Reference to namless clip

Hi,
how can I reference a namless clip in as3? In the debugger I
only can
see my named clips but I don't see where the other clips are.
I try work
without names to easily copy them without creating a new name
for every
new clip.
TIA

Use its child index value to target it.

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mc = attachMovie ("filledCircle", "filled" + counter,
counter + 4);
counter++;
mc._x = 370;
mc._y = 225;
mc.onPress = function() {
this.startDrag();
mc.onRelease = function() {
this.stopDrag();
Easy as that. You're simply assigning a function literal to
the event
of each new MovieClip instance as you create it. Take a look
and you'll see
each of these class members available to you -- that is, to
all movie clips.
MovieClip.onPress, MovieClip.startDrag(), MovieClip._x, etc.
Wherever it shows the term MovieClip in the Language
Reference, just
replace that with the instance name of your clip -- or a
reference to that
clip (which even includes the global "this" property).
David
stiller (at) quip (dot) net
Dev essays:
http://www.quip.net/blog/
"Luck is the residue of good design."

Insert clip at timecode media start?

Yes, I have looked all over for this question, too.
How can I tell premiere to insert a clip onto my timeline at the timecode start?
-MrD

Not much faster, but if you select a clip in a sequence and type in a timecode, e.g. your clip's start time, the clip will move to that time.
Do it like this:
Make the Info panel visible.
Add all your clips to a sequence, one after another, in chronological order.
Click the fly-out menu in the Timeline Panel, select "Start Time," and specify a time that matches the first frame of your first clip.
Go to the in point of the last clip in the sequence, and select the clip.
While viewing the Info panel, type in the timecode that is displayed for the frame of that clip; this will cause that clip to jump to that timecode in the sequence.
Repeat for each additional clip.
Instead of the Info panel, you could also apply the Timecode effect with "Media" set as the Timecode Source; that way, you'll have a head's-up reference to the clip's current time.

Reference a movieclip by a variable containing its instance name?

There are some movie clip instances on the stage (not
dynamically created at run time). Now, I want to do this:
use a variable to hold a instance name at runtime. then use
this variable to reference the movie clip it points to.
Problem: suppose this variable is named "mc_ref". it fails to
use "_root.mc_ref" to refer to the movie clip by the name that
mc_ref contains. it seems in this case flash takes "mc_ref" as
instance name and thus looks for any child by that name. since
mc_ref itself is not a name, this will not work.
is there something like MovieClipbyInstanceName function for
this? Any thoughts? Thanks!

you're confused. the variable's name and the movieclip's name
should not be the same.
the following are correct ways to reference movieclips in
flash:

How do I delete a clip from the middle of a scene

Trying to delete a clip from a scene in the middle of a movie.
The trim option only seems to let you keep what you want but won't delete what you don't want.

The choices you mention only appear when in the Event and perform what AppleMan has described. You need to do the edit in the Project. Following AppleMan's advice, you will see this pop-up menu:
The project simply references the video clips in the associated Event. Deleting the selection from the project will not remove the video from the Event, but will just extract that portion from the clip in the project, as AppleMan described.
John
PS Oops! Beaten to the punch by AppleMan!
Message was edited by: John Cogdell - added PS

Rotate a dynamilly created movie clip?

I need to rotate this[PhotoMovieName]. But the registration
point is the
upper left corner. I want them to rotate on center.
Is there a way to do this. Can I change the registration
point with AS?
PhotoArray = new
Array("1.jpg","2.jpg","3.jpg","4.jpg","5.jpg");
//trace(PhotoArray.length);
for(i=0;i<PhotoArray.length;i++){
trace(PhotoArray
PhotoMovieName = "Photo"+i;
var container:MovieClip =
this.createEmptyMovieClip(PhotoMovieName,
this.getNextHighestDepth());
this[PhotoMovieName].loadMovie("Photo.swf");
//this[PhotoMovieName].Photo_ldr._x=0;
//this[PhotoMovieName].Photo_ldr._y=-50;
this[PhotoMovieName]._rotation = 15*i;
this[PhotoMovieName]._y = 200;
this[PhotoMovieName]._x = 200;
//this[PhotoMovieName].contentPath = PhotoArray;
//this[PhotoMovieName].Photo_ldr.load();
//trace(this[PhotoMovieName]._x+"----"+this[PhotoMovieName]._y);
Thanks,
Jason

Jason,
>I need to rotate this[PhotoMovieName]. But the
registration point
> is the upper left corner. I want them to rotate on
center. Is there a
> way to do this. Can I change the registration point with
AS?
ActionScript doesn't let you change an asset's registration
point, but
the workaround is pretty easy. In your case (ActionScript
1.0/2.0) you'll
create a containing clip first, then create another inside it
-- as you're
doing -- then offset the inner clip's midpoint to meet the
registration
point of the container.
var container:MovieClip = this.createEmptyMovieClip(
PhotoMovieName, this.getNextHighestDepth()
So far, so good, right? Nothing has chnaged yet. Now,
because you've
created the variable container, and because the
MovieClip.createEmptyMovieClip() method returns a reference
to the newly
created clip, may use the container variable in place of
this[PhotoMovieName] -- because the reference to that clip is
stored in
container.
container.loadMovie("Photo.swf");
Again, that's functionally identical to the earlier version,
this[PhotoMovieName].loadMovie("Photo.swf"); ... now, the
important part at
this point is to *wait* until Photo.swf has loaded. Until it
does, you
can't really continue, as you've done, with rotation, x, and
y settings. If
you go the route of loadMovie(), you basically have to set up
a loop
(setInterval(), say, or onEnterFrame) and repeatedly check
the
MovieClip.bytesLoaded() and bytesTotal() methods of your
container clip
until the loaded bytes meet the total. Here's some detail on
that process
http://www.quip.net/blog/2006/flash/how-to-tell-when-external-swf-loaded/
... Finally, you'll want to bump the loaded left by half its
width and up by
half its height -- then move the container to compensate. So,
how do
reference the loaded clip inside the container? Aha! Well,
once Photo.swf
is loaded, it's container effectively *is* the loaded asset.
You'll need
two containers, then. An outer and an inner.
var outer:MovieClip = this.createEmptyMovieClip(
PhotoMovieName, this.getNextHighestDepth();
var inner:MovieClip = outer.createEmptyMovieClip("mcInner",
0);
inner.loadMovie("Photo.swf");
outer.onEnterFrame = function():Void {
if (inner.getBytesLoaded() >= inner.getBytesTotal()) {
inner._x -= inner._width / 2;
inner._y -= inner._width / 2;
this._x += inner._width / 2;
this._y += inner._width / 2;
this._rotation = 45;
delete this.onEnterFrame;
A couple key things to note: again, the variable outer
refers to
whatever string is contained by the PhotoMovieName variable.
This time,
there's also an inner clip inside that one. The inner clip is
basically
taking the place of your original container. Once loading
starts, a loop
checks the loading SWF, as described in that blog link, and
when the SWF has
finished, inner is offset left and up, outer is offset right
and down, and
finally outer is rotated.
David Stiller
Adobe Community Expert
Dev blog,
http://www.quip.net/blog/
"Luck is the residue of good design."

Question on compound clips

The new behavior of compound clips starting in 10.0.6 does not work for me as I thought I understood it. I added a still clip to the timeline and attached a second still clip to it. I then created a compound clip which was fine. I then added a depth of field blur mask effect to the compound clip in the timeline. The compound clip in the event brouser did not change. I added another instance of the compound clip from the brouser to the timeline and it was the original ie no blur. I then added an aged paper effect to the second instance of the compound clip and the first one did not update to reflect that effect. Again the brouser compound clip remained the original. Do I totally not understand what is supposed to happen or am I doing something wrong? I do see the reference new parent clip in the clip menu when I select the compound clip in the timeline but have not tried it.

Both should change, as they are locked together, unless you use the Create New Parent command, then you get a duplicate of the original CC.
First, try quitting and relaunching FCP X, see of that helps.
If not, get the free "Preference Manager" from Digital Rebellion (dot com) and use it to quickly and safely trash FCP X's pref files. See if that helps.
If that doesn't help, move the Final Cut Pro app from the Applications folder to the Trash (your Projects and Events will be safe, don't worry). Then launch the App Store, to the Purchases section, click "Install" to the right of Final Cut Pro X. The reinstall make fix it.
But it should indeed work as you expect it to.

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