. Isn't the registration point supposed to be able to move? Thanks in advance for the help.

Positioning Symbol By Registration Point?
I already checked many forums about this, maybe i am the only one who has a problem with this change in flash mx 2004:

Using the info panel, if you position a symbol - with the middle spot in the 3x3 grid selected - you do not move the symbol by the registration point any more (as in recent versions).

Instead you move it by the center point of the instance, and that seems to be in the middle of the symbol by default. ok, you can move it to match the registration point, but you have to do it for every instance by hand. bad.

this new behaviour is especially annoying if you use symbold that have the registration point neither in the upper left, nor in the middle. that is the case in a lot of symbols i use.

even more inconsistent: if you move a symbol by actionscript the center point is totally ignored and only the registration point is used. Is there no way to move it like this using the panels?

i use still use the trial version, but i dont think that causes my problems.

any help appreciated!

Trouble With Symbol Registration Point
Have a look at my attached image. I created a square, then converted it to a graphic symbol. I set the registration point to "bottom right".

If you look in the image, you will see the registration crosshairs correctly shown at the bottom right corner of the square. However, the coordinate position of the square is based on it's top left corner.

Why?

Ken

Change The Registration Point Of A Symbol
I pretty sure I've seen it somewhere before but can anyone tell me if a registration point of a symbol can be changed after the symbol has been created? If so can you tell me how you would do it?

How To Dynamically Set Registration Point Of A Symbol?
I need to know if it's possible to set the registration point of a movieclip with actionscript? Anyone know?

Positioning Symbol By Registration Point
I already checked many forums about this, maybe i am the only one who has a problem with this change in flash mx 2004:

Using the info panel, if you position a symbol - with the middle spot in the 3x3 grid selected - you do not move the symbol by the registration point any more (as in recent versions).

Instead you move it by the center point of the instance, and that seems to be in the middle of the symbol by default. ok, you can move it to match the registration point, but you have to do it for every instance by hand. bad.

this new behaviour is especially annoying if you use symbold that have the registration point neither in the upper left, nor in the middle. that is the case in a lot of symbols i use.

even more inconsistent: if you move a symbol by actionscript the center point is totally ignored and only the registration point is used. Is there no way to move it like this using the panels?

i use still use the trial version, but i dont think that causes my problems.

any help appreciated!

How To Change Registration Point Of A Symbol?
Hello there,
please help with this.
When I create a symbol, say, a circle, the registration point is the upper left corner of the square wrapping the circle. Now I want to change it to the center of the circle, what should I modify? should I modify it in Edit Symbol mode or elsewhere?
thanks.

LoadMovie() And Loading Clip's Registration Point
I am having a problem loading a movie using the LoadMovie() ActionScript command. The upper left of the loaded movie is placed at the center of the loading movie. I have tried to change the registration point of the loading movie, but this does not work: the corss-hairs of the registration point do not actually move to the upper left of the loading clip. How can I change the registration point? Thanks for your help!

Registration Point On A Loaded Movie
hello,
I have a symbole with a registration point defined in the center.
As soon as I load an external image in it, the registration point moves to the top corner. bad!
I can i restore the registration point to the center?
Thanks!

Registration Point Of Dynamically Loaded Movie Clips
Ok, there are a few hundred posts on the board about this topic, but none of them give a definitive answer that works.

Situation:
1) You're loading clips dynamically into your movie.
2) You need the incoming clips to have a registration point at the center of the incoming clip (so that rotations and what not make sense), not 0,0 which it'll change the incoming clip to.

Now, I've come up with a solution that is HACKY. If the incoming clip has its resolution set to 1x1 pixels, you can manipulate it in your main swf as if its center was the center of the clip.

Is there any way to achieve this affect without having to do this?

Thanks AS masters,

sand858

Registration Point Vs. Transformation Point
I'm extremely frustrated with the behavior of Flash MX 2004's registration/transformation points. I just learned that the distinction between the two just happened with the release of Flash MX 2004. I'd like to know how in the world I'm supposed to transform a symbol relative to its corner or side, seeing how the transformation point insists on being in the center of the symbol every time.

Let's say I have a 200x200 square shape. If I want the transformation point to be in the lower left corner, it looks like I have to:

1. Put the registration point in the center when I create the symbol
2. Double click on the symbol
3. Move the shape 100 px to the right
4. Move the shape -100 px up
5. Exit out of symbol editing mode

which is five times more complicated a process than if they had kept the behavior like it was. Or at the very least, change the Symbol Creation dialog box to this:

Or am I missing something?

[CS3] Set Registration Of Empty Movie Clip?
I am importing external images by creating an empty movie clip and loading in the external image, which is then enlarged 300% on rollover. However, I want it to scale from the bottom up, not centered. How would I set the registration of an empty movie clip to bottom center?

If this cannot be done, how would I code it to do what I want? The loaded image starts at 36 pixels, and is scaled to 108 pixels on rollover. I am trying to simulate the Apple Dock menu.

Thanks for your help.

Symbol -> Movie Clip Symbol?
how do i make a symbol a movie clip symbol also?

Placing Actionscript Movie Clip Inside A Movie Clip Symbol
I'm loading an external image into an empty actionscript movie clip (holder1) using MovieClipLoader(); on frame one of my movie and is invisible. Then when the movie plays, there is an empty movie clip symbol (image1_mc) that is placed manually on the stage within another movie clip symbol (flash_mc), and is also on a bottom layer of a mask layer which is animated. Is it possible to place "holder1" inside of "image1_mc" so that I can treat it as if it were an embedded image? In other words, have the image in "holder1" inside of the manually placed movie clip symbol "image1_mc" so that I can use it like a regular symbol on the stage?

How Do I Change The Registration Points Of A Movie Clip?
I want to move the crosshairs from the centre to 0,0 - I have heard it's possible but I can't find out how to do it

GREAT SITE BTW!!

My first post too.....hello everyone

How Do I Change The Registration Of A Movie Clip Or Graphic.
Basically, I have a hand that hits a ball. Thats great but when I want the player to hit a button, they dont know where the hot spot is. I have been watching... and I know where they think the hot spot is.. thus, I want to change the registration. Is there any way to fine tune it...or increase the hot spot? This is a movie clip, btw.

Thanks!

KAL

PS.. now that im on the subject of fine tuning. When I export the movie as an SWF, you are still able to see off the stage when you full screen it. Is there a way to limit it? That goes for an EXE as well. Thanks again.

ONCE again on the subject. I want to include a font in this flash file... is there an easy way to do it?

Symbol Registration
This has been something that bugged me for a long time. How do you change the registration of a symbol?

Symbol Registration
Just curious what the "Registration" thing is for in Flash MX2004, that appears as part of the options whenever I try to convert something to symbol.

Thanks!

Registration Point
Does anyone know what a registration point is in relation to a movie clip in Flash???
Thanks in advance,
Damien

Registration Point Help
I'm using loadMovie to load a jpeg into a movieclip. When I resize/rotate the movieclip with the jpeg in it, it resizes/rotates only from the upperleft corner. I know that loadMovie always loads movieclips with the registration point on the upperleft corner, but what if I want to resize the from the bottomright corner or the center. Is there a way around this? Any help would be appreciated because I'm really stumped on this one.

Registration Point
I just changed to Flash 7 and I am going crazy. I need to change the registration point of a movie clip. ( I remember in Flash 5 you could move the registration point of an instance for example to change rotation pivot points.) I am creating a scroolling paneI,but my content starts at the middle inside the scrolling panel, because the registration point is at the middle of the content. I CANNOT move my content around it's registration point because it's a LONG list and if I move it to have the registration point at its upper left, half of it falls off the working area, and thus disappears when I scroll to that point (which falls off the working area.). Please, can anyone tell me how to:
1-Move the registration point ?
or
2-make the work area larger?
Thanks!!!
P.S I am unable to turn the actions window into "non expert mode" Anyone knows how?

Registration Point Changes
MX2004Pro

I've got a masked image in a movie clip that I am zooming using a direct call to transitions using a variation on the code from http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2...ansitions2.htm.

Works very well with the zoom point anchored at the registration point of the movie clip.

If I create the movie clip with the registration point where I want it, all works as expected.

If I move the registration point of the movie clip after creating it (transform and move small white circle), the transition zoom takes no notice and still zooms about the original reg point.

I can do it the hard way, but would prefer to find something simpler and more elegant than brute force to anchor the zoom where I want it.

Is there another way to change reg point or some other simple workaround?

Registration Point
does anyone know how to change the registration point (the center) of an MC without doing it frame-by-frame?

Registration Point
OK. This is driving me nuts. I can't seem to move the registration point to manipulate the scaling of a movie clip.

I select the movie clip - Select Modify - Select Transform - but, there's no "Edit Center Point" option.

I'm in a full version of Flash MX on Windows XP.

Any ideas why the "Edit Center" option is not available? How can I move the center point to the left edge?

Registration Point
Does anyone know how to change the registration point of a movie clip?

Lets say I have drawn an image of a baseball and I select F8 to convert to sybol and create a movie clip. The default location of registration is in the upper left hand corner. Say I forget to move the poiint to the center and click ok to save as a movie clip. How would I go about changing that if I need it to be in the center?

I know I can re-create the image, but just assume there is a more efficient manner.

Thanks,
Kerry

Why Is There No Registration Point?
I imported a bitmap image for use in a flash file I am building. I am trying to use the Motion Guide option and I don't see a registration point on my graphic?

Any advise would be greatly appreciated.

Ketchme

Registration Point Help
This is such a newbie question but how can I change the registration point of an object after I have created it. I can change the sizing/rotation point but the registration point seems cast in stone.

Thanks in advace for ant help.

Mark Hollas

Registration Point
Once a Movie clip is done is there a way to alter the registration point either manually or with AS etc

cheers

Registration Point
i am trying to work through a flash tutorial and it wants me to move the registration point to the far left of my image. when i try to move the cross hairs everything is moving.

how can i set the registration point to the far left with out everything moving in flash 8

Registration Point
is there a way to change the registration point of a movie clip after you've made the movie clip?

Registration Point
I created an animation and I put the animation with copy past all the frame to new MC. but the Registration point isnt in the middle how can I put the Registration point in the middle ? in the easy and best way?

Registration Point...
how can I change the registration point of an MC once I create it? I can't for the life find a spot to change it from "center" to, say, "top left" or "bottom right"
I always ending putting it inside another movie clip with the registration point I'm looking for.

Also, is there a way to do it with ActionScript?

Set Registration Point
Hi everyone,

I know it is not possible to change the registration point of a movie clip (unless using a custom made class), but I was wondering if you can actually specify it when you create the movie clip, using New Movieclip() ?
That would make sense, I mean, there must be a way to do that... right ?

Thx.

Registration Point
Hi
I need script for change registration point of a symbol by click button or during movieclip

thanx

Registration Point?
Yeah i'm completely new to flash and was taking the first few basic tutorial. What exactly is the registration point? I dont really understand that.

also I like this site, but are there any more good tutorials that you would recommend for a flash beginner? and what would be good book for me to get? Any input would be greatly appreciated.

thank you

Johnny1time

Movie Clip Symbol Registration Point

Is it possible to set a Movie Clip Symbols Registration point and change it dynamically in Actionscript??