Flash question
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- fyoucher10
Not entirely sure if these work with CC. I have them on CS6 but I’d imagine they should work in CC as well. I’ve been using these same ones for years, well before CS6. In any case, I’ve also created ZXP versions for CC as well, but try the MXP versions first.
Link to ZIP in side comments ——>
Flash Extensions:
- You’ll need to install using Adobe Extension Manager.
- They’ll then appear as a panel in the IDE, via Window > Other Panels > Whatever Extension you just installed.
- Then just rearrange that panel to wherever you want it so it’s easily accessible.
- I save my app window setup as a separate WorkSpace (Window > Workspace)Useful Panels Flash Extension, best thing ever:
- There will be TWO panels: one called “Useful Instance Helper” and another called “Useful Timeline Helper”
- Useful Instance Helper will allow you to rename all instances on a layer, so you don’t have to manually select each keyframe and rename. Just select the layer you want to change, go to the panel and type in an instance name, then click Set.
- It’ll also give you the ability to swap a single instance or and entire layer’s instances. Just select an object in the Library, select a layer, then click either ’Swap on Layer’ or ’Swap Selected’.
- Useful Timeline Helper is another great one. I really only use it to automatically create Actions/Labels layers and to toggle a layer to a Guide layer.Commands:
- Install by copying and pasting the file into your User Library for Adobe Flash. You’ll need to dig around, that folder is in there somewhere.
- Library > Application Support > Adobe > Flash CS6 > en_US > Configuration > Commands
- They should now appear under the Commands menu
- Alternatively, you can manually run the command by going to the Command menu and selecting the file.
- Personally, I add it to the Commands folder and then set a keyboard shortcut for it.I sent two: Duplicate Folder and Duplicate Layer. Again, best to make a keyboard shortcut.
Duplicate Folder: Select folder in Library, then run command. It’ll make a copy of everything in the folder. However, nest movie clips will still link to the original. This is where Useful Instance Helper comes in handy. Just go into the movie clip, select the layer, select the duplicated movie clip in the library, then click Swap on Layer. If you have a timeline animation or symbols on a timeline and you want to duplicate the layer and swap it out with all-new duplicated clips, this is where Duplicate Layer comes in handy. Just select the layer, then run the command, then follow the above to swap with duplicated instances, then use the batch renaming thing I mentioned above.
You’re welcome.
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- Not that Flash is still relevant..fyoucher1
- i still use it for animation, you can use swf files directly in after effects with scalability like a vectorfeel
- incredible this functionality wasn't part of the app.fadein11
- there's like tons of crazy little things like that they didn't fix, but instead moved to as3 and destroyed the platform introducing bloated, buggy and insecureuan
- code. Hubris.uan