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K7S
Inspiring
Oct 18, 2022 3:52 PM UTC
Question

Ctrl + F : Find & Replace Stroke Width

When using this tool is there a way to convert all the strokes on the canvas to smart objects?

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    Community Expert
    Oct 18, 2022 10:02 PM UTC

    You can select all strokes and group them into an object by going to modify and clicking group or the shortcut is cmd+G mac or clt+G windows. But there is no smart object in animate. That's only in photoshop.


    If that don't work you can always ask for smart object to be added to animate. 

    https://www.adobe.com/products/wishform.html

     

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    K7S
    K7SAuthor
    Inspiring
    Oct 18, 2022 10:30 PM UTC

    Thank you, what I was asking for doesn't exist and grouping them is close to what I need but the ideal Animate canvas object for preserving editable attributes with quick access is the Union function. There is a bindable hotkey in this recent version of animate called "Union" that will convert shapes on the canvas into objects (smart?) I'm glad there is a hotkey for this now as I use this feature a lot for fast access while preserving the editable qualities of grouped-like objects such as my  strokes/fills. It's hard to manage my files when I have hundreds of these Union objects on the stage, performance takes a huge hit. I've found work arounds - grouped objects seem to perform much better and manually breaking down my strokes into fills performs even better. But it's always been a lot of manual labor.

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    Community Expert
    Oct 18, 2022 11:00 PM UTC

    No prob. You should share your work around in case others want to do what your doing.

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    kglad
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    Community Expert
    Oct 18, 2022 4:02 PM UTC

    is this a photoshop question?

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    K7S
    K7SAuthor
    Inspiring
    Oct 18, 2022 10:14 PM UTC

    It is a photoshopped image... We like to have fun here... This thread is actually a veiled suggestion for a feature I thought would be useful. Is there a place on this forum I can submit a suggestion?

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    kglad
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    Oct 18, 2022 10:16 PM UTC

    not the forum, but yes - https://www.adobe.com/products/wishform.html

     

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