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Adobe Flash CS4: Bone Tool Problems.

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MADCAP3213

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Jan 5, 2009, 8:09:55 AM1/5/09
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OK, so let's say I make a leg. The leg is composed of three separate parts, the
thigh, lower leg, and foot/shoe. If I try to use the bone tool, which I find
easier to animate with this kind of stuff, it almost works, except for ONE
problem... The "Bone" I click and drag doesn't allow me to ANYWHERE past the
symbol/object I'm already in.

Let's say I'm connecting the Thigh to the Knee area in the leg example. If I
try to drag the bone cursor anywhere outside the thigh and into the lower Leg,
the Bone Tool indicates I can't do that with a Circle and a Line through it.

If I TRY to let go where I want, despite what the Bone Tool tells me, the
Stage turns gray, except for the object I was trying to drag the bone into, and
I receive this "prompt" from the Output tab:

Plugin tool script error in method mouseDown

If someone could please help me fix this, that would be AWESOME. Thanks!

atr...@yahoo.com

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Jan 10, 2009, 11:15:53 AM1/10/09
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I'm having this same problem...i was wondering if you ever figured it
out? It's really frustrating

atr...@yahoo.com

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Jan 10, 2009, 11:16:12 AM1/10/09
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mitchell...@gmail.com

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Jan 19, 2009, 10:44:41 AM1/19/09
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I had the same problem. If you have any extensions in extension
manager cs4 try disabling them. For me disabling an extension called
Pixel Tools fixed the problem.

turne...@gmail.com

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Jan 23, 2009, 5:52:05 PM1/23/09
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I recieved the same error but figured it out. There appears to be a
problem with the Bone tool "seeing" all the elements. To easily
correct this or work around the problem, simply use the Select tool
FIRST choose all the elements (three in your case), then use the Bone
tool to connect. It will work. If you're not sure if all the
elements are selected, use the Select tool and draw an outline (upper
left to lower right) surrounding all three elements - you will see
them "selected." Good luck and let me know if this corrected it. It
appears the tool has some issues but I'm sure Adobe is working them
out.

Vijay

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Feb 21, 2009, 8:48:06 PM2/21/09
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I get the same problem after trying your method.

odabe

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Mar 3, 2009, 6:54:45 PM3/3/09
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Still no solutions to this? I stopped getting the error message after
installing all current software updates, but the tool still doesn't work on
multiple shapes. Symbols work fine -- just not multiple shapes.

odabe

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Mar 4, 2009, 7:03:35 PM3/4/09
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Never mind. I think this only works on a single shape or multiple symbols. It's still a little buggy. Cool, but buggy.
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