Select entire image including all frames

[Clark24045725h6pw]

I want to copy a png file that has frames for animation, but when I do  a Select-All, not all the frames get selected, so when I do a copy / paste to another location I don't get the entire image and the animation does not work properly.

How can I select the entire image, including all the frames?  I am using an old version (Fireworks 4) on Windows 10.

[L e n a]

I don't remember having such a need, in fact whenever I need animated elements that need to be reused or stand alone, I use symbols.

Anyway I understand your need... try John Dunning or Aaron Beall, see if they don't have a command that does the job...

http://johndunning.com/

http://fireworks.abeall.com/extensions/

well if they don't have anything listed, maybe Senocular, or Phireworx... let us know

[Paul-M]

Hi - can you expand exactly what you want to achieve - in the states panel there is an option 'duplicate state' - right click on any state

You can also select multiple states in the states panel with ctrl+click or shift+click, once multiple states are selected you drag to the the 'new/duplicate/state' icon at the bottom of the states panel and all the selected states are duplicated.

If you need more info let me know

[L e n a]

I think, at least it is what I understood, what @Clark24045725h6pw wants to do is to select one or more objects on the document and copy not only the object(s) themselves but also all their their respective States, previously called Frames

[Clark24045725h6pw]

Yes that is what I am trying to do. 

I have a png file with frames and I want to do a "Select All" and actually have everything (a layer with frames) selected.

Think of how you would copy a simple jpg image.  You would open the image in Fireworks,  select the image, do Edit / Copy,  then Edit/Paste. then drag the pasted image to a new location in the Fireworks window.  That results in two identical jpg images.

I want to do the same thing with a png file containing a layer with frames, in this case, it's a revolving wheel created using frames. I want to do a Select All which would capture the entire image, complete with the layer and its frames.  I then want to paste it to a new location in the same fireworks window just as with the jpg example above.  Then when I click the animation arrow, I want to see both wheels rotating in synchronization --  the second wheel being an exact copy of the first wheel.

I'm beginning to think it's impossible.  

If the original wheel has five frames to cause the motion, the second wheel should have  five identical frames.

[L e n a]

If you haven't found an extension or command that satisfies your search, I'm afraid this task can't be done that way (copy an object including all these States/Frames).
In fact, FW works with the notion of symbols that can be animated or not. When you select the symbol and duplicate or move it, all these States/Frames are also taken into account.

So I would recommend you to use this feature of FW to achieve your goals:

• John Dunning has a command (Create Symbol From States) for this type of conversion - https://johndunning.com/fireworks/about/StateSymbol
• Using Symbols in Adobe Fireworks - https://www.universalclass.com/articles/computers/adobe/fireworks/using-symbols-in-adobe-fireworks.h...
• Creating Graphic Symbols in Adobe Fireworks CS6 - https://www.adobepress.com/articles/article.asp?p=1867756

[Paul-M]

You can export states to files also - but I don't think you can get the output in a vector format from what I can remember

[L e n a]

I remember that John did some commands relative to Frames, Layers, Copy and so on... I don't remember if some could fit this needs

[Paul-M]

I don't think there is one for this purpose

[L e n a]

yes running with symbols, it's probably one of the easiest way to go