Flash Woes Contd... 1111 Responses

Last post: 3 weeks, 5 days ago | Thread started: May 16, 08, 3:46 a.m.

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• BaskerviIle

  Ok, I'm almost there now, I've finished my flash movie, it's all looking and sounding good, everything's synced up nicely, the actionscript I wrote works etc.
  Now for the final spanner...
  I need to rotate the whole exported .swf file by 90º.
  It's being displayed on a plasma screen which will be on its side (portrait) I've design the whole thing as it will be seen (ie also portrait) but it obviously needs to be landscape for output to the screen.
  Is there any software or plugin to do this for me. I can't re-import it and rotate it in flash as I need to retain all the sound, the various scenes and actionscript that I've got in there.
  Last resort is outputting as a quicktime and rotating in after effects or something, but I'd like an easier option if one exists,

  thanks!

  May 16, 08, 3:46 a.m. – Permalink

• neverblink

  does your AS include x/y positioning? 'cause I don't think it'll work then.
  Otherwise you can probably just make your entire movie into a movieclip and, alter the dimensions of your movie en put your movieclip on the first frame with: myMC._rotation += 90;

  • +1
    Used to do that.– Fariska

  

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  Dog-earMay 16, 08, 3:50 a.m. – Permalink

• keiTai

  or maybe you could make another .swf which imports your .swf and use ._rotation???

  

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  Dog-earMay 16, 08, 3:58 a.m. – Permalink

• BaskerviIle

  How do I make the entire movie as a movieclip that includes all the sound files etc when I re-import it?

  

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  Dog-earMay 16, 08, 3:58 a.m. – Permalink

• BaskerviIle

  KeiTai, could you explain how to do this. I'm a print designer struggling against flash :)

  

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  Dog-earMay 16, 08, 3:59 a.m. – Permalink

• Fariska

  Library > right hand side button on the bar > create new symbol
  and name it as you like

  then select every frame on your timeline then right click> copy frames
  then go to the freshly created symbol, on the first frame do right click>paste frames

  job done

  • save a version before doing that... flash is always unrealiable– Fariska1/4

    how can I select everyframe when a) I have multiple layers and b) I have multiple scenes– BaskerviIle2/4

    pro tip. don't use scenes.– skt3/4

    too late– Fariska4/4

  

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  Dog-earMay 16, 08, 4:03 a.m. – Permalink

• neverblink

  ^ but look at your ActionScript, as some (absolute) paths might not be correct

  

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  Dog-earMay 16, 08, 4:05 a.m. – Permalink

• Fariska

  Ouch, multiple scenes is kind of a pain in the ass
  Before going on, how many scenes and how long is each scene?
  I'd suggest that you merge each scene timeline in one big timeline
  and then put everything in the movieclip

  To select all the frames you do: go on the first frame of the top layer, then hold shift down and click on the last frame of the bottom layer (unlock them all)

  An alternative way would be exporting your swf as it is and import as a movieclip in a brand new flash file, where you can treat it as a movieclip and rotate it.

  It really depend on how rushed are you / how much time do you want to spend on it.

  • give the 2nd option a try, and see if it suites you, otherwise you have to go with the 1st– Fariska

  

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  Dog-earMay 16, 08, 4:21 a.m. – Permalink

• mimeartist

  Some plasmas let you choose the orientation, especially when they are designed for that purpose

  

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  Dog-earMay 16, 08, 4:22 a.m. – Permalink

• coldy

  yea Id say if the plasma supports being mounted sideways it would be capable of the image rotation itself....

  

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  Dog-earMay 16, 08, 10:22 a.m. – Permalink

• mikotondria3

  cant you just do
  _root._rotation = -90;
  _root._y -= Stage.height; //so it doest all rotate about 0,0 and disappear off the top..

  • +1– lvl_13

  

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  Dog-earMay 16, 08, 10:38 a.m. – Permalink

• mimeartist

  so... what happened?

  

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  Dog-earJun 10, 08, 6:20 a.m. – Permalink