Need help with parental view

[Martin218355541hg0]

When I'm using the parental view and connecting the lines into each other, when I press ctrl b the parental view doesn't work. i pressed ctrl b so that my imported psd files could be erased so is there to fix it or an alternative way of doing it?

[kglad]

what steps are you taking to enable "parental view"?

[Martin218355541hg0]

i used the parental view, connect the layers to another and then press ctrl b and the parental view just stop working.

[kglad]

what's your shortcut ctrl b, a shortcut for?

[Martin218355541hg0]

Break apart

[Martin218355541hg0]

edit: if anyone doesnt understand what i mean, its the darker pixels that i want to erase. from what i know, the only way to erase is to break apart

[kglad]

i don't see that problem.

in addition, i've never had to use break-apart to erase pixels.  afaik, you can always use trace bitmap to erase pixels in a bitmap, and for objectsd create in animate you can use edit mode (ie, double click to get to the objects timeline where you can edit its pixels) to erase pixels.

[Martin218355541hg0]

i did use trace bitmap but it also doesnt work with the parental view

[kglad]

post a link to your fla and indicate which symbol you want to edit/erase pixels 

[Martin218355541hg0]

You mean take a screen shot of the fla file right?

[kglad]

no. upload tour fla to a file server 

[Martin218355541hg0]

do i send it here or dm you?

[kglad]

upload to a file server. eg, wetransfer, dropbox etc

post a link here so i can download your fla

[Martin218355541hg0]

can i just dm you if thats alright with you?

[kglad]

you can send a private message here but you can't transfer a file here 

[Martin218355541hg0]

here you go

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1icCgUPdM1xenIPPpACgGitE8ORb74b8Q/view?usp=share_link

[kglad]

access request sent from kgladxx at gmail.

[kglad]

i downloaded your file, enabled parent view and used break-apart (ctrl-b) on the selected body part:

what part of parent view fails when you do this?

[Martin218355541hg0]

It's the forearm to the hand

[kglad]

parent view still shows the link from the forearm to the hand in my screenshot, correct?

[Martin218355541hg0]

Yes that it true

[kglad]

do you see something different?

[Martin218355541hg0]

Can you use the parental view to move the fore arm that is connected to to hand to see and press ctrl b if it's working or not?

[kglad]

i wouldn't expect that to work because the forearm is not an symbol..

i didn't testt that, but i would make my forearm edits, convert the edited forearm to a symbol and then expect the linkage to work.

i can test later

[kglad · Accepted solution]

got a chance to test.

first, you have to unparent the forearm and hand.

then you can use trace bitmap to edit the forearm.

then convert the forearm to a symbol

then reparent.

here's a screenshot of the edited forearm that's rotated (and the hand movement shows it's connected to the forearm).