Comments on: Seeing Both the Forest and the Trees http://www.quip.net/blog/2006/flash/seeing-both-the-forest-and-the-trees Luck is the residue of good design. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:19:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: David Stiller http://www.quip.net/blog/2006/flash/seeing-both-the-forest-and-the-trees#comment-28931 Tue, 27 Mar 2007 14:30:38 +0000 http://www.quip.net/blog/2006/flash/seeing-both-the-forest-and-the-trees#comment-28931 Tiemen, Odd. I don't have a multiple monitor setup, but I have friends who do, and they don't experience the problem you're seeing. Tiemen,

Odd. I don’t have a multiple monitor setup, but I have friends who do, and they don’t experience the problem you’re seeing.

]]> by: Tiemen http://www.quip.net/blog/2006/flash/seeing-both-the-forest-and-the-trees#comment-19320 Mon, 19 Feb 2007 13:52:50 +0000 http://www.quip.net/blog/2006/flash/seeing-both-the-forest-and-the-trees#comment-19320 Hm regarding the topic I have an issue. I use the functionality you described in Photoshop all the time, but when I went for the same result in Flash 8 I stranded a yard before the finish line: I have a two monitor setup and use the second monitor in Photoshop to display "the forest", but Flash doesn't allow windows to be dragged outside it's drawing board. A workaround solution would be to resize the flash window, dragging it onto the two screens, but working in a setup where both monitors aren't on the same height that does not give a satisfying result. :-/ Hm regarding the topic I have an issue. I use the functionality you described in Photoshop all the time, but when I went for the same result in Flash 8 I stranded a yard before the finish line: I have a two monitor setup and use the second monitor in Photoshop to display “the forest”, but Flash doesn’t allow windows to be dragged outside it’s drawing board.

A workaround solution would be to resize the flash window, dragging it onto the two screens, but working in a setup where both monitors aren’t on the same height that does not give a satisfying result.

:-/

]]> by: David Stiller http://www.quip.net/blog/2006/flash/seeing-both-the-forest-and-the-trees#comment-8129 Thu, 14 Dec 2006 07:52:26 +0000 http://www.quip.net/blog/2006/flash/seeing-both-the-forest-and-the-trees#comment-8129 Woops, sorry var ... I must have read your question too quickly. I only saw the word "textfields," which do snap to pixels, as do symbols. Anchor points do not, as you describe. This might be something that could be tackled with JSFL, but yeah ... not something Flash just does on its own. :-/ Woops, sorry var … I must have read your question too quickly. I only saw the word “textfields,” which do snap to pixels, as do symbols. Anchor points do not, as you describe. This might be something that could be tackled with JSFL, but yeah … not something Flash just does on its own. :-/

]]> by: var http://www.quip.net/blog/2006/flash/seeing-both-the-forest-and-the-trees#comment-8123 Thu, 14 Dec 2006 07:02:09 +0000 http://www.quip.net/blog/2006/flash/seeing-both-the-forest-and-the-trees#comment-8123 when selecting an anchor point with the sub selection tool, with view > snapping > snap to pixels selected... the anchor point seems to snap to the center of the pixels square. Additionally, when selecting the bottom right anchor point of a rectangle.. pressing left arrow induces a shift up and left... If you are at 100%, you can nudge around nicely without ruining any of your vector edges and getting some fuzzyness. when selecting an anchor point with the sub selection tool, with view > snapping > snap to pixels selected… the anchor point seems to snap to the center of the pixels square. Additionally, when selecting the bottom right anchor point of a rectangle.. pressing left arrow induces a shift up and left… If you are at 100%, you can nudge around nicely without ruining any of your vector edges and getting some fuzzyness.

]]> by: David Stiller http://www.quip.net/blog/2006/flash/seeing-both-the-forest-and-the-trees#comment-7961 Wed, 13 Dec 2006 01:59:09 +0000 http://www.quip.net/blog/2006/flash/seeing-both-the-forest-and-the-trees#comment-7961 var, If you have Snap to Pixels on, you're there. :) var,

If you have Snap to Pixels on, you’re there. :)

]]> by: var http://www.quip.net/blog/2006/flash/seeing-both-the-forest-and-the-trees#comment-7958 Wed, 13 Dec 2006 01:13:47 +0000 http://www.quip.net/blog/2006/flash/seeing-both-the-forest-and-the-trees#comment-7958 You can do this in photoshop and illustrator as well. It's under Window. In flash if you hold CTRL... and press 2, 1 you get a centered 100% view. I have a question though... is there a way to nudge anchor points / textFields (with the arrow keys) a full pixel when you are at a zoom amount other than 100%? You can do this in photoshop and illustrator as well. It’s under Window.

In flash if you hold CTRL… and press 2, 1 you get a centered 100% view.

I have a question though… is there a way to nudge anchor points / textFields (with the arrow keys) a full pixel when you are at a zoom amount other than 100%?

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