In Design CC Timeline

Is there a way to better structure the timeline? Having just learned it, it seems that you need to name every item and and have all in exact order that you want it to play - i.e. no trial info in there - makes doing the job really difficult.
Also - can you creat a flash intro in layers, then once completed with the layers add a separate page, that the final layer of the animation can navigate to? If so - do you still save down as a .swf file?
Thanks to anyone who answers!
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Help needed on designing a timeline chart

I have records as follows
value,date time
0, 6 am 07/12
0, 7 am 07/12
1, 7am 07/12
1,7.30am 07/12
0,7.30 am 07/12
I need a graph as show as "EXPECTED" [here |http://pradeepbhat.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/timeline.png] but what CR provides by means of line graph is what is shown as "what CR supports"

I have solved the problem using MS excel, the best reporting tool.

How can I switch out graphics in different areas of a movie?

I have a project that I'm working on for a flooring company. They want a Flash movie that allows the user to change the look (product and color) of different areas of the floor.
I have a menu on the left side that designates the three different areas of the floor. I have the two products along with color swatches along the top. I currently have each of the three areas as separate movies that load into a main movie.
These three area movies each contain the color swatches on the top as buttons to change the color of that area using "On Release > Go To Frame Label" actions that displays each of the different colors. These movies each load on a different level based on the selection of the left side menu.
I want the user to be able to go to each of the three areas and change the product/color attributes without losing what they had already done. For instance, if they choose PRODUCT A in RED for AREA 1, then they want to change the product/color on AREA 2, I still want the movie to display PRODUCT A in RED for AREA 1, etc.
The problem I run into is that when you go back and forth between the three areas, the navigation only controls what movie is on the top level and doesn't allow the user to go back to a previous area and change the product/color attribute.
Keep in mind I'm a designer, not a developer. My knowledge of Actionscript is very superficial so don't throw a bunch of "geek speak" at me ;-)

It is not clear how you have the design arranged timeline-wise, but what you should do is get away from using the timeline as much as using movieclips. Have each area as a different movieclip that you control with the selection buttons. That way, changing one movieclip's current frame will not disturb another's.

ACE modules reloaded

HI Experts,
We had some issue with Datacentre ACE modules. Both primary and DR ACE modules got restarted in 16 hours difference.
Unfortunately Syslog was not configured on the ACE and local logging got cleared after restart.
The current IOS version is A2(3.2). The modules uptime was around 300 Days.
Here is the log from 6509 switch during the restart
Primary DC 6509-1 .
Jul 10 18:52:05.383 WAT: %SVCLC-5-FWTRUNK: Firewalled VLANs configured on trunks
.Jul 10 18:56:47.291 WAT: %SNMP-5-MODULETRAP: Module 9 [Down] Trap
Jul 10 18:56:47.127 WAT: %OIR-SP-3-PWRCYCLE: Card in module 9, is being power-cycled off (Reset - Module Reloaded During Download)
Jul 10 18:56:47.271 WAT: %C6KPWR-SP-4-DISABLED: power to module in slot 9 set off (Reset - Module Reloaded During Download)
Jul 10 18:57:00.951 WAT: %OIR-SP-3-PWRCYCLE: Card in module 9, is being power-cycled off (Module not responding to Keep Alive polling)
Jul 10 18:57:00.951 WAT: %C6KPWR-SP-4-DISABLED: power to module in slot 9 set off (Module not responding to Keep Alive polling)
Jul 10 19:01:57.172 WAT: %DIAG-SP-6-RUN_MINIMUM: Module 9: Running Minimal Diagnostics...
.Jul 10 19:01:59.256 WAT: %SNMP-5-MODULETRAP: Module 9 [Up] Trap
Jul 10 19:01:58.700 WAT: %DIAG-SP-6-DIAG_OK: Module 9: Passed Online Diagnostics
Jul 10 19:01:59.256 WAT: %OIR-SP-6-INSCARD: Card inserted in slot 9, interfaces are now online
.Jul 10 19:02:04.548 WAT: %SVCLC-5-FWTRUNK: Firewalled VLANs configured on trunks
DR DC 6509-1 .
Jul 11 09:42:05.759: %LINK-5-CHANGED: Interface TenGigabitEthernet9/1, changed state to administratively down .
Jul 11 09:42:05.763: %SNMP-5-MODULETRAP: Module 9 [Down] Trap
.Jul 11 09:42:05.763: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface TenGigabitEthernet9/1, changed state to down
Jul 11 09:42:05.599: %OIR-SP-3-PWRCYCLE: Card in module 9, is being power-cycled off (Reset - Module Reloaded During Download)
Jul 11 09:42:05.747: %C6KPWR-SP-4-DISABLED: power to module in slot 9 set off (Reset - Module Reloaded During Download)
Jul 11 09:42:05.767: %LINK-SP-5-CHANGED: Interface TenGigabitEthernet9/1, changed state to administratively down
Jul 11 09:42:05.771: %LINEPROTO-SP-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface TenGigabitEthernet9/1, changed state to down .
Jul 11 09:42:14.535: %SVCLC-5-SVCLCNTP: Could not update clock on the module 9, rc is -1
Jul 11 09:42:19.395: %OIR-SP-3-PWRCYCLE: Card in module 9, is being power-cycled off (Module not responding to Keep Alive polling)
Jul 11 09:42:19.395: %C6KPWR-SP-4-DISABLED: power to module in slot 9 set off (Module not responding to Keep Alive polling)
Jul 11 09:47:15.819: %DIAG-SP-6-RUN_MINIMUM: Module 9: Running Minimal Diagnostics... .
Jul 11 09:47:19.871: %MLS_RATE-4-DISABLING: The global switching mode is now 'truncated'. Disabling the Layer2 Rate Limiters. .
Jul 11 09:47:19.903: %SNMP-5-MODULETRAP: Module 9 [Up] Trap Jul 11 09:47:19.633: %DIAG-SP-6-DIAG_OK: Module 9: Passed Online Diagnostics Jul 11 09:47:19.905: %OIR-SP-6-INSCARD: Card inserted in slot 9, interfaces are now online .
Jul 11 09:47:21.079: %LINK-5-CHANGED: Interface TenGigabitEthernet9/1, changed state to administratively down
Jul 11 09:47:20.912: %LINK-SP-3-UPDOWN: Interface TenGigabitEthernet9/1, changed state to down
Jul 11 09:47:21.080: %LINK-SP-5-CHANGED: Interface TenGigabitEthernet9/1, changed state to administratively down
.Jul 11 09:47:25.039: %SVCLC-5-FWTRUNK: Firewalled VLANs configured on trunks
.Jul 11 09:47:25.047: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface TenGigabitEthernet9/1, changed state to up
Jul 11 09:47:24.520: %LINK-SP-3-UPDOWN: Interface TenGigabitEthernet9/1, changed state to down
Jul 11 09:47:25.056: %LINK-SP-3-UPDOWN: Interface TenGigabitEthernet9/1, changed state to up
Jul 11 09:47:25.060: %LINEPROTO-SP-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface TenGigabitEthernet9/1, changed state to up
Please let me did anyone face this issue before or is it any known BUG?

HI All, Thanx for the help. Got the resaon from show version output.
last boot reason: NP 1 Failed : SRAM Parity Error Chan 3
Also got the TAC comment on SRAM party error
The SRAM parity error presented in the core file is not due to a software issue.
The issue is the result of a "bit-flip" within the SRAM itself which can occur as a
result of environmental conditions. This "bit-flip" is rectified by a simple reboot of
the system, which would occur with the generation of the core file. Cisco internal
testing and customer experience has shown that these types of issues can occur
with very low frequency, but do not required an RMA of the device.
If there are multiple instances of this issue on the same module, a proactive RMA/EFA
of the device would be in order.
ACE is susceptible to this because of the way it uses SRAM to store control information
and packet data as opposed to scratch-pad storage. Almost any 1-bit flip will be detected as a
parity error. Cisco has recognized the issue and is taking action to ensure this will not be
an issue on the next generation of the ACE module. The next generation module design
and timeline is currently under review.
Thnx again for the help
Aslam

Preserving radio button state between frames

Is there a way in CS3 to preserve radio button state (selected or not) from frame to frame?
I have a multi-frame app where users select either yes or no (radio buttons) to an array of questions; as they complete these questions they click a forward button to move on to the next frame (set of questions). But I am wanting to add a back button that allows them to go back and change their answers...how I can preserve the state of radio buttons clicked on previous frames, so that when they go back to a previous frame (or frames) those radio buttons they selected are still selected?

If the design is timeline based you will need to configure some form of memory (such as an array) to retain selection data so that when you enter a frame you use what is stored to set things up.

CLICK in main timeline goes to where click is designated in loaded swf?

Seems doable, but having trouble grasping the concept...
I have a loaded swf slide show, within that slideshow, I have assigned "next" and "prev" buttons to advance and back up my slide shows via frame labels ("oneIn") for instance... here is an example:
btn_next.addEventListener (MouseEvent.CLICK, nextClick);
function nextClick (e:MouseEvent):void{
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I would like this function to run when I click a hit state on the main timeline above it. So, how would I trigger the above function from a click on the hit state on the main timeline?
To help, here is my code for the mouse over function using the hit state that refers to the external buttons:
pNextH.addEventListener (MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, nextOver);
function nextOver (e:MouseEvent):void{
    var mc:MovieClip = MovieClip(imageLoader.content);
    mc.btn_next.gotoAndPlay ("nextOver");

Actually, just as I am confused a bit... would I need no function descriptor?
Just this line? As opposed to:
pNextH.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, nextClick);
function nextClick (e:MouseEvent):void{
    var mc:MovieClip = MovieClip(imageLoader.content);
    (mc.content).nextClick
I know that is wrong, but do i need a function def for the code you gave me? Or just the one line?
pNextH.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,MovieClip(yourloader.content).nextClick );

How do I recerence Movie Clips on the Main Timeline from inside a class?

Hey everyone, this might be a stupid question but I thought
I'd ask cause it's making me nuts. I'm all of 2 days into AS3
(coming from not using Flash at all in YEARS) so feel free to
consider me ignorant. I do have plenty of application development
experience in other areas though.
I can't seem to create a class that can reference an instance
of a movie clip on my main timeline. I'd post code of what I've
tried but I've gone through so many desperate edits & wild
guesses that it was just garbled junk before I deleted it all.
Basically here's how I figured Flash could work, though maybe
it doesn't work this way at all.
I'm assuming that with AS 3 being so big on being a true
object oriented environment, I wouldn't need to mix my code and
interface together. Preferably I'd be using the Flash authoring
tools just to design my interface. Create a button... place it
somewhere... give it an instance name. Roughly the equivilant of
Apple's InterfaceBuilder for those of you that might be familiar
with Cocoa development. I can see maybe having to put a few lines
of ActionScript onto frame 1 (though really I'm hoping Flash would
have a better method of kicking off the application at this point
that using code tied to frames) to load my classes & such, but
after that I'd like all of my code to be held in external class
files.
So maybe I've got:
Interface.fla - My interface
Button_1
Button_2
TextField_1
Main.as - My main controller class using to handle all of my
applications behavior
SomeClass.as - Some helper Class
SomeOtherClass.as - Some helper Class
Main.as would have instructions in its initialization method
to go ahead & attach events to buttons & initialize
anything else that needs to happen when the application starts.
From there on it would all be objects communicating back &
forth. Button_1 would get clicked with would fire
Main.someMethod(). Main.someMethod() would then do it's thing and
set the value of TextField_1. All very clean & code is very
separated from interface.
Unfortunately I can't for the life of me figure out how AS3
classes reference each other like that. There doesn't seem to be
any kind of a global 'root' or '_root' I can use to locate any
movie clips on the stage. I've searched the help & the web for
any kind of simple tutorial but to no avail. My job has tasked me
with building a flash app for a project but I'd really rather not
have a tone of ActionScript just shoved into frame 1. That just
seems... ugh! (::shudder::)
Can someone maybe point me in the right direction here? I'm
really willing to do my homework but I can't seem to locate the
info I need to get started. Also, is there an ActionScript IRC
channel or something maybe?
Thanks,
Cliff

I worked with the problem last night and the solution I
started coming to involved creating my own custom document class
based off which extends MovieClip. My thought is that way I have
access to the initialization routine of the timeline itself and
that all of the elements on the main timeline should be
"properties" of my custom class.
Is this correct? Is there a down side to doing this & if
so what is it & why?
Also, just for my reference, the last time I did anything
with ActionScript I think I was using '_root' to target the main
timeline. WHat are the global variable names in AS 3? Is it just
'root' & 'stage' or 'Root' & 'Stage' or what?

How can I fill gaps in timeline PrE12?

I am at my wits' end.
I have a rather complicated project (instructional video) with native audio, sound track, Vid track with numerous short clips, freeze frames and color mattes, plus many titles of varying lengths.
I discovered that a couple of the titles were too short--so I made them longer (from 6 sec to 10 sec).
I then discovered that PrE12 had decided to cut the soundtrack, the native audio and the Vid track and slide everything to the right along the timeline, leaving 4 second black holes to correspond to the increased length of the titles I changed. (I didn't see this when it was happening due to lack of vertical viewing area.
OK, fine, click on a black hole and hit backspace. It worked. Go on the the next one. Nada. Click the stubborn black hole again and hit Delete. Nada. Right click the black hole and do a Delete and Close Gap. Grayed out.
OK, plan B: painstakingly select all the many clips to the right of the black hole in the Vid track, Group them, and slide left. Being sure that they weren't Grouped or Linked to anything else. (This was due to the one gap successfully being closed in the Vid track only, thus leaving an imbalance among the tracks--the Vid track with one less black hole than all the others.
Result: everything on every other track slides all the way to the right, past the end of the Vid track.
So now I have an unbroken Vid track and all the other tracks in two pieces separated by a huge gap.
Undo. Try adding a blank track in between. Same result. Try Un-enabling all the stuff I don't want to affect. Same result.
So here I am with a total mess. I can of course use History to get back to the status quo ante but that doesn't solve the problem of how to increase the duration of a couple of clips (in this case Titles, but the problem is there no matter what track or type of media I'm working with) without everything else moving around.
I can't believe that a program could be this poorly designed; there has to be a way to do this. "This" being the addition of a bit of duration to a couple of clips without trashing all the other tracks.
All ideas gratefully accepted.

How do I do that? Don't see any option for it.
Thanks. Never mind--I'll try the camera icon.
1. Timeline after adding items--sound track is chopped up. Other tracks will be chopped up as well. Sound track is not grouped with or linked to anything else.
2. Slide sound track clip to left to fill the gap--this pushes everything else all the way to the right. (Scale is reduced to enable effect to be seen.)
The same thing happens, as described above, with titles--make them longer, gaps appear in the other tracks. Slide a clip to the left to close the gap, everything else jumps all the way to the right.
Insanity-producing.
Message was edited by: Kawika808 - added screenshots.

Why hasn't the tutorial been updated to reflect 4.7's lack of a Design View?

This series uses version 4.5 which is no longer available. It frequently mentions the DESIGN VIEW and how easy it is to use, yet there is NO design view (nor is there a Components tab on the lower left box) in current version 4.7. Not only that, but the code used in several of the first day examples is not valid in Flash Builder 4.7 / Flash Player 11 and the browser refuses to show those examples (btw: most of the examples still work in 4.7). There are now ActionScript related errors in the examples that demonstrated Design View. You've had 2 years to fix this...
It seems that you might be shooting yourself in the foot here by:
1. Not giving new users who want to learn how to work in this environment current information (or at least linbking to new information). This is NOT a way to encourage new customers!
2. Not showing any work around options - such as linking to Dreamweaver, Illustrator or Flash Pro in some way? or updating the tutorial and showing how to create the components in the code view?
3. Marketing? Standards? groups within the company need to anticipate and develop fixes BEFORE making such drastic changes - this has NOT been done and it reflects poorly on the product (which is actually pretty cool)!
What is the alternative?
Aren't there other tools in CC that can be integrated in some already well defined way? i.e. I can edit a menu in Encore by selecting "edit in Photoshop". Why can't something like this be available?
I realize that this is one of Adobe's evolutionary mashup products (ie. Flash uses the timeline that originated in Director, Premiere & AfterEffects use tools acquired from CultEffects and AutoMasker, etc.) so there are many behind the scenes licensing issues that have determined the product evolution (and the products occasionally evolve in unexpected ways) - but it seems a bit contrarian to remove useful features without providing workarounds that users will think are BETTER than the old way!

Why complicate yourself? Adobe has almost pulled itself off from enterprise level flex delevopment to create new HTML5 tooling.
They will not pay to upgrade a training that is on the verge of getting unsupported. Just satisfy your training needs with other resources, such as lynda.com, pluralsight, etc.
Always remember, we are talking about capitalist companies here, if its not done for profit, then its not possible.

I need to make a task with less as3 code and more timeline structure and event dispatcher !

I went to an interview in a big company. I had to make a task in which there is a wall with 3 lines and 5 columns filled with bombs.When you click on a bomb the bomb changes its scale, a robot enters, goes under the bomb and takes it, then goes to a smaller wall, makes the bomb smaller and place it at the same place it had been in the previous wall.I made the task with tween througout as3 code.The interviewer told me it was good but i need to make it with the less code possible and with more complex timeline structure and to use event dispatcher.What is the best way to do this ?

The immediate thing that comes to mind is they might want to see that you can balance work between design teams and development teams.
To do that, the robots movements (pick up bomb, bomb grows/shrinks, arms/treads/legs moving, sequences of 'doing things') can be timeline based so animators can work on those separate from code.
Developers would be working on the logic of keeping score, moving the robot around to the correct spot with path detection, collision detection, etc.
It's very similar to thinking in simple factories (which Flash is good at being automatically with timelines), and a bit of MVC (or just VC in some cases).
Big companies have lots of different types of employees so you'll probably be very specific in your role so you're efficient.

Looking for simple timeline/calendar screenlet/widget.

Good day gentlemen,
I'm looking for a simple screenlet or widget for linux that is a calendar, but designed to be more of a timeline of past events than a reminder of future events. For my specific purpose in this case I'm trying to lose weight. So I'm seeking an application to record my previous weight and other notes about what i ate, and how much and what kind of nutrients i had that day. I would like to keep it in a calendar or timeline like format. Something easy to the point where if my buddy asked me how much i weighed last week or what i did last week, i can simply click on the date and all my notes appear about my weight, and what i ate, etc. Also simple to input data like clicking on the date and entering a note about that day. Something easy to use and sort of integrated into the desktop such as a screenlet or widget, so I don't have to open up a separate window to view these records. I did a little research and was able to find a few things, Rainlendar being one of them. But I feel most of what i found are way more complicated for my purpose. Would any of you happen to have any suggestions on what application would most suit my purpose in its most simplistic form? thanks in advance for your kind and prompt response
Sincerely,
Sicariuxs

There are, apparently, quite a variety of tools just for this purpose. here's one. That was just the first one up from a search, I don't actually know anything about it. But overall, I'd suggest you actually narrow your search as there are tools targetted specifically for such goals.

Timeline tip: did you know you can smooth multiple transitions at once?

Yes, you can :-)
Steps:
1. In the Timelines panel, control/shift click the transitions you care about.
2. Click the arrow to the right of the "Smooth Transitions" button to show the Smooth Transition Options dialog. Adjust options in this dialag as you desire.
3. Click the "Smooth Transitions" button in the Timeline.
All the selected transitions will be smooth according to your options
Tips:
- By default, smoothing will not change effects you have manually edited or added. To make the timeline clear out customizations you have made and just create new smooth effects, then check the "overwrite existing effects" option in the Smooth Transition Options dialog
- The "Fade Out - Move - Fade In" option in the Smooth Transition Options dialog gives you a common transitions design pattern. All objects disappearing from a state will fade out first, followed by any objects that move/resize/rotate, followed by objects that fade in to the new state. An example of where to use this is in a collapsible panel that hides and shows content. You don't want the panel to resize and collapse before its contents have faded out first. This option gives you that effect.

Hi Steve - if you are asking whether it is possible to change the duration of a number of transitions simultaneously as a group, then the answer is 'Yes'. You simply select them all (Command+Click), and in the Transitions Pane adjust the duration and hit 'Update'.
It is not possible to adjust the length of movie clips in that way, although it is of course possible to adjust the duration of a batch of photographs.
Has that answered your question?

Delay Designer problem issue troubleshoot ... It shouldn't be doing this.

I have about 8 delays on varying levels (decreasing on each point on the Delay Designer timeline).
When I Render to Action, there is an exact repeart/echo of what is being said, very loudly, very annoying.
When I delete Render to Action, my effect has been altered and the last point has moved levels, back up to 0 dbs when it was originally at -50.
I've deleted and altered the Effect, re-rendered, and it still does the same thing, even when I delete that point, it just changes the next one.
I'm also using Pitch Shifter II and Exciter Effects in that order before Delay Designer.
On Delay Designer, I have changed the Pan, Trans (pitch), and the rest of the mods on all points.
Any thoughts?
I have yet to find an answer for this.
10 points to the house for whichever guru finds an answer! Woot!
(My guess, the problem is Snow Leopard.)

this really deserves a response

How can I view my timeline on an external monitor?

I have a brand new mac pro tower hooked up via DVI to HMDI cable to my HD tv in my living room and I play quicktime movies and things all the time to that TV from my computer no problem.
Does any one know how to view your Final Cut timeline on an external monitor?
It's such a pain but what I've been doing lately is just exporting a final cut quicktime and playing it via Quicktime for clients to see but I'd rather not do that and just play off the timeline.
Any help would be appreciated.

Umm, frankly, you missed a lot in the manual then.
You are on the right track but the flaw in your thinking is using DVI from your video card to your tv. From Final Cut Pro, all you're getting is an extension of your desktop, that's it.
To do what you want, you need a dedicated video input/output card from Aja or Blackmagic Designs. You may want to look at the [Intensity Pro|http://www.blackmagic-design.com/products/intensity> for a very low cost monitoring solution if all you're looking at is monitoring through hdmi.

PP CC 2014.2 no longer will Playback to Blackmagic Design Mini Monitor. But CC and CC 2014.1 did.

The latest update to Premiere Pro has created problems. Sequences are frozen from playing and there is no video out to the broadcast monitor. If "Enable Mercury Transmit" is turned off then the timeline will play. There is not a problem with the Blackmagic Mini Monitor as it works fine with AE CC 2014.2 or with Premiere Pro CC. And it worked fine with Premiere Pro CC 2014. Of course we can't use PP CC to open any projects created since updating to CC 2014. We are editing commercials and must have broadcast monitoring. PLEASE HELP. AGENCY COMING IN TOMORROW FOR EDIT SESSION!
Also, another odd problem is that in this version when I open an existing project, it opens with random older sequences instead of what was open when it was saved/closed. This never happened in other versions.

I experienced the same problem. Try the following:
1) Uninstall BlackMagic Design Desktop Video and Drivers completely.
2) Reboot to finalize uninstall.
3) Install old BlackMagic Design Desktop Video v.10.1.4.
4) Restart
In my case rolling back to v10.1.4 helped to solve the problem.
Please report here if this works all right.
I am not sure who to blame: Adobe for their update or BlackMagic Design for a buggy driver.

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