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Moving Objects: Moving Keyframes?
Can I move multiple layers on a timeline, so that they will all move. Basically I just want to move the location of the multiple layers.

Whenever I do this, it seems to move only some of them and thus the whole animation is messed, different starting points and ending points...a big mess.. It makes me want to cry.

Seems like there is an easy answer or I might just be the biggest chump on the planet.

Case

Moving Objects Through All Keyframes
hello all,

i want to make chages in my website and i have a problem:
im trying to move objects, but i dont want to have to do the change in all my keyframes...
how do i make position changes that effect all of the keyframes?

with thanks, joel

www.joelr.co.i

Moving Objects In Multiple Keyframes
Is it possible to move the position of all the objects on the stage in all keyframes without having to go into each keyframe and individually move each item?

For example, I want to move everything up about an inch on my stage. If I do a select all frames and select all and try to move stuff...it only moves the things in the first keyframe. Any way to do it..or do I have a lot of tedious work ahead of me?

Moving Objects With Multiple Keyframes
I want to move everything on a nav bar about ½" to the right but there are 3 sets of keyframes throughout. Is it possible to select all objects/buttons etc and all the key frames and move the lot as one piece? Or do I you have to delete all the keyframes beyond frame 1, and replace them after the move?

Moving Keyframes
I just started playing in MX, one thing I have noticed is that it wont let me move keyframes by just dragging them, How do I move keyframes?

Moving Keyframes
I have been using Flash 5 for a while and then I switched to Flash MX. It is hard to adapt. I don't know how to drag a keyframe a few frames to the right. Back in Flash 5 all you had to do was lef-click and drag. How do I do it with Flash MX?

Moving Keyframes
When I used flash 5 I was able to move a keyframe from Say, frame 5 to frame 10 by clicking and holding the left mouse button on the frame and then move the keyframe to were I wanted. In flash MX it will not let me do this and I have not found the answer in the help menu. Did they come up with a new way or is this me?

Moving All Keyframes At Once
I was woundering, I imported a .swf i made info a fla, but all the frames move and the pic is like up and over allot, and its like 200 frames. I was woundering how to move them all at once. Thx

[F8] Moving Keyframes At Once
I imported a GIF picture into flash, now each frame of the GIF is divided to one Keyframe. But I wanna move all content in all frames and position it correctly, but when I select all keyframes, move them somewhere, only the last keyframe gets affected by the move. The rest stays @ the same position.
I tried pastin them all into movie clip, but the same thing happened.

Thanks.

Moving Many Keyframes Together
Hi.

Say, I have 100 keyframes in a single layer and I want to move them all together on y-axis. How can I do that?

One long way is to select each keyframe individually and move it. I am sure there must be a better way which I am not aware of.

Please help.

Thanks in advance.

Moving Multiple Keyframes
I am trying to move multiple keyframes across multiple layers all at once. If I select all the keyframes and all the layers in the timeline it only moves the keyframes in the first or last frame of the movie. If I select all from stage-same result depending on where the playhead is in the timeline. The animation is made of keyframes not TWEENS.

Essentially I am trying to shift the graphics that make up an animation that takes place across 25 frames closer to the top of the stage to allow more space underneath without having to go in and move every keyframe individually.

Or can a Timeline Effect of "Blur" be reversed without converting the Blur effect to keyframes. It does not allow the effect to be reversed in the "Modify Timeline- reverse Frames"

Thanks for any help
Erek

Moving Keyframes Problem In Flash MX
I'm positive I'm not stupid....BUT

Certain times when I'm working with an .fla after about a half hour or so, I simply can't click a keyframe and move it without it totally deleting itself. I've checked macromedia.com for patches and went through all the keyframe tutorials and help files trying to see if there is a setting I am missing, but to no avail.

If I open a brand new .fla at that same Flash MX session i can move them. When I go back to my original .fla there is no change. Any ideas/answers?

Please Help Trouble Dragging Moving Keyframes
one of my layers is fine - it's great - no problems - i can drag keyframes...

the other layer - I can't drag any keyframes...

when I try to drag it it disappears!~!!!!

I can only copy the keyframe and then paste it. grr

This sucks. :-(

What's wrong? this layer is not locked or different in any way that I can tell.

Anybody have this problem in Flash MX before??

Let me know asap!

any ideas welcome!

thanks!

// jayse

Moving Object But Applying To All Keyframes
Im Sorry.. but this may seem incredibly newbish like. but my problem is: Is there a way to move a button/movie that that has many keyframes applied to it, but be able to move the button so it applies to its new location throught out all the keyframes, without having to move it to a new locatoin at each key frame...

Moving Duplicated Mc's To Specific Keyframes
I am having trouble with my movieclip's that have been created via duplicateMovieClip(). Though I change to specific keyframes before duplicating the movieclip, and I ensure that the movieclip being duplicated is on a keyframe... the problem continues. I can't seem to get my duplicated movieclips to stay on specific places of the timeline. If i go "Dubug > List Objects", it says that all my duplicated movieclips are at Frame 1. I don't understand why they always go there. Once created, there are visible throughout the entire timeline. How can I move them around the timeline?

Thanks and hope that makes sense.

Moving Contents Of All Keyframes On A Single Layer
Hi, need a little help.
ive rendered a 3d movie as a .swf in 3ds max using the swift3d plug-in.
when i try to move the animation around the scene in flash, only the first frame moves anywhere. all the next frames jump back to where flash imported the file.
All the keyframes are on a single layer.
can anyone help?
i just want to move the animation around the scene.

thanks alot
kian

Moving The Stage After Resizing - Or Moving All Objects On The Stage? Heeeelp
Hello! I'm in dire need of help!

I've been forced to resize the stage of my movie but as the stage is expanded to the right and down everything ends up in the wrong place. So I wonder:

Is there any way to move the stage rather than the contents thereon?

or

is there a way to move all the content on all layers and even all scenes simultaneously?

or

is there a way to expand the stage equeally on all sides rather than just right and down?

THANKS ALOT TO WHOEVER COULD HELP ME!

Freddy D, Stockholm, Sweden

Moving X/y Position Of An Entire Group Of Layers/keyframes/tweens
i have a flash movie that's 518x82. the movie now needs to be 760x480. the original section (the 518x82) needs to now be in a different position (when i enlarge the document size, the old portion defaults to the upper left corner)- i have to move the entire movie to new coordinates w/in the larger document.

how do i do that without having to move each individual image at each keyframe within each layer (that would take about 3 days)?

i've tried inserting a .swf into a new document - same problem. i've attempted to use action scripting (this._totalFrames...blah blah) but it's not working (no surprise there - i'm a designer, not a programmer).

there's go to be a better way? please help!

thanks!!!

Moving Objects
Hi, i'm making an anamtion that scrolls pictures by left and right when you put your mouse over the "<" and ">" buttons. I have that part working fine but my problem lies here... i have this code in a separate movie so that the movie will loop and run the code over and over again will the mouse is still over the button.

//this is for the left button and it moves the picture to
//the left 10 (there's also one for pic2-pic5. this code
//works fine

tellTarget ("/pic1") {
setProperty ("/pic1", _x, _x -= 10);
}

//if the picture got beyond a certain _x val i wanted to
//move it to the other side so i used this code.

if (pic1_x <= -1240) {
tellTarget ("/pic1") {
setProperty ("/pic1", _x, "1240");
}
}

now this code, well, kinda works. it sees that the picture is beyond -1240 and it moves it self to 1240. But for some reason it doesn't start moving to the left again. In fat i tried a += 50 where the "1240" is and it kept moving to the right 50 so it's running that if statement even though it's no longer <= -1240. is there something wrong with my if statement?

Moving Several Objects As One
I'm creating a list of items using the duplicateClip function.

Each item is placed clip._height below the previous one.

It just so happens that the list may be too long to fit on the screen, so I have to give the effect of moving the group.

Can I create this list of items as if they were one? Then, all I would have to do is move this one item.

Better yet, because I'm sure that this question or one like it has been asked several hundred times, what should I search for when looking for tutorials or previous posts on the subject? Does this concept have a name?

Thank you

Whe Are Objects Moving?
heeelp....my objects are moving
e.g. i want my objects to be on whole pixels, so x=15 and y=15 however as soon as i press enter it moves back to 15.3 and 15.7 or something like that. i unchecked 'snap to grid' 'snap to guide' however that doesnt seem to be the problem.

any ideas?

thx!

Moving Objects
I know this might be silly, but.. I cant quite figure out the way to make objects moveable on a flash screen. You know, the eggplant way?...

Moving Objects?
How do I get a object to move along the x axis when the user presses the left and right cursors.

And how do I stop the object from goin off of the side of the scene?

thanx alot

cya
Andrew

Containing Moving Objects
hey
i've got a bit of a problem i've created a function that tells eight objects to randomly choose between eight possible directions and move in that direction. this works perfectly. the problem is i want to contain this motion within a set square for example if it hits the border of the square diagonaly iwant it to bounce off in the opposite direction. does anyone know of any tutorials showing how i can create these parameters.

Moving Objects
Hi, I'm trying to make an animation in which a square (line, or any other shape) moves from one point to another (like moving from top to bottom). I was wondering if there's a way to do it different than making many frames and just change the possition of the object in each frame 'til it gets to the final possition. If there's an easier way to do it or if there's some sort of software that may help to do this, PLEEEEASE let me know.
Thanks a lot.
G.

Moving Objects....
Is it possible to move objects in micro movements? I know I can move objects in larger spaces holding shift down. But can I move in smaller increments by holding something else down..

Moving Objects
I created a map movie, and decided late in the game that I was going to load the map movie into my interface with a load movie function. Originally, the movie was created with the map in it.

Anyways, how can you move all of your animated parts, frames, ect. While keeping everthing intact. Basically I need to move all my files and resize my movie.

Is there an easy way to do this? Like a select everthing? I tried selecting all the layers but it always seems to miss some parts.

-eric

Moving Objects
Ultra newb question here, but how do you move an object around on a layer similar to the way you do with the move object tool in PS?

Moving Two Objects At Once
I have to images one of a sun and the other is a flower.I have it so that i can drag the sun from one spot to another but what im trying to do is have it so that the flower image will flip or move so that it is following the sun as it moves.
Any help would be great.Thanks.

Moving Objects?
I'm simulating a plane moving and when you hold down an arrow key it will move faster. I'm looking for a little better way to do it because it seems to get exponentially faster the way I'm doing it but I can't think of a better way of doing it.

Frame 1:

Code:
var speed = 1;
var count = 0;

Frame 2:

Code:
var myListener:Button = new Button();
var mySoundWave:MovieClip = new MovieClip();

if(plane._x>800)//Keep plane on screen
plane._x=0;
if(speed>40)
trace("SPEED OF SOUND");

plane._x+=speed;
plane._y+=plane._rotation/5;

count+=1;
if(count%4==0)//Don't display a soundwave everytime
{
showMovie("soundWave",plane._x,plane._y);
}

function showMovie(linkageId, xpos, ypos)
{
var linkageId :String;
var xpos:Number;
var ypos:Number;
mySoundWave = this.createEmptyMovieClip("mySoundWave", this.getNextHighestDepth());
mySoundWave._x = xpos;
mySoundWave._y = ypos;
mySoundWave.attachMovie(linkageId,e,this.getNextHighestDepth());
}

myListener.onKeyDown = function() //This is the relevant code for moving
{
if (Key.getCode() == Key.LEFT) {
speed -= .001;
} else if (Key.getCode() == Key.RIGHT) {
speed += .001;
} if (Key.getCode() == Key.UP) {
plane._rotation -= .001;
} else if (Key.getCode() == Key.DOWN) {
plane._rotation += .001;
}

};

Key.addListener(myListener);

Frame 3:

Code:
gotoAndPlay(2);

I made everything really small because I didn't want it to get out of control.

Moving Objects
Me & some friends are making a game. You are in a sliegh & have to dodge objects. But i can't make the objects move. This is the code i am using:

ActionScript Code:
// Random Tree Postion
var xpos = 0;
var numObjects = 15; // Edit to Change how many trees - number of snowballs
for (i=0; i<numObjects; i++) {
var randomObject = attachMovie('tree', 'tree'+i, i);
if (i<=numObjects) { // DEV: No Overlapping
randomObject._x = xpos-240;
xpos += 44;
}
randomObject._y = random(500);
}
// Random Snowball Postion
var numObjects1 = 6; // Edit for how many snowballs.
for (s=0; s<numObjects1; s++) {
var randomObject = attachMovie('snowball', 'snowball'+s, s);
if (s<=numObjects) { // No Overlapping
randomObject._x = xpos-640;
xpos += 66;
}
randomObject._y = random(500) + 700; // create snowball behind.
// DEV: Move snowballs
randomObject._y -= 3;
}

Moving Objects
Hello guys, my first post here

Here i am helping out a friend with a website. I'm Designing a website completely made of flash (customer request :/ ). There is a part at the bottom of the screen thats like a tab. I want to move the whole tab (and a wider box attached to it too) a little up everytime the mouse rolls over it.

Looking at various tutorials I've found one that seems to suit me. It basicly moves the movie clip (the whole thing at the bottom the tab + the bottom box is converted to a movie clip for this) in incriments. It needs a yTarget{instancedname} variable. For example if i give the movie clip an instance name of MC the variable would be yTargetMC and the number i associte it with is where the movie clip moves to.

So i can make a button that has :

on (rollOver) {
yTargetMC = 50;
}
on (rollOut) {
yTargetMC = 100;
}

It works as long as the movie clip and button are on the same "stage". I want the movie clip to move up on mouse over so i palce the button inside the movie clip but when i do this the yTargetMC is useless coz it wont change the variable in the main stage (i'm assuming this)thus wont work. Is there a way that i can make the button inside the movie clip assign the variable change to the main scene? Maybe a script code that makes the button work like it was NOT inside the movie?

I'm kinda lost here and i hope i managed to explain this properly. Any help would be welcome - i'm ok with rebuilding this too if there is a more easier and logical way too. As i said i'm learning and helping at the same time so hence i'm a newbie yet again

Thanks in advance,

Osman

Edit : here's the code for the movie itself (that is moved)

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
yMC = getProperty(_root.MC, _y);
moveMC = _root.yTargetMC - yMC;
setProperty(_root.MC, _y, yMC + (moveMC/10));
}

Moving All Objects
This is a stupid question, I know but I neet help urgently. How can I move all elements in a time line? I have 50 key frames If I select all and move them with the mouse only the frame with the marker on it is moved.

What am I doing wrong

Tanks in advance

Moving Objects
Hi guys,
I have created a break apart effect for my headings.. I have around 6 headings. I made it using a different program (as it was automated). It has made the effect for each heading by moving the letters slightly on each key frame. When I import the swf file into my movie in flash 5, it puts it in the top left corner. The only way to move it to the right for example is frame at a time, and as you can imagine.. with 30 frames per heading and 6 headings, im not doing it that way!! :)

Is there any way I can 'move' the position of a block of frames??

Sorry if its a simple question.

Wazz

Moving Objects
i want to move a movie clip's x and y in my movie in the same way that the movie in the fla download's section called 'SlideMenu' does. but it only does x positions. ne ideas?

Moving Objects
I AM NEW TO FLASH AND I WANT TO LEARN HOW TO CREATE THE MOVING CLOUDS EFFECT THAT I SEE ON SOME SITES. Thanks for the help

Moving Objects
Does anyone know a tutorial that explain how to script the "button system" on this site: link ? Seen it many places, quite handy and stylish

Moving Objects In More That 1 Frame
How do i move objects in more than one frame at the same time? they are on the same layer.

Moving Objects With Actionscript
On the main stage, I have 2 identical objects (1 symbol X 2), both moving along the X-axis. One is moving from the left toward the center; one is moving from the right towards the center. I would like actionscript that will allow me to have these objects move each from a specified point to a specified point (not user-specified, but predetermined) in the same specified number of frames.

Can anyone help? I am totally new to actionscript, so please explain thoroughly.

Thankyou,
S. Reebar

MOVING OBJECTS With Actionscript
On the main stage, I have 2 identical objects (1 symbol X 2), both moving along the X-axis. One is moving from the left toward the center; one is moving from the right towards the center. I would like actionscript that will allow me to have these objects move each from a specified point to a specified point (not user-specified, but predetermined) in the same specified number of frames.

Can anyone help? I am totally new to actionscript, so please explain thoroughly.

Thankyou,
S. Reebar

Moving Objects On The Stage Help
Hello,

What I am trying to do is;

Assume there are 5 playing cards on the stage spread out evenly across the stage, and what I want to do is, when you move the mouse of each card (should I make them a button or movie instance?), the card will move to center of stage and go from about 20% of its size to 100% by the time it is in center screen. But this will have text on it, so at 20% you can't read it until it gets to center and is at 100%. Is this actionscript? I am not familiar with that other than gotoAndStop and so forth.

Ok, yes I am new to Flash MX, but I am learning more everyday from all of you, so can anyone please help me?

Thank you

Thorrax

Moving Objects By Using Actionscript
hi ppl,
i m having this problem of not being able to move an object created in flash according to coordinates. i m basically working on a projectile path displayer using flash 5. when i give co - ordinates to individual keyframes they are jumping to each position in the flash player & no tweening is visible. I NEED HELP FAST!!! as my project guide is v. angry with me.
help me out guys...
Sidz-the zapperbug
my e-mail is zapperbug@rediffmail.com

Problem Moving Objects
hi,

ok, I'm new to this, so it's a simple question....

I made a small text animation (10 letters) each letter is blending in after an other:

(alpha 0% ---> 100%)
(alpha 0% ---> 100%)
(alpha 0% ---> 100%)

fine !

but now I have to move the hole word a bit to the top (it's not part of an animation, just a simple alignment!!).
If I try to do this, (I select all letters) and move it up a bit, this move is now a part of the animation :-((
What am I doing wrong ????

thanks for your needfull help !!!!!!

greets otix

Moving Objects Within A Projector
hello all. I'm newish to this game. I can create projects happily in flash 5....but I am stuck on one thing at the moment. I want the user to be able to grab an object from a position within the projector and relocate it wherever he wants within the projector. I know this is going to be some simple comand or creation of a certain type of graphic but i am a spanner...please help me.........

thanks

Andy

Moving Objects With Actionscript
hi everyone

i have a movie on the main timeline that contains an object1 with a long motion tween.

i have a 2nd movie on the main timeline that contains a movie with the controll pannell for this object1.

i would like that when you push the ff button, the object1 skips two frames so it looks like it's going in fast forward on it's motion tween. same, i would like to push the rw button and have it go back two frames in the motion tween to look like it's going backwards in rewind.

here's my code on the ff button contained within an on press:

_root.PIXI.gotoAndPlay(_currentframe + 2);

but its not working. it brings object1 back to it's first position always.

what am i doing wrong?

best wishes,
slimpixi

Moving Objects Along A Line?
i've been using motion tweens to animate my movies and i'd like to reduce the size by using actionscripting to achieve the same effects. can anyone suggest any tutorials that will take me through the basics of using actionscripting to move objects along a line?

here's my current website and the first 20 frames are nothing but motion tweens. any suggestions on how to reduce the load up time??

http://web.mit.edu/jbradd/www

Moving Objects With ActionScript
Hey,

I think this should be possible, but I have no clue how to do it. I am using regular Flash MX by the way. Here's what I'm trying to accomplish:

When you click a menu button, it will tell a movie clip to shink and then move off of the screen with an alpha transition. Once the clip is off the screen, I want to execute a simple gotoAndPlay .... but I don't want the gotoAndPlay to execute UNTIL the movie clip is off the screen. Is this even possible? Hope this makes sense. Thanks for your time.