Jul 27, 2009
Quick Flash Tip: Centering the Stage
Ok this is a quick tip that I figured to pass along. It’s nothing revolutionary but it has helped me a lot daily.
So here’s the problem. You want to zoom into an object or multiple objects on the stage. What happens when you zoom in? Sometimes Flash will go to the area you expected and other times it’ll just go over waaaaaay to the left or right or anywhere it feels like. Now, you’re stuck looking at a blank screen.
Here’s the solution. Instead of dragging your mouse over repeatedly desperately trying to find your objects just do this…. Press control/command + A. That will select all of your objects on the stage. Second, zoom in by pressing control/command + “+”. Now you’re back in business staring at your stage objects and it’s all centered.
That’s it. Again nothing special or ground breaking but very helpful.