Flash Site Design - Help with deleting part of graphic using layers

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Help with deleting part of graphic using layers

GoldenKnight21

2005-09-25, 10:17 pm

:confused;
I am doing a flash tutorial at home and having problems with deleting the
parts of the menu bar. The menu bar is in a seperate layer which i have turned
into a graphic. In a seperate layer I have placed four rectangles over the menu
bar. When I copy the smaller rectangles that are over the menu bar and paste in
place within the same layer as the menu bar for some reason they get placed
behind the menu bar? The whole purpose is for me to delete segments of the menu
bar as part of the design. Can someone please help. THANKS!

tralfaz

2005-09-26, 3:15 am

"GoldenKnight21" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> :confused;
> I am doing a flash tutorial at home and having problems with
> deleting the
> parts of the menu bar. The menu bar is in a seperate layer which i
> have turned
> into a graphic. In a seperate layer I have placed four rectangles
> over the menu
> bar. When I copy the smaller rectangles that are over the menu bar
> and paste in
> place within the same layer as the menu bar for some reason they get
> placed
> behind the menu bar? The whole purpose is for me to delete segments
> of the menu
> bar as part of the design. Can someone please help. THANKS!

You can lock the layers that you don't want to paste to. I know it
does that sometimes.
tralfaz

GoldenKnight21

2005-09-26, 10:17 pm

nope thats not it :(

tralfaz

2005-09-27, 6:26 am

"GoldenKnight21" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> nope thats not it :(

Are the rectangles, just shapes? If you paste shapes into the same
layer as movieclips, they will go into depths lower than the
movieclips (behind them) It that is what is happening, convert your
rectangles to graphics or movieclips before cutting them and pasting
them. Then they will go over the movieclips in the other layer. Most
of the time it's better not to paste one object over another in the
same layer anyway. It's easier to select things later if you keep
them on their own layer.
tralfaz

GoldenKnight21

2005-09-27, 10:17 pm

I have not tried changing the shapes into a graphic. The only thing that is a
graphic is the menu bar I will try that! The whole reason I am pasting those
shapes is to get rid of or erase part of the menu bar with these shapes. Thanks
again!