Moving the registration point

how can i move the original registration point , for example
i draw a rectangle with the registration point in the middle , but
when i move the rectangle down the registration point stays on top
and my rectangle which is in the bottom has no registration point
how can i move the rectangle along with its registration point
????

Not sure I follow, but I'll take a guess. Are you referring
to the + sign in the middle of stage screen when creating a symbol?
or the centerpoint white dot in the middle of an object. If the
former, then it doesn't move. If the latter, just click and drag
the white dot. It will move the centerpoint (it will snap to
anchors too). Hope that helps.

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Is there a way to preserve the registrations points in a legacy file?

I installed CS5 yesterday, modified a Flex skin template and exported it. To my surprise, in the Flex application, all the symbols were offset from their positions... What happens is that in CS5 the registration point is centered and not in the top left corner. This effectively kills the whole Flex skin template (with tens of symbols) and makes it useless.
Is there a way to either preserve the registration points or automatically reposition them? I do know that I can simply edit every single one and have the registration point set correctly but that is not practical, or feasible, taken in consideration my company's development time for this product... very frustrating!

What do you mean by "image number"? The file names like "IMG_7822.CR2" or "IMG_7822.jpg"?
You can create custom names with appended numbers, when you export your image files to be saved on a disk.
Sort your images by date in the browser, select them, then use the command "File > Export > Version" to write the files to the disk. Set the name format to "Custem Name with Index" or "Custom Name with Counter" to create numbered names in your current sort order.
Regards
Léonie

How to change the registration point on a shape

Hi,
Is there a way to change the registration point on a shape
created in Director? For instance, I created a filled oval, and by
default Director sets the top left corner of the surrounding square
as the registration point. Nevertheless, I need to place that
registration point at the center of the oval.
Best regards.

Hi, if you create a shape vector from director, the reg point
is in the center of it; if you import a vector created in other
aplication (flash), the regpoint is in the top left corner. To
change the regpoint of an imported shape, try this:
put your shape in the stage in x,y = 0,0 position, then, if
your shape rect is 12,8 pixs, and if you want to move the regpoint
to the center of it
on preparemovie me
member("yourshape").regpoint = point(6,4)
end
play and stop the movie, your shape will change the regpoint
to 6,4
remove the script, and that's all.
Best regards.
sayeg

Changing the Registration point via AS3 . how?

hello,
is it posseple to change the Registration point via AS3 ?
Best Regards,
Crimson

The Attach Code window isn't working for me on this so I
pasted the code into the message. Hope the formatting remains
reasonable.
public class HomePage extends MovieClip {
public var frenchieReal:Swimmer; //Swimmer extends
MovieClip; contains image of French Angel
public var frenchie:Sprite; //To offset regisration point of
frenchieReal
public function loadStage() {
var timer:Timer;
var wayPoints:Array;
//Establish timer for swimmers
timer = new Timer(100, 0);
//Create new swimmer supplying: image path, width, heigth,
and initial x and y location
frenchieReal = new Swimmer("Photoshop/oceanswimmer.png", 57,
41, -24, -28);
frenchie = new Sprite();
frenchie.x = 244;
frenchie.y = 532;
this.addChild(frenchie);
frenchie.addChild(frenchieReal);
frenchieReal.setTimerListener(timer);
//Set waypoints for swimmers
wayPoints = [[230, 530],
[240, 520],
[250, 500],
[260, 480],
[298, 480],
[358, 540],
[368, 544],
[388, 520],
[398, 495],
[404, 475],
[420, 500],
[458, 545],
[528, 550]];
frenchieReal.setPath(wayPoints);
package {
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.events.*;
import flash.utils.Timer;
import flash.net.*;
import flash.display.*;
public class Swimmer extends MovieClip {
private var path:Array;
private var pathLength:uint;
private var pathLocation:int;
private var loader:Loader;
private var intercept:int;
public function Swimmer(imagePath:String, w:uint, h:uint,
xx:uint, yy:uint) {
var urlRequest:URLRequest;
this.x = xx; //Transaltion offsets for image MovieClip (eg,
-24 and -28)
this.y = yy; //Image is visible if these two values are
nonnegative
this.loader = new Loader();
this.addChild(this.loader);
urlRequest = new URLRequest(imagePath);
if (urlRequest != null) this.loader.load(urlRequest);
//Sets an array of waypoints
public function setPath(p:Array) {
this.path = p;
this.pathLength = p.length;
this.pathLocation = 1;
this.parent.x = this.path[0][0];
this.parent.y = this.path[0][1];
this.intercept = -this.parent.y;
public function setTimerListener(t:Timer):void {
t.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, timerListener);
//this.parent in timerListener is the Sprite object to which
image MovieClip is parented
function timerListener(e:TimerEvent):void {
var i:int;
var iMinus1:int;
var xx:int;
var y1:int;
var y2:int;
var rise:int;
var run:int;
var rotationAngle:int;
if (this.path != null) {
//Move to next segment?
if (this.parent.x >= this.path[this.pathLocation][0]) {
this.pathLocation++;
//Go back to first segment?
if (this.pathLocation == this.pathLength) {
this.pathLocation = 1;
this.parent.x = this.path[0][0];
this.parent.y = this.path[0][1];
this.intercept = -this.parent.y; //Minus y to translate
everything to lower quadrant
//y = ax + b
//y = ((path
[1] - path[i-1][1]) / (path[0] - path[i-1][0])) * this.x +
path[i-1][1]
i = this.pathLocation;
iMinus1 = i - 1;
this.parent.x += 2;
xx = this.parent.x - this.path[iMinus1][0];
y1 = -this.path[iMinus1][1];
y2 = -this.path
[1];
rise = y2 - y1;
run = this.path[0] - this.path[iMinus1][0];
this.parent.y = ((y2 - y1) / (this.path
[0] - this.path[iMinus1][0])) * xx + intercept;
this.parent.y = -this.parent.y;
rotationAngle = -(180/Math.PI) * Math.atan2(rise, run);
this.parent.rotation = rotationAngle;
trace("rise = " + rise + " run = " + run + " rotationAngle =
" + rotationAngle + " Intercept = " + this.intercept);
trace("x = " + this.parent.x + " y = " + this.parent.y + "
rotation = " + this.parent.rotation);

Can I change the registration point of a movie clip?

I'm loading a movie clip dynamically and its registration
point defaults to top-left corner. I need to change it to the
center, is this possible? if so, how?
Thank you

Thank you. I tried that and it didn't work too. Please check
this code:
loader.loadClip(_global.image_url+this["image1"], image1);
DynamicRegistration.initialize(image1);
image1.setRegistration( 20, 20);
What is wrong with it?

Moving the center point of an image

I'm not sure I understand why you would want to move the center point of an image, and rotate the image based on the new location of the moved center point? Can anyone give me an example why you might do this?
Thanks.

When aligning different images (for example to combine persons from different shots) I often find it convenient to align a specific feature (like an eye) of two such elements and then scale the one that’s to be adjusted based on that reference point.
Same when I use the ground-plane as reference: the SO might extend farther than the point where the element touches the ground to accommodate shadows or reflections so just dragging out from one of the lower points may not be ideal.
Edit: Sorry, I had overlooked that you specified Rotations in your question; what I mentioned may naturally include rotations but is usually more focused on Scaling.

When I click on an action, nothing happens unless I keep moving the mouse pointer. This has only happened since I upgraded to version 6. Interestingly, the some situation is with the "SafeCentral" software.

This happens every time I click on a button or text that does something like, after entering some information then clicking on say, a button to "Continue". The screen freezes and the little symbol on the left hand side of the tab stops rotating, but starts as soon as I move the mouse. If I stop moving the mouse the screen freezes again. I also have installed on my computer the application, '''SafeCentral''', which I know uses Firefox. This problem has only been encountered since I updated to version 6 and also when SafeCentral update the Firefox version they use.
Wired or what!
Thank you for any assistance you can offer.
Regards
Michael Murray

Thank you for your prompt reply.
I think you have identified the problem straight away, well done!
I first encountered the problem a couple of months ago with an update on Safe Central, (protected environment) software. SC uses the Firefox browser. I won't insult you by explaining what the program does, I'm sure know better that I. I didn't have this problem with Version 5 of Firefox, so I conclude the easiest way to solve this issue would be for me to uninstall v. 6 and reinstall V. 5. As I only use SC for online shopping I can live with this miner irritation. I also notice the Trend Micro Toolbar, though it appears on the Firefox screen, does not monitor the web sites or check email addresses.
So the TM boffins also have a problem with V.6, but I wager they aren't aware of it yet. Just in closing, I also use Chrome and Internet Explorer that work perfectly well. The problem defiantly lies with Mozilla.
Kind regards
Michael

The Mysteries of Registration Points

Hello All!
So, I'm starting to feel like Seinfeld:
Registration Points... What is the deal with those? Am I
right?
Every time I try and educate myself about these things, they
get all mixed in with Transformation Points, the Info Panel,
Convert to Symbol and a million other things. You'd think it would
be a lot more straightforward than that. I mean, the ability to
change the registration point on the fly, or at least in the IDE,
would aid SO many issues as far as placing things on the stage in
an intelligent way.
So, I have researched this a bit and come up with nil, but
I'll ask here again:
- What is the easiest way to change a Bitmap (or Sprite or
Shape or MovieClip) registration point (specif from upper left to
object center)?
- Is it possible to change the registration point using
ActionScript?
Follow up question:
- Wahh! Why not?! It's such a no-brainer!
Many thanks in advance, as always...
Yours,
Graham

alright - here's some thoughts.
all objects have their own coordinate system - graphics,
bitmaps, text, other objects that are 'within' an object can be
placed 'anywhere' within the coordinates of the parent object
including being positioned 'negatively' in relation to the parents
registration point - yet each of those 'also' has it's own
coordinate system.
all registration points are at 0, 0 for all objects - how
that position relates to the 'contents' of the object is what you
want to change . by default, the upper left is the where items get
'laid out' because under the coordinate systems we work with,
positive values run to the right and down - so as a primary
construction method our objects are defined with their widths and
heights incremented to the right and down from 0, 0 in their own
coordinate space.
so in order for us to be able to change the position of the
'graphics' contained within an object, we have to be able to 'point
to' those objects to control them - however, when items are drawn
in the IDE, or are a imported or loaded bitmap, for instance, you
have no reference to the items within the object you wish to move.
now one *can* use the object's transform matrix property to convert
the coordinates to a certain degree - by inverting the x or y scale
to a negative value on any objec will 'flip' the image to the other
side of it's registration point, however the resulting image will
be 'mirrored' rather than 'moved' which may not be desired, but is
handy in many cases.
to your questions MM:
- yes, there is no way to 'move' the registration point from
0,0 - as pointed out above when constructing a object with AS, you
still need to be able to control the position of the 'contents',
and you may need to use a container object to do so. however, if
your using something like the drawing API, then you may be able to
simply 'draw' the shapes into their correct positions within the
parents coordinate space (which
thinkingresearcher, might be better for you situation, eg.
using the drawing API to construct your objects)
- when i said 'full' - I mean that the object must *contain*
something in order to have readable dimension bounds - a newly
constructed Object will have width and height of 0 until something
is placed within it.
- there is no example of an object that doesn't have a
coordinate system, it is merely that one cannot 'change' the
contents without a mechanism to target those contents.
- and yes, that is right, you must 'move' the position of the
contents in relation to it's parent's coordinate system, regardless
of how you achieve that, to change the apparent registration point
of the 'parent' container.
Here is a basic container example that repositions a box with
the registration point in the upper left, to the parent container,
so that the container can then be scaled from the registration
point which now resides at the 'apparent' lower left - (place on
any new AS3 doc, first frame):

Lock the centre point of an object?

I'm using illustrator (CS6) to animate a simple marionette type figure.
I'm using the Rotation tool to turn body parts around their usual connection points, moving the transform centre point each time. I'm wondering if it's possible to "lock" the centre point for any individual object to a certain offset from the object's actual centre, so that every time I reselect an object to move it I'm always rotating it around exactly the same place. I find that if I have to move the centre point from the real centre to where I want to rotate around every time, I'm not getting the exact same spot in relation to the object's bounds, which makes for some weird movements.
For example, the rectangle that makes up the upper arm should have its rotation point always about ten pixels down from the top and in the horizontal centre of the object. The elbow right at the top edge, but also in the horizontal centre, of the lower arm. etc.

Monika Gause wrote:
Use symbols.
They've got a registration point. Position the artwork in relation to that reg point.
Ahh, that's an excellent suggestion, thanks! It looks like it should work.. although there's this bit of the documentation that makes me wonder:
When you create a symbol, you can choose the registration point from any of the 8-point across boundaries or center of the symbol bounding box.
It sounds like I might not be able to set it to any arbitrary position within the symbol. I'll give it a shot though.. thanks!

Flipping and Registration Points

Say you have a movie-clip you dynamically added to the stage,
either with createEmptyMovieClip or attachMovie. The registration
point, by default, is in the top-left.
A common way to flip it horizontally it is to negate the
x-scale, or you can apply a transformed Matrix to it.
In either case, the result is the same: the movie "flips"
over the vertical axis (left edge). To get it to look like where it
was before, you shift it over.
But that breaks the co-ordinates! What was previously an _x
value of, say, 20, is now something like 142 (depending on the
width of the object).
My question is: is there any way to flip a movie-clip
in-place without changing its co-ordinates? That is, to make it
flip, and look like it's in the exact same place, without the _x
and _y values.
I've tried _xscale and Matrix transformations; I'm also 95%
sure you can't move the registration point on dynamically-attached
movie-clips (to make it flip about the center), is that
correct?

You can achieve this when you attach the MC to an empty MC.
That way you can use the coordinates of the 1st MC, while the MC
inside it can be flipped and moved.
greets,
blemmo

How to Change the Location of the Anchor Point

Hi
Very new to affter effects.... i was wondering if you guys could please tell me how to move the blue anchor for animation of text please.

If you just want to move the anchor point on your text layer you can do it by hand instead of going in and manually adjusting it from the transform menu as Dave suggested.
However, by what you've written it seems like there may be some confusion about what moving the anchor point actually accomplishes. So just to clarify, the anchor point, or the small crosshair icon usually in the middle or corner of the layer, is actually a customizable location that essentially dictates the center around which the position, scale and/or rotation values will change when your layer is animated over time with keyframes.
For example, if you would like to move the anchor point so that your text rotates around a point near the corner of the layer, you can press the Y key to activate the Pan Behind Tool and move the anchor point to the corner. If you have CS6 you can hold down the Command Key to lock the anchor point to the center, corner or edge of your layer. A little square will appear around the Anchor Point when it's ready to lock.
If you've keyframed some of the properties on a layer and would like to temporarily see how your layer looks without messing up any animation you've done on it, simply duplicate the layer by selecting it in the Comp's layer panel and going to Edit - Copy and Edit - Paste. That way you can do whatever you'd like on the duplicated layer wihout harming your original Then do one or more of the following:
A.) You can reset all of the trnsform properties of the layer by clicking Reset. This will set your layer back to it's default transform settings.
B.) Or, you can delete all of the keyframes on an individual property by clicking the stopwatch again.
C.) Also, clicking the light yellow diamond next to the Source Name will delete a single keyframe and the arrows on either side will move the playhead from keyframe to keyframe. You can of course always delete keyframes manually by selecting them in the timeline and hitting delete. Holding Shift will snap the playhead to each keyframe.
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Missing/Disappearing Registration Points in Flash CS5 Master Suite

When I create a new symbol Flash allows me to pick and choose my registration points inside the symbol and functions normally. However when I choose the same symbol or an already created symbol, I am no longer able to change the registration point. Is this a legit glitch in the program or is there something about flash I am unaware of? This happens everytime I start up flash.

Hi Mike,
CS5 has not been tested on Windows 8 and it's not mentioned in the system requirements, but you can give it a try.
Refer : http://www.adobe.com/store/en_us/popup/software/creativesuite/mastercollection5/systemreqs .html
Please keep both the download files in one folder and run the .exe file. Let me know if that helps.
~Mandy

Please help for Registration point to a movieclip/sprite

I am new to AS3 and have a doubt on Registration point for
Movie clip / Sprite. Please help me the sample code for this
I simply draw a line using AS3 in flash environment. but i
used graphics.moveTo for center. but if i run this it is simply
taking x,y axis 0,0 and move around the stage. I want to move this
from center of the stage. please help.
below is my code
var line:Sprite = new Sprite()
addChild(line);
var cx:Number = stage.stageWidth/2;
var cy:Number = stage.stageHeight/2;
var radius:Number = 1;
var increase:Number = 0;
line.graphics.lineStyle(1, 0xff00ff);
line.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, onEnter);
function onEnter(event:Event):void
increase += radius;
//trace(increase);
//line.graphics.moveTo(cx, cy);
line.graphics.lineTo(cx + increase, cy + increase);
line.rotation += 0.1;

to appear to control the registration point of line, make it
a child or an empty display object and offset it by -x,-y where x,y
is your choice for the apparent registration point. you can then
control the parent object and it will behave like your line with
changed registration point.

Multitouch in AIR 2.0 via Flash Builder 4: Registration point of sprites

I watched Lee Brimelow's tut on multi touch gesture applications and tried to accomplish the same using Flash Builder.
I did and everything works great except by one thing, the registration point of the movie clips I dynamically create and use to populate the stage is not in the center so when I either increase/decrease the size of the square as well as rotate it, it doesn't do it from the center but from one of the corners, the default registration point. If I understand correctly, it's impossible to change the registration point via AS3. How can I reproduce the example in Flash Builder then?
I appreciate your time and help.
Jorge

You'll need to use Flash Professional to produce a component with a proper registration point and export that component in a SWC. You're correct that there isn't a straightforward way to do this via ActionScript that I know of that doesn't involve transform matrix.
Jason San Jose
Software Engineer, Flash Builder

Cp8.0 html5 file plays fine in chrome, but moving the timeline button causes audio to vanish. what to do?

I have created a session with a combination of ppt slides with audio, and also a screen capture with audio and put it all together and published in html5. seems to work fine, i can open it on my computer by clicking on the html5 file (chrome and IE.) Moving the continuous scroll pointer often causes the audio to not be played. I know I can advance with forward and reverse buttons, that works ok. (Refreshing the html5 file in the browser fixes things and goes back to start) This opens up many questions for a novice like myself:
1. Am I posting this in the right place?
2. Is the timeline button shown only to be admired from afar, and not touched ?
3. Has this been fixed in 8.1 ?
4. I don't want or need scalable window sizes ( 1300 by 720 is fine,) so should i not use html5 at all ? I want it to work on IE, Chrome, and Firefox.

thanks. i see i need to explain better:
I am describing the browser window as it appears if you simple display the html5 file that is created by publishing. I have not added a single button or feature to control movement. my project consists of slides with audio that advance after so many seconds, a captured screen sesssion, more slides, and a quiz. The buttons for play, forward, backward, and the horizontal progress bar with the 'button' (upward pointing triangle) are all native to the html that is being displayed and 'played.'
Now, seeing that displayed, a user would be tempted to hit these buttons and to move the linear time by grabbing and moving the triangle pointer. sometimes this works perfectly, but sometimes moving the pointer causes audio to disappear and it will not play again on any slide. is this a clear description of the problem ? I do not understand some of your comments, but it seems that we were not on the same page, so it seems ok not to understand. FYI, my published ~10 minute sessions are about ~20 MB for all files and folders.
8.1 doesn't exist. i see, my mistake. i meant 8.0.1
I do not need anything but a screen with 1300x720 resolution, so i will try going to SWF. I am recording a session to teach a software tool that is based on the eclipse environment, and the screen capture includes many graphics and much text, so any scaling whatsoever makes it ugly and hard to read. At one point i may have been thinking of scalable windows, but i realize now it is the last thing i need. The quality of the capture is excellent with 1300x720 ( and since 720 is native for powerpoint, i have no scaling in either ppoint or the captured screen sessions.

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