flash pet peeves >:(
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- ********
i got too many to list...
MM still does not equal Adobe in usability (application-wise).
Worst one for now:
Tiny stage! when working on a mc that is only somewhat bigger, this can be a horrible pain in the ass.
(ok,ok, i know, make it smaller and resize it with a script..but, damn, MM could have made this a lot easier!)
post your flash-peeves here:
- ********0
or sometimes, when you test the movie and your panels are gone when you return to the app... grr...
- kpl0
i select a keyframe in the middle of a tween. I want the graphic symbol in that frame to play once, starting at frame 11.
so I set it to play once at frame 11 while humming Song of the South. I push enter. it turns to 21, not 11. hmm. 11 again, enter again... goes to 21 again. enter 1 for the fun of it. goes to 11.
quit flash and reopen. frame is now at 369.
fortunately my humming kept me in a good mood.
- unknown0
I hate it when it's a man that is flashing instead of a woman.
that's pretty much my only flash pet peeve..
oh.. I don't like hot pink on grey either..but that's not really a flash pet peeve..
- jevad0
cut and past from illustrator - why in gods name not! why do I have to exprt from illustrator as an swf then import into flash?! eh? eh?
- shellie0
4cy i thought that was just me! okay so i know im not crazy now *phew*
- ********0
thank god.
thanks for sharing the pain, y'all!
i am suffering now.. ok, i will try to hum!
- Mick0
Perhaps not a peeve but imagine if flash could do this....
In the color property of a MC, where you can choose color, alpha, tint etc. Would it not be kickass if you could choose "multiply, screen, tint, etc."
Also I hate it how when you change the BG color of a movie, you can't use the color picker... only swatch colors.
- preston0
when you change an instance name of a movieclip, and then press Command-Enter while the instance name field is still in focus.... it ignores your changes. AAAARRRRRGGGGHHHH
oh yeah and when this happens:
"The application Flash MX has
unexpectedly quit.The system and other applications have not been affected."
I want a "no, fuck you!" button, instead of just OK.
- Duane0
this is a great list of peeves. particularly the preloader problem...sheesh.
- Nea0
1. No posibility to control the real time of the animation. Sometimes is very anoying.
2. When "Edite multiple frames" doesn't stay fixed and it's necessary to move it again.
- sexypixel0
why cant flash remember my panel set when i open flash.
The save panel layout feature is nice, but why the wont in remember it on startup dognamit
- chilaquil0
the fact that if you have a monitor smaller than 17 inches you can't fit anything in it. that blows.
- TransFatty0
not enough mullet
- 8dot30
I think the Flash and Dreamweaver MX interfaces are flawless.
i hate that they had to patch the mx plugin to fix the image tearing bug. and i hate that macromedia fucked up their naming convention with "MX." whats next? Flash MX 2?
- corin0
I don't know where to start on this right pane full of crap that neeeds shit to be closed down one by one thing, but today i am pissed at the fact that I can't find anywhere to set photshop as my default editor for bitmap images. Why in gods name would i want to edit them in micorsodt photo editor?
- MADE19840
simply put:
flash is evil...
- sexypixel0
hey corin, right click on the file, properties/open with...
- corin0
I was doing that to start with, but it meant that I had to hunt down PS in my Program Files directory...(i have a shortcut to PS there now too) but now even that has gone, now i have to go into the library and do the same thing from there. And all the time my right click menu has a little "edit with PHOTOED" sitting there just to shit me. I changed my file associations so that PS opens all gif files, but no love, I restarted flash, restarted photoshop then restarted my computer and still no love. I know its only a three or so more mouse movements and clicks, but with the 120 or so images I have to edit today it really does f**k with my workflow and sanity.
- sexypixel0
in the open with eindow are you checking the "always use the selected program to open this kind of file.
also i would uninstall the photoed program, when you do, your associated files should be back to normal.
sounds like a headfuck alright
- corin0
Uninstallation! by george i think you've got it, that sounds like an excellent idea! And i don't get the option to "always use the selected program to open this kind of file" :(... oh bugger, i just had another one two and now i've forgotten, hang on, i'll spend anouther 20secs. in flash and it'll come to me... Oh thats right! the java virtual machine used to run the search engine in the help file sends you to a rederiction page at microsoft.com now.