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You can get around naming multiple objects and pictures.
Try this trick.
After adding all your objects or pictures:
Select all, apply Soft group, Apply name (just once), Copy frame, Remove soft group,
Clear selection, Move or change objects & pictures, Copy frame again etc...
You only have to name one tme:cool:
Neet trick aridzone, I'll give that a try. Thanks for the tip.
To name multiple objects you just select them all and apply a name. Now all those objects have that name. I don't understand the need for all the subsequent complexity...
Unless I'm just missing something
I thought each object that moves/changes independently requires its own separate name.
Example: triangle, text and line.
- The triangle flips/spins so it would need a name.
- The text changes color so it would need a name.
- The line stays static so no name needed.
Can you use the same name for triangle and the text?
That was my thinking Frank.
I made two simple samples.
#1 tried giving all three objects (triangle, text and line) the same name.
Copied frame, rotated triangle & changed text color
repeated a couple times.
Preview. Get flash error: Frame 1: Duplicate tween of Quickshape and line named "allthree"
Don't understand what that error means. ?? Can someone explain?
#2 Duplicated the file and this time I used a separate name for triangle and text.
No error generated.
It would be like having 3 people in a dentist waiting room all with the same name. When the dental nurse asks for 'Fred Bloggs', 3 people get up.
They can only have the same name if they are one group ie. they are treated by Xara as one object.
This tutorial by Salaam may shed some light on the subject.
http://board.xara-users.info/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=805
LOL Excellent example. Actually got a mental image and laughed out loud.Quote:
It would be like having 3 people in a dentist waiting room all with the same name. When the dental nurse asks for 'Fred Bloggs', 3 people get up.
Sometimes the "error" statements are confusing, not the concepts behind them.:)
I have always used separate names on each object to avoid collisions.
Just thought I would try implementing the concept that was proposed in the initial post on the thread.
Had I seen this before my silly test, it would have resolved one issue- I chose 'rotate'!
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It is not necessary to 'name' each shape or object when tweening.
Many objects can be grouped and 'named' as one object. This technique will not work well using the 'rotate' option.
Here is an example of soft grouping with 1 name.
When you move objects you do not have to rename.
:-bd I got it now! After seeing the two samples on your other (post xara-users I think), I played with a sliced photo and had it flying around pretty well. 8 pieces all one name. Nice. Very handy. Have been naming each individually. For some projects this will be quite lovely!
Attached my simple little test file. It even has 1/4 rotation working as part of the naming trick. :)
But one more question for the night (will start new list tomorrow...)
Your file extension is .web. I use .xar
When should I use .web/.xar or does it matter?
Even my website file is .xar
.WEB files are created by Xara Web Designer while .XAR are created by the Graphics Designer series.
The are basically the same files and so can be read by both software products.
The reason why they have different names is that Web Designer is generally a Graphic Designer with less functions, so you know that if you open an .XAR file in Web Designer you will not be loading all the information.
Ok. I had XWD 5 & 6 but when XDP6 came out I upgraded my XXP5 to XDP6 and dropped XWD line since the XDP line contains it all...
Based on your answer, I can keep my .xar file extension for my web files since they are built/maintained in XDP7 now. (Have been through too many versions of the program and just got confused! LOL)
Nice cat Sam.
One thing you can do to improve your results is make sure your positions and sizes are both in whole numbers - no decimal.
LOL Cat photo was supplied to me in an email years ago. Had it as a background of my desktop and grabbed it for the test.
Thanks for the guidance! Will keep it in mind.
I am more careful on real projects and didn't even bother to check on this little test.
Even numbers would probably get rid of the 'sparkly' effect when stretching and sliding since there are partial pixels.
Was intent on learning the multi-object - one name technique, and seeing if rotate could be included (since your note on the other forum said rotation is problematical.)