ActionScript 3.0 :: Convert 3d Sprites/MovieClips To Bitmaps?
Oct 14, 2009
Is it possible to convert a sprite or movieclip with 3d properties such as rotationY = 20 to a Bitmap. I have tried the following method (which works fine if no 3D parameters have been applied):
Code:
mySprite.rotationY = 20;
var myBitmapData:BitmapData = new BitmapData(mySprite.width, mySprite.height, true, 0x00FFFFFF);
myBitmapData.draw(mySprite);
var myBitmap:Bitmap = new Bitmap(myBitmapData, "auto", true);
However this returns the following error: Error #2015: Invalid BitmapData I have read that when you use any of the 3D parameters on a sprite or MovieClip, that Flash caches these as Bitmaps - is it therefore possible to get this data and put into a Bitmap variable?
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