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timdungan
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November 5, 2016
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Flash CS6 Symbol Placement Limitation

  • November 5, 2016
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I have Adobe Flash Pro CS6, and I'm having a problem placing a graphic symbol on the right side of the stage.  It tweens from being large in the center to being small on the right side of the stage. The tween works perfectly (slides and shrinks like it's supposed to) right up to the ending keyframe, then it moves left inside the symbol box. I've never encountered this problem before, and I can't even figure out how to look it up.

The first keyframe has the larger image symbol in the center of the stage. Then I place another keyframe on the timeline where I want the tween to end. Then I resize the symbol to the smaller size. Then, when I try to slide the symbol to the point on the stage where I want it to end up, it's like the image hits some kind edge and stops. It's still well inside the actual edge of the stage, and a number of other symbols work perfectly fine past that point. It also works if I leave the symbol large and slide it around with the mouse, but if it's small, it won't work. I can actually see the image "hit" some kind of right edge as I move it with the mouse. The bounding box will continue past that point, but it's like the image slides right out of it stuck on a right-side limitation that shouldn't exist.

I know I'm over-explaining this, but it's driving me crazy. It should be a very simple tween with no problems. 

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Correct answer kglad

I PMed you the link and the password to download it. Notice on the timeline from 1625 to 1655 under the Products folder. The seven items that tween over to the right-hand side end up messed up at the moment it reaches the final keyframe. It's like the underlying image will not pass a certain point on the stage.


that's a flash/animate glitch caused by a limitation on bitmap editing.  you can scale down to 14%, eg but not lower AND move beyond certain limits:

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kglad
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November 5, 2016

what happens if you leave it large, slide to past the right side of the stage and then resize it?  can you then position it where you want?

timdungan
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November 5, 2016

It's the same. I've tried that a million times. I can place it large anywhere I want, but as soon as I size it down anywhere past that weird edge point, it slides to the left inside the bounding box.

kglad
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November 6, 2016

what bounding box?