Next Upgrade Improvements

[fwhilton]

Hey Bob,

You folks are doing a great job with KM!

Here are some ideas for the next release:

1) Button State: Allow stretching attributes to be alpplied when a button state is copied up. I noticed if I create text and then add the 'over' button state and stretch the text or resize it, that when you run the movie and move your mouse over, it shows the text in it's original size and attributes.

2) Resize Properties Box: I would like to beable to resize the properties box.

3) Floating Object Box: In version 1.85 the Frames property box was made floating and resizable. Can the Objects be done too?

4) Font Attributes: I would like to see the following text attributes... Underline, Align left-center-right-justify, Line spacing (you have letter space). Some fonts show to much line space when the get large.

5) Combine Objects: Currently you have 'group' objects, but you can not assign actions to a group. I would like to see a 'combine' objects just like in CorelDraw! By combine i mean... take several objects an combine them into '1' object that can recieve commands a property change. This '1' object would be just like if you created it. This would make masking much easier.

That's it for now!
I really like this program!!

fwhilton

[Bob Hartzell]

1) Button State: Allow stretching attributes to be alpplied when a button state is copied up. I noticed if I create text and then add the 'over' button state and stretch the text or resize it, that when you run the movie and move your mouse over, it shows the text in it's original size and attributes.
-> Someone else mentioned this. I will look into it.

2) Resize Properties Box: I would like to beable to resize the properties box.
-> This could be very difficult but I will look into it.

3) Floating Object Box: In version 1.85 the Frames property box was made floating and resizable. Can the Objects be done too?
-> Not difficult. For consistency it would probably make sense but I want to think about it.

4) Font Attributes: I would like to see the following text attributes... Underline, Align left-center-right-justify, Line spacing (you have letter space). Some fonts show to much line space when the get large.
-> I will add to to-do list.

5) Combine Objects: Currently you have 'group' objects, but you can not assign actions to a group. I would like to see a 'combine' objects just like in CorelDraw! By combine i mean... take several objects an combine them into '1' object that can recieve commands a property change. This '1' object would be just like if you created it. This would make masking much easier.
-> I will get to this. It will be necessary for bones.

[fwhilton]

Bob...

The toolbar buttons sometime squish on top of each other when the screen is resized.

Thanks

I love KM's!

[Bob Hartzell]

This was reported a very long time ago. There was not a clear indication of what was the cause. I will look at resizing.

[fwhilton]

I found a bug!

When I use graphic in the 'over' button state.. it appeared at the top of my page and not where I put it.

Thanks

[fwhilton]

I was wondering...

> Is there a way that, when I want to edit text that has button states, that they can be edit all together at once. Otherwise I have to go and change my text for each button state.

> Sometimes I create buttons that have different actions. But placing them from frame to frame in the same place can be tricky. Can there be a setting where we can enter in the x, y, cordinates of an object?

> I find that when setting a fountain fill, it defaults to a horz fill. But when I rotate an object, the fill doesn't fit in the object the same way. Can there be a setting or code that fixes this.

> Bug! Rotating multi-lined text destorts the line spacing of the text.

That's it for now!

p.s. Bob, I hope I ain't "buggin" you!

[Bob Hartzell]

> Sometimes I create buttons that have different actions. But placing them from frame to frame in the same place can be tricky. Can there be a setting where we can enter in the x, y, cordinates of an object?
-> It is on my list of things to do. For the meantime, use the selection pointer to give you a x, y coordinate in the status bar.

All noted. The next version late next week will have modest changes because I will be going away for a week Mar. 7.