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FLASH Question

Kewop DecamKewop Decam Registered User regular
edited May 2008 in Help / Advice Forum
I'm using Flash CS3 and I can't remember for the life of me how to create a non-destructible object. By that, I mean an so if I have tow objects on the same layer and they are over each other, it doesn't subtract from the one underneath it if I move the overlaying shape.

Wher'es the object to turn that off? I've done it before, but can't remember how.

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  • HeartlashHeartlash Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Not sure if this is exactly the solution you're looking for, but what if you made them both symbols? (F8 in earlier versions, may be different now)

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  • Kewop DecamKewop Decam Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Problem is, I have them on separate layers, when I make them a symbol all together (they have to be together) it causes the objects to be destructible

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  • JasconiusJasconius sword criminal mad onlineRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Kewop Decam wrote: »
    Problem is, I have them on separate layers, when I make them a symbol all together (they have to be together) it causes the objects to be destructible

    Multiple layers within the symbol?

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  • Kewop DecamKewop Decam Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Jasconius wrote: »
    Kewop Decam wrote: »
    Problem is, I have them on separate layers, when I make them a symbol all together (they have to be together) it causes the objects to be destructible

    Multiple layers within the symbol?

    no, once you combine all the layers to create a symbol it's already done and destructed.
    It's something you can activate before even making something a symbol, I just don't remember how.

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  • TechnicalityTechnicality Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    One or both of the objects need to be made into their own symbols first before you combine them. Either that or you need to create a symbol from one layer first, and copy the other layers into it so they are each on a separate layer within the symbol.

    As far as I'm aware there isn't an option to preserve all the layers when they are combined into a symbol automatically.

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  • JasconiusJasconius sword criminal mad onlineRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Kewop Decam wrote: »
    Jasconius wrote: »
    Kewop Decam wrote: »
    Problem is, I have them on separate layers, when I make them a symbol all together (they have to be together) it causes the objects to be destructible

    Multiple layers within the symbol?

    no, once you combine all the layers to create a symbol it's already done and destructed.
    It's something you can activate before even making something a symbol, I just don't remember how.

    I know the problem you're referring to, that's as old as Flash, and I don't think it's changed.

    Make a new symbol and then copy each individual object to the new symbol in separate layers instead of using convert to symbol.

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  • Kewop DecamKewop Decam Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Jasconius wrote: »
    Kewop Decam wrote: »
    Jasconius wrote: »
    Kewop Decam wrote: »
    Problem is, I have them on separate layers, when I make them a symbol all together (they have to be together) it causes the objects to be destructible

    Multiple layers within the symbol?

    no, once you combine all the layers to create a symbol it's already done and destructed.
    It's something you can activate before even making something a symbol, I just don't remember how.

    I know the problem you're referring to, that's as old as Flash, and I don't think it's changed.

    Make a new symbol and then copy each individual object to the new symbol in separate layers instead of using convert to symbol.

    okay, this idea I know will work, but I could have sworn there is an option to make them non-destructive.

    I did i t dammit and I'm not on drugs! :P

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  • JasconiusJasconius sword criminal mad onlineRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Kewop Decam wrote: »
    Jasconius wrote: »
    Kewop Decam wrote: »
    Jasconius wrote: »
    Kewop Decam wrote: »
    Problem is, I have them on separate layers, when I make them a symbol all together (they have to be together) it causes the objects to be destructible

    Multiple layers within the symbol?

    no, once you combine all the layers to create a symbol it's already done and destructed.
    It's something you can activate before even making something a symbol, I just don't remember how.

    I know the problem you're referring to, that's as old as Flash, and I don't think it's changed.

    Make a new symbol and then copy each individual object to the new symbol in separate layers instead of using convert to symbol.

    okay, this idea I know will work, but I could have sworn there is an option to make them non-destructive.

    I did i t dammit and I'm not on drugs! :P

    The two Flash designers I know who had both been doing it for a many many years don't even know the answer to that problem. I think you might have been dreaming.

    Check out the Layer Properties dialogue, if nothing in there does it then I'd say it's not possible.

    That whole vector shape merging thing has been a staple of Flash and I think that's partly due to the way that shape tweening works.

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  • Kewop DecamKewop Decam Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    I must be thinking of a different program then, but I swear I've done it before but maybe I'm just making shit up in my head.

    Thanks for the help guys!

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