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Basic grouping and saving - Tutorial

35sheep on 9. May, 2011 — Lang: English

Basic grouping and saving - Tutorial

  • Description

    Hey guys,
    I've been asked to make a basic tutorial on how to use the library. This is the result. Lots of text and almost no graphics. You shouldn't have asked, if you ask me ...

    Feedback is welcome - Let me know if anything is missing!

    This strip is a reply to Tutorial - Chicken, Stuck - 47, Theme Pack Contest, SG for DUMMIES Contest!

    Transcript

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    You can only save GROUPS to your library, so you have to know how to group stuff:

    Choose some stuff from characters, items or shapes

    Arrange the stuff to your liking

    Select everything 'dragging' with the mouse or shift+click everything

    Now - with your stuff selected - you can group, and then save to your library for future use

    Group

    Save

    Some remarks:

    1) You can group and save masked objects. This is handy if you "build" your own characters from shapes. (And you can mask grouped objects, but that's a whole other story ...)

    2) You can NOT group groups!!! If you can't group your stuff, check that some of it isn't grouped already

    3) You can NOT group textboxes. This means that you cant SAVE textboxes either

    4) You can NOT group elements from your friends libraries

    5) You can NOT UN-group elements from your friends libraries either

    6) But you CAN ungroup elements from your own library. This comes in handy, if you made a character, and you want to change facial expression, move an arm, or anything like that.

    Is it just me, or is that sheep-guy really, really boring???

    Tags:
    35sheep, tutorial, grouping, saving, library
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Comments

  • Fiddler
    miyan 4.6.2013
    group group groupies...
  • Fiddler
    nik_drumm 27.10.2012
    Thanks!
    Can't wait to try this out.
  • Fiddler
    Vicent124 25.8.2012
    cool! :D
  • God
    MadameCercle 28.7.2012
    * * *
  • Emperor
    EdWilder 18.3.2012
    These are such cool and subtle tools...thanks for re-sharing!
  • Duke
    Patrickfan9 22.1.2012
    Great tutorial!
  • Expert
    wishing 2.11.2011
    these are good tutorials
  • Shizzle
    asfaltocaldo 24.10.2011
    very useful! I've found out I just knew but the iceberg peak of the stuff...
  • Shizzle
    NathanTo 20.9.2011
    Awesome tutorial.
  • God
    gregheffleydude1 15.9.2011
    Awesome tutorial! And it's just the cow, sheep. You are not boring.
  • Traveler
    begbie 18.8.2011
    My group icon is not active when i select items to group them! Help??

    edited by owner

  • Shizzle
    Tproductions 13.5.2011
    great! :D
  • Bwana
    Ynnad 11.5.2011
    Good tutorial, I think this will really help anyone who isn't sure, well done!
  • Shizzle
    Drachir 11.5.2011
    Feeling grouping
  • God
    Ambrosius77 11.5.2011
    Congratulations sheep!
  • God
    35sheep 11.5.2011
    @martin: As opeluna wrote: It sounds like you haven't any free slots in your library. If it isn't that, then I dont know.

    Does anyone know how many slots the library has, when you are a traveler?
  • Regular
    martinman1 11.5.2011
    I asked them and they said it might be that I didn't upgrade my flash player(I did) or I have a new browser. I don't know what that means.
  • God
    opeluna1 11.5.2011
    well, that's all I've got, my suggestion, place a question to the staff, at the bottom of the homepage....sorry!;S
  • Regular
    martinman1 11.5.2011
    @opeluna1: I tried that and it still didn't work.
  • God
    opeluna1 11.5.2011
    @martinman!, simple, you don't have enough space for them, have to delete something you don't need...

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