Freeze Last Frame in slideshow?

I have created a basic slideshow in iPhoto for export to Quicktime (Pro). I would like the last image in the sequence to NOT fade out & remain onscreen until the viewer closes the file. There seem to be individual slide controls in Slidewshow mode, but can't export to Quicktime from Slideshow mode. Can't find a single image setting in main window.
Thanks in advance for feedback/solutions

JazzJunkie
If you've got QT Pro, you can just edit the fade off the exported movie. Select it and hit delete.
Regards
TD

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MPlayer: Freeze last frame for presentations

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I want to use MPlayer in a presentation (latexbeamer+xpdf) to play some movies. For this purpose, it is annoying that MPlayer automatically closes its window after playing the movie, despite of showing the last frame until I tell it to quit. Having to hit the spacebar in time before the movie ends (but not too far from the end) is obviously not optimal...
Does anyone know of an option to MPlayer that makes it pause at the last frame?
Greetings
Kalidor

JazzJunkie
If you've got QT Pro, you can just edit the fade off the exported movie. Select it and hit delete.
Regards
TD

In imovie 11, with an iMac, latest Mountain Lion, sometimes I insert a still and when I playback, the previous image freezes the last frame and holds during the duration I set for the still, skips both transitions, and jumps to the next clip. why?

in imovie 11, with an iMac, latest Mountain Lion, sometimes I insert a still and when I playback, the previous image freezes the last frame and holds during the duration I set for the still, skips both transitions, and jumps to the next clip. why?

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Transitions double 1st frame/drop last frame: a solution

I have found that Transitions in iMovie 5 are problematic. The first frame in a Transition doubles and the last frame drops out. This is not noticeable in a slideshow but can be very noticeable in an exported video.
Transitions cannot be edited frame by frame unless one exports video out to a camera and then imports it back into iMovie. The original clips and transitions are now seamless clips. One can delete extra frames and then find and import the missing frames from original sources. HOWEVER, this process is incredibly frustrating and time consuming.
THIS IS WHERE THINGS GET INTERESTING.
To avoid the above, I thought I would add textless Titles over a few key clips and transitions where the glitching is most obvious. I had noticed that Titles longer than the clip they were inserted into, merge together the clip with its transition and following clip.
i.e.,
1. DEselect 'Over black' in the titles window.
2. Select a title format and then a length longer than the 'glitched' transition.
3. Split the clip so that the Title can be inserted.
4. Insert a TEXTLESS Title that spands the clip, transition and into the next clip.
5. Then edit out duplicate frames and insert missing frames from the the now 'single' clip.
STILL just a piecemeal. STILL labour intensive.
THIS IS WHERE IT GETS MORE INTERESTING.
I tested this on a couple of clips and, LO AND BEHOLD, 'Title-merging' a clip with its transition and following clip results in the duplicated first frame of the transition DISAPPEARING and the previously dropped frame of the transition, REAPPEARING. A fix.
One could blanket a video with long textless Titles (i.e., 45 seconds at a time with Rolling Credits) to fix the transition glitches.
I know that this is not a great solution, but it does allow me to export video with the quality I need.
Is there a better solution? (I find it ironic that years later, iMovie 2.1.2 is still, for me, the most successful of all the iMovie applications.)

the duplicated and dropped frames move to the beginning and end of the added short (4 seconds, for example) texless title. Using a longer title (10 seconds, for example) fixed also this.
if I understand your original reply correctly, it is important that the blanket transition ends in the middle of a clip and not a transition.
In my tests I used a blanket title (did you invent this descriptive word?!) that spans some of the previous clip (I split it 1-2 seconds before the transition so I could add the blanket title), the transition and some (1-2 seconds) of the next clip.
If it ends in a transition, the transition plays and then the ORIGINAL clip plays, duplicating the first part of the clip.
I didn't quite follow. I just tried this with a 30 frame transition. Then I added a 1:15 blanket title 1:00 before the transition (so the blanket title ended in the middle of the transition). Result: The first frame of the blanket titles was duplicated and the last frame of the blanket title was dropped. Otherwise it played as expected.
shift select the clips to establish a total length of the video clips and them add a title that ends just inside the last clip.
Yes, I did just that to measure how long a title was needed. In my tests it seemed that it was important that the blanket title wasn't very short (<4 seconds) because then the problem frames were just moved to affect the title. Using a longer blanket title (10 seconds) seemed to fix the problem for both the transition AND the blanket title.
<div class="jive-quote">With a textless title blanketing an entire video, my COMPRESSION TIME to Quicktime is incredibly shortened (1/3 to 1/2 the time).
That's interesting. I've noticed that simple projects (i.e. not much cuts) export faster than real time to Full Quality .dv. But complex projects take MUCH longer to export as .dv. AFAIR this didn't matter in iMovie 1-4. Maybe the blanket title simplifies the relevant parts of the project?
[sigh] I wish we didn't need to be aware of the plethora of obscure gotchas and workarounds like this. I don't expect there to be an iMovie HD 5 update anymore. I guess some bugs will be fixed and some brand new bugs will be introduced in v6.
The same thing happened with iMovie 4 bugs. ...So this time I thought to quickly gather AND report all iMovie 5 bugs to Apple so they could quickly fix them during the first months. ...but it seems that the iLife team just isn't granted enough resources to fix them. Many known old bugs are again just described in the knowledgebase articles.

Video ends and last frame remains showing

I'm playing a very short video within a page. Once the video ends, the displayed image (the one that remains on screen) is the first frame of the video - is there a way to make the last frame of the video remain on the screen?
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M

For whatever reason I can't get this to work now. I've used the exact same settings as in your blog post. The video plays for the duration of the slideshow interval setting and then the third object state (a jpeg) appears.
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Blu-ray flashing up last frame when navigating

hi people
I've got a small but rather ugly problem with a blu-ray disc i'm authoring.
When navigating to and from the main menu the last frame of the previous timeline or menu flashes up. So for example I'm watching timeline A and I hit the menu button on the remote the picture jumps to black for half a second, then flashes the last frame of timeline A for 5 frames and then proceeds to the menu. The same thing happens the other way, i'm browsing a menu and when I activate a button the screen jumps to black, then flashes up the menu again for 5 frames then starts playing the selected timeline.
The navigation works but the experience is super clumsy. Is there any way to smooth this transition. I don't mind the jumps, I just don't want the secondary flash of the last frame.
I should add that these are static menus with only a couple of buttons and very simple navigation. Playing on a Sony player, Sony burner, authored using Encore on a Mac.
Any suggestions greatly appreciated.
cheers../daniel

Hi,
I'm quite sure that Encore is doing some "quirks" with BlueRay.
I have everytime a 2/3 second freezing time when Buttons appears after looping time.
Probably due to bit differences that various BR player have. (I have a Sony).
I'm also quite sure you'll not have this problem if you burn a DVD (as I did and noticed).
Sorry, no ideas to help you but please post solutions in case you'll get.
Ciao
Giorgio

How do I loop back from the first frame to the last frame?

Hi there,
I'm currently working on the framework for a product viewer.
I have:
a movie clip called 'viewer_mc' which contains the images take from different angles of the product. The actionscript generates a script on the last frame of this that returns it to frame 1.
a button instance called 'autoplay_btn' which plays through the movie clip from whatever the current frame is, and stops on frame 1.
a left and right button which serve to move the movie clip frame, to give the appearance that the product is rotating.
I have succeeded in getting it to:
have the movie clip play through once, return to frame 1 and stop.
have the buttons return functions when held down, that move the frame in the movie clip using nextFrame and prevFrame commands. The right button successfully loops round to frame 1 and continues functioning to give the appearance of continual rotation.
The last problem I am experiencing is getting the left button to act in the corresponding manner, going from the first frame to the last and continuing to function.
Here is my actionscript so far:
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
var lastFrame:Number = viewer_mc.totalFrames;
var thisFrame:Number = viewer_mc.currentFrame;
var backFrame:Number = viewer_mc.currentFrame-1;
1. This is the part that gets it to play through once before returning to the first frame. I think perhaps the problem I am experiencing is because of the 'viewer_mc.addFrameScript(lastFrame-1, toStart)' part i.e. although I'm holding the left button, its returning to this script and therefor getting bounced back immediately to the first frame. However, there is no flicker on the screen which you might expect if this were the case
Note - as this is a generic product viewer which I can use as a template I am using lastFrame etc. as opposed to typing the value in
function toStart (){
          viewer_mc.gotoAndStop(1);
viewer_mc.addFrameScript(lastFrame-1, toStart);
2. This is the functionality for the autoplay_btn that will play through a rotation / return the viewer to the initial (frontal) view of the product (frame 1).
autoplay_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, autoplay);
function autoplay (ev:MouseEvent):void{
          var startFrame:Number = viewer_mc.currentFrame;
          viewer_mc.gotoAndPlay(startFrame);
3. This is the functionality of the right button, which when held, moves the movie clip to the next frame via the 'rotateRight' function based on the 'nextFrame' command. It loops back round to the first frame due to the 'viewer_mc.addFrameScript(lastFrame-1, toStart)' script generated on the last frame of the movie clip, as is desired.
right_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, rightDown);
function rightDown(e:Event){
    stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP,stoprightDown); //listen for mouse up on the stage, in case the finger/mouse moved off of the button accidentally when they release.
    addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,rotateRight); //while the mouse is down, run the tick function once every frame as per the project frame rate
function stoprightDown(e:Event):void {
    removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,rotateRight); //stop running the tick function every frame now that the mouse is up
    stage.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP,stoprightDown); //remove the listener for mouse up
function rotateRight(e:Event):void {
    viewer_mc.nextFrame();
4. This is the functionality of the left button, which when held, moves the movie clip to the prev frame via the 'rotateRight' function based on the 'prevFrame' command. And this is where the problem lies, as although it works for getting the movieclip back to frame 1, it does not loop round to the last frame and continue functioning, as is wanted.
left_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, leftDown);
function leftDown(e:Event){
    stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP,stopleftDown); //listen for mouse up on the stage, in case the finger/mouse moved off of the button accidentally when they release.
    addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,rotateLeft); //while the mouse is down, run the tick function once every frame as per the project frame rate
function stopleftDown(e:Event):void {
    removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,rotateLeft); //stop running the tick function every frame now that the mouse is up
    stage.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP,stopleftDown); //remove the listener for mouse up
I'd imagine it is probably my logic for this part that is really letting me down - I can do a similar function in actionscript 2, but am trying to learn actionscript 3 just to move with the times as it were, and struggling a bit. Still this is only a few days in!
function rotateLeft(e:Event):void{
          if(thisFrame==1){
                    gotoAndStop(viewer_mc.totalFrames-1);
          } else{
          viewer_mc.prevFrame();
Any help you can give me would be gratefully received. For an example of the effect I am trying to achieve with the autoplay button etc. I recommend:
http://www.fender.com/basses/precision-bass/american-standard-precision-bass

Thanks for getting back to me.
Here's the code without my comments / explanations:
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
import flash.events.Event;
var lastFrame:Number = viewer_mc.totalFrames;
var thisFrame:Number = viewer_mc.currentFrame;
var backFrame:Number = viewer_mc.currentFrame-1;
function toStart (){
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viewer_mc.addFrameScript(lastFrame-1, toStart);
//last image of viewer_mc = first image of viewer_mc
autoplay_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, autoplay);
function autoplay (ev:MouseEvent):void{
          var startFrame:Number = viewer_mc.currentFrame;
          viewer_mc.gotoAndPlay(startFrame);
right_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, rightDown);
function rightDown(e:Event){
    stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP,stoprightDown); //listen for mouse up on the stage, in case the finger/mouse moved off of the button accidentally when they release.
    addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,rotateRight); //while the mouse is down, run the tick function once every frame as per the project frame rate
function stoprightDown(e:Event):void {
    removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,rotateRight); //stop running the tick function every frame now that the mouse is up
    stage.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP,stoprightDown); //remove the listener for mouse up
function rotateRight(e:Event):void {
    viewer_mc.nextFrame();
left_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, leftDown);
function leftDown(e:Event){
    stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP,stopleftDown); //listen for mouse up on the stage, in case the finger/mouse moved off of the button accidentally when they release.
    addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,rotateLeft);//while the mouse is down, run the tick function once every frame as per the project frame rate
function stopleftDown(e:Event):void {
    removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,rotateLeft); //stop running the tick function every frame now that the mouse is up
    stage.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP,stopleftDown); //remove the listener for mouse up
function rotateLeft(e:Event):void{
          viewer_mc.prevFrame();
The definition of the rotateLeft function is where the problem lies I think - I've taken out my poor attempts at doing the logic from the previous post. If I were to write it out long-hand the statement I want to write is: 'If you get to frame 1 and function rotateLeft is called go to the end of the movie clip'.
The reason I have to use the viewer_mc.totalFrames-1 definition in the addFrameScript call is the addFrameScript function is 0 based i.e. if you want to call frame 1 of the movieclip you have to return a value of 0 in the addFrameScript (or such is my understanding of it anyway). As such, the last image in the movie clip will need to be the view obtained at 360 degree rotation, which is of course the same view as at 0 degree rotation. As a consequence, the last frame in the movie clip is superfluous for the user, but necessary for the overall effect to be achieved. And, in addition, to keep up the effect of a 360 degree view when the rotateLeft function is called it needs to skip that last frame to go to the lastFrame-1 (or totalframes-1), or in other words, the view of the image prior to completing the full 360 rotation.
the variables thisFrame and lastFrame are defined at the very top of the script. Like you said they might need to be defined or called on again elsewhere.

MacBook Pro Core i7 intermittent freezes lasting ~5-30 seconds

MacBook Pro
CPU Core i7 2.66GHz
RAM 4GB 1067MHz DDR3
HDD Seagate 500GB 7200RPM
MacBookPro6,2
Boot ROM Version: MBP61.0057.B09
SMC Version (system): 1.58f16
Serial ATA HDD: ST9500420ASG
Revision: 0008APM2
Link Speed: 3 Gigabit
Negotiated Link Speed: 1.5 Gigabit
I'm experiencing frequent freezes while doing trivial light tasks that shouldn't really put any strain on this system (e.g. as basic as writing an email). These freezes last anywhere between 5-20 seconds where the music (if playing) stops, mouse cursor changes to a spinning beach-ball and all applications one by one stop responding (e.g. click to activate app works but then immediately it goes to beach ball, this for 2-3 apps and then even this stops responding).
The biggest problem is that the freezes are very unpredictable and hard to connect to any particular event (application activity or something like that). There are times where I can experience 4-5 freezes in a period of 20 minutes or it could go on for hours without them.
I tried quite a few things to resolve this issue but without any success
— reset PRAM
— reset SMC
— repaired permissions
— turned off sudden motion sensor
— turned off Spotlight
— disabled automatic graphics switching
— created a new account in OS X
— disabled Airport and used Ethernet
— disabled hard disk drive sleep
None of the above fully resolves the issue. Some of the items appear to make it less frequent but I doubt they actually make any difference at all, considering the inconsistent frequency of the problem.
Tracked the temperature of the system — the problem does not seem to be related in any way to high temperature. In fact it sometimes occurs almost immediately after wake-up or power-on.
There are no console messages when the hangs occur either.
The thread below describes a very similar (if not the same) problem
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2407560&tstart=45
Anyone else experiencing this? Any idea about a solution short of changing the hard drive? Ideas for communicating the problem with Apple (as it's intermittent it's hard to reproduce it on demand).

I seemed to have fixed mine by accident...
in system preferences...start up disc...mine had network start up highlighted, i selected the other and have not had any more problems... hope this helps

Can only see first and last frame of clip in the timeline HELP PLEASE

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My specs are Core 2 Duo 6750, Nvidia 8600GTS, 4G Ram, Vista Home Premium. 3 HDD 3TB.
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What is the keyboard Shortcut to go to the last frame or end of a clip?

I used to have this shortcut set up, but I reformatted my mac and now I can't find it anywhere. I've searched the forums and can't find it, and yes, I looked at the help and looked at the manual. I've also went to Tools->Keyboard Layout and went through every keyboard shortcut listed. It is probably staring me right in the face!
The closest I can find is the "goto next edit".
I do a lot of photo montages and had this shortcut set up so I could double clip the photo on the timeline, set my first keyframes and then shortcut to the end of the photo and set my last keyframes so I can do my "Ken Burns" effects. I actually had set a macro on my mouse to simulate the keyboard shortcut.
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After PreRend. - Last frame of a clip is copied into the first 2 frames o. t. following clip

Hey Guys - Michi here,
and I am dealing with a horrible problem!
I just got rid of Premiere CS6 (Where I was dealing with the same problem) and got the new Version of Premiere. I really love it!
Heres the Problem I am dealing with:
Everytime i've finished a sequence i go to:
Sequence -> Render Section.
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I zoomed that much into timeline so i was able to see every frame of the clip - because the play back seemed kind of OffBeat to me. And the thing that happend to every clip that was directly laying beside another clip - so there was no space between them - was, that after the PreRendering Premiere CC (and CS6 DID THE SAME) copied the last frame of the clip into the frist two frames of the following clip - so the are reeeeally tiny "still" pictures between every transitions. -> And that means, that the clip that is shown in the "Program Window" - Monitor in which you can preview the PreRenderes Video - doesn't change to the beat I've edited it on, BUT it changes 2 frames later!!
Here are some screenshots:
http://up.picr.de/16781440if.jpg         Pic 1
http://up.picr.de/16781441pt.jpg       Pic 2
http://up.picr.de/16781442ma.jpg     Pic 3
http://up.picr.de/16781443wz.jpg     Pic 4
http://up.picr.de/16781445al.jpg       Pic 5
In Pic. 1 you can see, that the Marker (the red thin bar) in the Timeline is laying on the last frame of the clip on the left - the clip is called GoPro2130.MP4 (120%).
If i move the marker now over the the first frame of the clip called GoPro2130 (114.99%) the preview should change - but there is still the frame that was shown in the preview window at Pic.1
Now i moved the marker over for another frame (Pic. 3) - The same frame that is shown in Pic. 1 & 2 is still on the preview window.
NOW i moved the marker over for another frame (Pic 4 - 3rd frame of the new clip) AND NOW the clip finally changes although the clip should have changed 3 frames before..
ITS HORRIBLE!! I really dont know what to do..
Sorry for the huge text and the bad english (Student from Germany).
You guys are my last hope.
Regards, Michi.

Thanks for your suggestion about using the clip markers.   I tried them on a test clip.   They did not come down to the timeline. Besides, I would want them labeled.   Right now all my clips have a marker that is labeled with the date and location.   The chapter markers are labeled the same way.   I have a spread sheet that list the dates of all the Chapter Markers which connect to the dates on the menu.     This seems like an old fashion way to do things for such a sophisticated software.   Maybe I should put in a feature suggestion to Adobe.   I would do that, but I am afraid that I may embarrass myself as being the only one that ever asked for something like that.   Or they would accuse me of misusing their software.
Again, thanks for your suggestion.
Duane

Script for moving playhead to last frame, then exporting jpg?

Hi,
I have a lot of Flash files for which I need to export jpgs of their last frame. Could a kind soul out there guide me on how to write a command for moving the timeline's playhead to the last frame, then exporting a jpg (at Full Document Size, 72 dpi, 96% quality)?
A million thanks,
Kevin

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gotoAndStop( this.totalFrames );
_bitmapData                         = new BitmapData( stage.stageWidth, stage.stageHeight );
_bitmap                              = new Bitmap( _bitmapData );
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            this.jpgEncoder = new JPGEncoder( quality );
            this.fileReference = new FileReference();
            this.fileReference.save( this.jpgEncoder.encode( bitmapData ), fileName + ".jpg" );
Keep in mind that you need a few extra libraries to be able to create a jpeg.. (AS3CoreLib) can be found at googleCode.

Aminated gifs only showing the last frame on the 2nd time of viewing

I have 2 animated gifs and on pressing a button i am changing between the 2 on te first click the animated gif runs sucessfully and clicking the button again the 2nd animated gif runs sucessfully. However when i go to run the first animated gif again it only shows the last frame and this continues no matter how many times you press the button. Is there any way of getting it to start from the first frame. By the way just in case it makes a difference both the animated gifs run once they do not continously keep going and that is how i want them to be.

public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e){
     if(corner.contains(e.getX(),e.getY())){
     if(reversed){
          setImageFile(gui.getFrontImage());
               gui.setComponents(true);
               reversed = false;
     else{
          setImageFile(gui.getBackImage());
               gui.setComponents(false);
               reversed = true;
     repaint();
public void setImageFile(java.lang.String imageFile) {
     fieldImageFile = imageFile;
/* Get and download the image for the new postcard background */
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Movie after playing doesn't stop at the last frame.

Movie after playing doesn't stop at the last frame but goes back to frame one. Movie stops normaly when played on iMac but makes trouble when placed in the iBooks Author. That's not eve problem of looping (repeat none). Help, this makes me mad.

laura4life
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I am going from an Elements Windows workspace, so please translate into Mac accordingly.
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Explore all the tracks in that area.
Repeat the End key press until the Timeline Indicator stops at the end of the intended Timeline and not some 3 hours afterward.
What you find at "end of track" could be fragments or files that you moved out of the way of the active project and forgot were there.
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Please let us know the outcome.
Thank you.
ATR

2nd onwards play plays only last frame of MC within MC

Flash CS5
Hi,
I have an animation where a car travels across the scene then its car door opens at the end of the sequence. Other vehicles also move.
The car is a MovieClip, (car MC) in that MC’s timeline are layers for indicator lights and brake lights as it progresses across the scene, indicating right then brakes and indicates left and stops at kerbside then a keyframe at the last frame on another layer still within Car MC is for OpenLeftDoor MC where the door opens, the car interior is then visible.
THE PROBLEM:-
The second and subsequent times Reset then Play is selected, other vehicles run ok, the car progresses across the scene so it is playing the Car MC, BUT the door is already fully open throughout the journey and the car is indicating left, so its playing the very last frame of the OpenLeftDoor MC within the Car_MC. Even the right turn indicator lights and brake lights don’t show, it plays the left turn indicators all the way through. These are the last layer to play before the OpenLeftDoor MC and occupy the same last frame. Its not displaying the layers with left indic and brakes. The indicator lights are also MC’s.
Why ?
If I delete the layer with the door MC, it still sees car travel along with only the last MC playing, the Indicate left one.
I have two buttons, in properties they are gotoPlayBtn and gotoStopBtn
gotoStopBtn resets the scene and the gotoPlayBtn plays the scene from fr2.
I say frame 2 as frame 1 has a stop command required for the code below so I have moved everything forward to fr2. Necessary for any MovieClips that start at Frame 1. Not Vital for background art etc.
The code is :-
// button navigation on timeline
gotoPlayBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onGotoPlayClick, false, 0, true);
gotoStopBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onGotoStopClick, false, 0, true);
function onGotoPlayClick(evt:MouseEvent):void {
gotoAndPlay("start");
function onGotoStopClick(evt:MouseEvent):void {
gotoAndStop("start");
If I go test movie it runs ok, 2nd play then the problem. Close the test window and run test movie again and 1st play is ok.
I have been given advice as an alternative to the stop command in frame 1 to try gotoAndStop(1) though in this code above I am not sure where to put this. I presume I delete the stop command from fr1 and return all animations to fr1.
Is it the code at fault ? Whats the fix ?
Envirographics

Thanks for your response.
Forgive me, please, but what is ide?
I guess I should retrace steps a bit.
I created an fla of my primary clip. It's actually 1428 frames.
The last frame has the action: gotoAndPlay("loop start"); (I forgot I'd changed the frame number to a label)
Frame 290 on this fla timeline has the frame label: loop start
It works as expected when exported as .swf.
When I put the primary movie .swf inside of the preloader movie clip's .fla on the third frame of the content layer, and export that .fla as an .swf, that's when I notice the actionscript of the primary movie clip is gone.
Am I right in believing you can nest .swfs and keep actions?
Thank you again for your assistance.

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