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October 3, 2019
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Animate changing size and position of static text in a motion tween by itself

  • October 3, 2019
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Hi,

 

Sorry if this has already been talked about but I can't seem to find a solution anywhere.

 

I'm having an issue with a HTML5 Canvas document I'm working on in animate where I would like to have some text move across the stage. I have specific places where I need the text to be on certain frames of it's motion but for reasons I can't work out after making the text into a motion tween Animate decides to not respect this position. If I move the text on a different frame and then return to the already specified frame it would have moved and resized by between 1 and 20 or so pixels. I decided to try to fix the issue by using the info panel to set the position and dimensions exactly again however even going to edit these numbers affects the others. Also if I set the one of the values and go to change another, e.g. change the width to 98.8 px, the value will change but not to the number I've set, e.g. in this example the value might change to 97.4 px.

 

I've had similar issues with symbols and motion tweens before but have either ignored them as they're not too important or found workarounds but as the position of the text is so important in this case it can't be ignored.

 

Thanks for any help anyone can provide.

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Correct answer ClayUUID

Unless there's some specific reason that you need to use a motion tween... don't use a motion tween. Stick with classic tweens.

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ClayUUIDCorrect answer
Legend
October 3, 2019

Unless there's some specific reason that you need to use a motion tween... don't use a motion tween. Stick with classic tweens.

    YouHR
    YouHRAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    October 4, 2019

    As I mentioned in my previous reply I'm trying to avoid having symbols if I can which would be needed for classic tweens. I wouldn't mark this as correct if it doesn't solve the problem I'm having.

    Thanks

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    ClayUUID
    Legend
    October 4, 2019
    Okay then, your problem is that you're trying to avoid having symbols. Stop that.
    kglad
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    kgladCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 3, 2019

    have your converted the text to a movieclip, button or graphic?  if not, how your changing the width?

    YouHR
    YouHRAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    October 3, 2019
    I haven't converted it to any, I was hoping to avoid adding unnecessary symbols as there will be several pieces of text I need to do this with. I'm changing the width via the info panel when I have the text box selected.
    kglad
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    kgladCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 3, 2019

    that's the problem. unless you change the transform point of your text from the default (center), changing width and or height is going to change x and/or y. change your transform point to the top left  if you don't want that to happen.

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