Hi, I downloaded the font "Marvin" from Adobe Typekit and I would like to make something like one of the examples (see attached).  There seem to be special combinations of letters like LI and TH but I can't find these in the glyphs panel.  Does anybody know how to find them?  Thanks. Zaffer ... View more

Hi, I was entering keywords for my images and suddenly the main panel was filled with "Welcome to People View."  I can't find any way to get rid of it.  Google says to go to Edit > Preferences > General > Privacy Section > deselect Enable Prople View.  But when I go to Preferences > General, there is no Privacy option and I can't find it anywhere else.  I don't want to use People View.  Please help me get rid of this screen and disable it in Preferences.  Thanks. Zaffer   ... View more

Hi, I don't know if this is a bug or not but I was using the zoom tool in Photoshop and it suddently started working backwards.  In other words, instead of zoom-in being the default and zoom-out working with the Alt key, it changed around and I needed to press the Alt key to zoom in.  Is there a way to fix this so it always works with the default being zoom-in?  Thanks. Zaffer I'm running Photoshop 25.2.0 on Windows 10.   ... View more

Hi, Please keep the beta AI generate toolbar from jumping into the image.  It's very annoying.  I keep having to move it out the way so I can see the whole image.  Thanks   ... View more

Hi, I am trying to do Lesson 4 in After Effects and Cinema 4D Lite.  The lesson involves compositing, layers and setting layers in Cineware.  I have a pawn object, a pawn object instance and a shadow catcher in Cinema 4D Lite.  I think I have them set up correctly in Cinema 4D Lite.  I have the pawn on one layer and the pawn instance and the shadow catcher on another layer.  I have set the pawn instance to not show by putting a Render tag on it that unchecks "Seen by Camera."     In After Effects, I have Set Layers for pawn, shadow and Items Not on Layers.  By leaving Items Not on Layers checked all the time and unchecking the Shadow layer, I can see just the pawn, but if I uncheck the Pawn layer, I can't see just the shadow -- pawn is always there with it.  Any help with this will be greatly appreciated. Zaffer ... View more

Hi, I'm using After Effects 2023 with Cinema Lite 4D.  The problem is in rendering my Cinema 4D lite scene in After Effects using Cineware.  If I use the Cineware Render setting "Current," the render looks the same as it does in the Cinema4D lite.  But if I use the setting "Viewport," the render comes through in After Effects looking washed out. (see images below).  Does anybody have a reason why this might be happening?  Thanks. Zaffer ... View more

Hi Animate, I'm trying to call a library movie clip with code that worked for identical clips but gives the error "lib.bellSideWht is not a constuctor" for the new one I just added.  As far as I can see, the code for the existing library item (which works) is identical to the code for the new library item which doesn't work.  The code below shows code for both clips -- the one on the top works (starSideRt_01), the one on the bottom doesn't (bellSideWht_01).  Any help will be appreciated.   //this is the code on the button which is nested this.starSideRt_01_btn.addEventListener("click", getStarSideRt.bind(this)); this.starSideRt_02_btn.addEventListener("click", getStarSideRt.bind(this)); this.starSideRt_03_btn.addEventListener("click", getStarSideRt.bind(this)); function getStarSideRt() { exportRoot.positionStarSideRt(); } this.bellSideWht_01_btn.addEventListener("click", getBellSideWht.bind(this)); this.bellSideWht_02_btn.addEventListener("click", getBellSideWht.bind(this)); this.bellSideWht_03_btn.addEventListener("click", getBellSideWht.bind(this)); function getBellSideWht() { exportRoot.positionBellSideWht(); }   //this is the code on the main timeline this.positionStarSideRt = function() { const starSideRt_mc = new lib.starSideRt(); this.addChild(starSideRt_mc); starSideRt_mc.x = 200; starSideRt_mc.y = 200; starSideRt_mc.scale *= 0.45; starSideRt_mc.addEventListener("pressmove", moveSomeFlower.bind(this)); starSideRt_mc.addEventListener("click", clickSomeFlower); } this.positionBellSideWht = function() { console.log("hello"); const bellSideWht_mc = new lib.bellSideWht(); //this.addChild(bellSideWht_mc); //bellSideWht_mc.x = 200; //bellSideWht_mc.y = 200; //bellSideWht_mc.scale *= 0.45; //bellSideWht_mc.addEventListener("pressmove", moveSomeFlower.bind(this)); //bellSideWht_mc.addEventListener("click", clickSomeFlower); }   ... View more

Hi Animate forum: Here is my workaround to the problem of there being no built-in hittest in HTML5 JavaScript. (JavaScript developers are you listening?) I found a lot of info on how to do it in plain HTML5, but not much on how to do it in Animate, so I am posting the code below in hopes it saves work for someone.  You can download the FLA, HTML and JS files from dropbox: hittest_demo.  The red and blue buttons instantiate flowers from the library. Drag them to the compost bin and see them disappear (the JPG shows a blue flower about to disappear with the intersection of hit areas.) Basically the code works by testing for the intersection of rectangles described in the if clause (code below). If anyone can improve on the code, please contribute. Also, I have one question: How would I delete the flowers after they become invisible? Thanks. Zaffer   let flower; let compost = this.compost_mc; let flowerW = 32; //width and height of flower clips let compostW = 40; //width of compost bin let compostH = 80; //height of compost bin this.redButton_btn.addEventListener("click", positionRedFlower.bind(this)); this.blueButton_btn.addEventListener("click", positionBlueFlower.bind(this)); function positionBlueFlower() //instantiates a blue flower from the library { const blueFlower_mc = new lib.blueFlower(); this.addChild(blueFlower_mc); blueFlower_mc.x = 75; blueFlower_mc.y = 75; blueFlower_mc.addEventListener("pressmove", moveSomeFlower.bind(this)); } function positionRedFlower() //instantiates a red flower from the library { const redFlower_mc = new lib.redFlower(); this.addChild(redFlower_mc); redFlower_mc.x = 75; redFlower_mc.y = 200; redFlower_mc.addEventListener("pressmove", moveSomeFlower.bind(this)); } /* function moveSomeFlower() makes flowers draggable and makes hittest with compost bin. hittest works by testing if the rectangle described by the flower width and height intersects the rectangle described by the width and height of the compost bin. hittest areas are shown in black outline. */ function moveSomeFlower(e) { flower = e.currentTarget; pt = exportRoot.globalToLocal(e.stageX, e.stageY); e.currentTarget.x = pt.x; e.currentTarget.y = pt.y; if(flower.x + (0.5*flowerW) >= compost.x - (0.5*compostW) && flower.x - (0.5*flowerW) <= compost.x + (0.5*compostW) && flower.y + (0.5*flowerW) >= compost.y - (0.5*compostH) && flower.y - (0.5*flowerW) <= compost.y + (0.5*compostH)){ //console.log("hit"); flower.visible = false; } }   ... View more

Hi Animate, I have a game where you click on a button and that scales another movie clip on the stage.  I can get this to work with code, but the upscaled movie clip becomes pixelated (see JPG).  Is there any way to make the clip scale up and maintain its resolution?  It should be scalable as it is vector art.  Thanks.  Here's my code. Zaffer this.grow_btn.addEventListener("click", growSomeFlower.bind(this)); function growSomeFlower() { currentClickedFlower.scaleX = currentClickedFlower.scaleX * 1.2; currentClickedFlower.scaleY = currentClickedFlower.scaleY * 1.2; } this.shrink_btn.addEventListener("click", shrinkSomeFlower.bind(this)); function shrinkSomeFlower() { currentClickedFlower.scaleX = currentClickedFlower.scaleX * 0.8; currentClickedFlower.scaleY = currentClickedFlower.scaleY * 0.8; }   ... View more