Guide Layer

I have a layer used only for audio. For testing purposes, I
wanted to speed up publishing by omitting the audio layer. I simply
turned it into a guide layer. Flash isn't suppose to export content
on guide layers, but yet Flash is still publishes the audio layer.
Why isn't audio being excluded from my published file?

Are you using CS3? If so simply turn off the visibility of
the layer. This is a new CS3 feature
(located in Publish settings).
No longer do we have to convert layers to Guide layers to
omit them from publish.
Chris Georgenes
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pwmiller wrote:
> I have a layer used only for audio. For testing
purposes, I wanted to speed up
> publishing by omitting the audio layer. I simply turned
it into a guide layer.
> Flash isn't suppose to export content on guide layers,
but it still publishes
> my audio.
>
> Why isn't audio get excluded from my published file?
>

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> is there a way to make any guides I create automatically go into a guide layer?
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There's a smell of cheesy Freefoot in the air, f***h***dave :-) *
Scott's right, there ain't no guide layer in Illie.
Never has been, hopefully never will be, although it can occasionally be handy to make one.
I think you must be accidentally hitting a key combination that converts paths to guides.
Illie's default for doing that is Cmd+5.
The default keystroke for Object > Arrange > Bring to Front is Cmd+Shift+]. Is ] somewhere near 5 on your keyboard?
Maybe you should take a look at Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts.
* F***h*** is a bit like Shakespeare's Scottish Play, not to be named in the theatre.

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Am I missing something obvious or is it not possible to apply
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with AS, but my scripting ability is not -= to the task just yet. I
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jg

veverica wrote:
> Am I missing something obvious or is it not possible to
apply a motion guide
> layer (with a path) to a mask (mc or graphic instance)
or masked object?
>
> Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
>
> Of course the ideal way around this would be to move the
mask with AS, but my
> scripting ability is not -= to the task just yet. I have
the masks moving
> straight along _x and _y okay w. script but I'd like to
be floating them around
> the stage with more expression.
Convert your mask layer into movie clip than place in on
timeline to give it the Motion
Guide. In flash you can't apply two options to single layer,
either mask or guide, not both.
Using action script is easy when come to mask but this will
as well require movie clips
as you need use movie clip to define the target and the mask.
Say, motion guide is in movie clip call "guide" and mask in
movie clip call "mask", all
you need is place that on timeline frame:
guide.setMask(mask);
Best Regards
Urami
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How to use imported paths from Photoshop/Illustrator as motion guides

Hi folks,
I've been raking the internet with no success for an answer to my question, but I've had no luck so far.
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I could also do with a brief description of how paths work in Flash - I'm familiar with the Photoshop layout, what with the paths appearing in a panel next to the layers one (makes perfect sense to me, as you can just switch between the two panels to view whatever you want). I just don't understand how they work in Flash and what I should be looking for....
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Todd

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Is there a simple way to turn a shape layer (in this case the black line) into a motion guide that I'm missing? I thought just turning the layer into a guide layer would do the trick, but obviously not :/

How do you turn guides in layers off?

Hi, I am haveing the same problem from a long time ago which I posted that problem here: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1276634?start=0&tstart=0
But now I created a new Puppet and am haveing the same problem again, I was wondering on how you turned off the guides in the layers as was the correct answer said by Asymetrical on that thread above because when I try to do that with my puppet it didnt work. Asymetrical is probably doing it a different way than I am. If you could please send me detaled instructions on how he did this that would be fantastic.
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I haven't seen the original fla in the post you mentioned here, but looking at the description it seems the problem was that some of the layers, which were supposed to be normal layers, were marked as guide layers.
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Guide Layers

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> This simplifies the process...
Simpler than one shortcut?
>... and makes it impossible to have guides "hidden" on a layer with other content.
Which I don't see as a problem. Lots of content can be hidden on any layer. It's a lot of functionality to forfeit.
> Turn off thumbnails and you got your real estate back.
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Can you place a mask on a guide

Hello,
I am trying to learn some masking techniques and I was making a file that looks like a flashlight is going across the screen and revealing its masked layer.
I would love to be able to make the spotlight move all over the page, and so I wanted to attach it to a guide on a guide layer.
is that possible? Right now, it doesn't give me the option in the layers properties.
thanks

Hi Rob,
I know you gave me the correct answer, but I am having some trouble doing it.
I can't seem to break up the groups of layers (mask and masked, and guide and guided) to get this to work.
I made a simple file with 2 different background color options. Then I wanted to put my ball movie clip on a guide and use that as the mask.
I was unsuccessful..I tried different combination of what I enclosed here, but no go.
Would you or anyone else out there take a look at my file and see why I cannot get the mask to go on the guide layer?
Thanks!
babs

ActionScript keeps guides visible in Flash CC

Hey Everyone,
Has anyone else noticed that when you Guide a layer in Flash CC (a camera guide for animation for example) the Guided layer is still part of a sequence export?
It seems to only work with Actionscript 1 or 2 which are both no longer supported in CC.
I still have more digging to do and will update discussion....
Mark

Unfortunately not. This really bites as I was awating the fix of the fl.quit() bug- which CC fixed and now with this guide issue all exports include the guide layer. Which means no migrating to CC any time soon...We will forever live in the CS 5.5 and less world..
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M

Problem turning off snap to guide MX11.0.2

I am using FreehandMX 11.0.2 on a Mac G5 OS10.4.10 - I can no
longer use the view menu to show/hide guides, lock or turn off
snap. I can use the layers menu to show/hide or lock but cannot
turn off snap. I also cannot delete the Guide layer from the layers
menu. I have tried changing keyboard shortcut, deleting preference
file from settings folder but nothing works.

Willem,
I don't use the F-keys in combination with modifier keys.
Opt-F1 through
Opt-F8 are used by the system. Check in System
Preferences>Keyboard &
Mouse>Keyboard Shortcuts. Mac OS uses F9 through F12 for
the Dock, Exposé
and Dashboard.
If you never use certain system shortcuts, you could disable
them in System
Prefs and thereby free them up for use in FreeHand. I have
disabled the Mac
OS Spotlight shortcuts because they conflict with the
magnifier tools in FH
and Photoshop.
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Grid>Show___F6
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conflict on assign"
to make sure you haven't used the same shortcut twice.
If you use a non-English keyboard layout, you might be seeing
different
results.
If you're using Entourage 2004 11.0, make sure to update to a
current
version, because there's a known conflict with keyboard
shortcuts in Adobe
apps there.
Judy Arndt

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I do not always like the way guides behave. I would like to see these options:
Option to put guides on dedicated layer automatically.
If this layer is locked it should still be possible to add guides to it, but not to change them without unlocking them.
Option to exclude guides from marquee-style selection (drag selection)
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I've got a step closer. At some time in history the document was set up with an A master which simply defined page dimensions, and a B master which added running footers. All the other masters are based on the B master.
If I base the B master on [None] instead of A, and then format the guides in the B master, fewer pages act erratically.
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k

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