The way I've dealt with stuff like this in the past is to include a large invisible Director rectangle in every film loop. Make sure that the rectangle is larger than any possible animation. The biggest problem with hand-coding every loc is that if you have to edit the animations and recreate them, if even one pixel changes then you'll have to change the hand-coded loc. With a large invisible rectangle, everything will always be centered.
Charlie Fiskeaux II Media Developer Cre8tive Group cre8tivegroup.com > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Kerry Thompson > Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 2:26 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: <lingo-l> Movie Clip registration > > > You may not be able to add registration points, but if the > film loops > > had been made the same size to start with, you'd not have this > > problem. > > Or if they had been Flash animations. > > This guy is a really good artist, and we're working under an > incredibly unrealistic deadline (more so than usual), so I > can't gripe at him too much. > > Maybe there's something I'm missing about the film loops. I > actually made them from his linear animations. > > The loops all have a common background, 800 x 600. There are > characters that walk in from offstage--the character is > itself a film loop that is tweened. > > Then the background changes, and another, larger character walks in. > Another tweened film loop. > > When I make the film loop of all these sprites, the loop's > size is a big ol' thing with a rect big enough to accommodate > all the animations. > > I don't know any way to make it smaller. > > Cordially, > > Kerry Thompson > > > [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest > mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post > messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, > email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and > helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] > [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
