See the boundaries of a project while editing a movie

[Bobby Jourdan]

Hi there

I work with HTML 5 Canvas projects.

I have a grey background of the project.

When I enter in a particular movie clip to edit it I cannot see the boundaries of the project.

Is there any way to see where the project ends while in a movie clip editing?

Thanks in advance

Bobby

[JoãoCésar]

Hi.

To avoid this, you must edit instances already placed on the stage - instead of editing symbols from the Library panel - and you cannot have a camera set.

Regards,

JC

[Bobby Jourdan]

Thanks Jose for your kind answer

I am using the option at the top of the screen to open the MCs

How can I edit instances only?

[JoãoCésar]

You're welcome.

Just double-click the object on stage.

[Bobby Jourdan]

It is the same result

I see the colour of the stage and no boundaries

By the way if I remove the colour altogether I see only white and no boundaries ...

PS

a solution is to have a guide layer in the mc with a frame exactly the size of the project. like that i know where I am

[JoãoCésar]

Hmmm... Maybe I'm not getting the issue you're facing.

Would you mind sharing a screenshot, GIF, or video?

[Bobby Jourdan]

there u go

thanks

[GoryGreg]

Hi,

have you tried toggling with this (top right of stage)...

When you hover over it is says 'Clip content outside the stage'.

[Bobby Jourdan]

Yeah, this is the "Clip content outside the stage" button.

It is active only while on the main timeline, not in the movieclips

Even if I click on it while on the main timeline and then go inside the movieclips it does not do the job.

For time being I use the solution with having a guide layer in the movie clip with a bright colour frame. Being a guide, the layer does not show when previewing and I can also lock it so it does not bother me when working with the rest of the layers.

Thanks

B