ActionScript 3.0 :: Drawing Gradients In 3 To 2?
Nov 21, 2009how to change below code to as2.
var _loc_1:MovieClip;
//var _loc_2:Graphics;
var _loc_2:MovieClip;
var _loc_3:MovieClip;
var _loc_4:Matrix;
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ActionScript 3.0 :: Help With Gradients
Jan 26, 2009Hi --
I am trying to programatically create a gradient fill. I have
tried
following the examples in the Flash CS3 help but they don't
seem to work
right.
The help file states:
ratios:Array - An array of color distribution ratios; valid
values are 0 to
255. This value defines the percentage of the width where the
color is
sampled at 100%. The value 0 represents the left-hand
position in the
gradient box, and 255 represents the right-hand position in
the gradient
box.
So I interpret this to mean that if I have a box that is 200
pixels wide
that 0 would be at 0 in the box, 128 would be at 100 and 255
would be at
200. However, it appears that 255 is always the middle of the
box and 128 is
1/4 of the box.
What I want to do is create a three color gradient of red,
blue and green
where blue is in the middle, red is on the left and green on
the right and
the colors transition.
Can someone please help me here?
Thanks
Rich
ActionScript 3.0 :: How To Gradients In Bitmaps Affect CPU
Jan 20, 2012I'm confused by a tip in Adobe's own documentation that says:Avoid using gradients, because they require many colors and calculations to be processed, which is more difficult for a computer processor to render.I understand how this would be true in a vector shape fill, but they aren't specifying vector. It seems to be implied they include bitmaps too, since the next couple tips are bitmap related.If they do in fact include bitmaps in this tip, can someone explain to me how this is possibly true? In a bitmap a pixel is a pixel. I don't see how it matter that the pixels form a gradiated color or not, the software still has to read and write each pixel regardless.
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Oct 12, 2010I have noticed a problem with the display of gradients since upgrading to CS4, and continuing in CS5. Prior to that, gradients used to display fairly reliably in Flash. Now I have noticed the following problems in CS4/CS5, on multiple computers and monitors. For instance, If I display the following drawing, which has several gradients, it looks like this on the left side of the screen:
If I drag the object--which is a graphic object from the library, drawn completely inside of Flash--to the right side of the screen, it looks like this: As you can see, the gradients do not display properly. The same thing happens when I scale the image down to a smaller size. It invariably looks worse on the right side of the screen than on the left. This display problem carries through into the SWF file when I export the movie.
In order for a complicated gradient drawing to look good on the right side of the screen, it has to be enlarged. This just didn't happen--using the same machines--with CS2.
Saving AI CS4 Vector With Gradients For Flash MX
Dec 16, 2009I need some help on how to save down a file. I created a flat vector design with linear and radial gradients. I now have to save this file down to be viewed and worked on in a very old version of Macromedia Flash (Yep, it's that old). The end file needs to be a .SWF. The problem I am having is when I save down, the curves of the vector are lost and get choppy and the gradients lose their coloring and don't look correct at all. I have saved down to every version Illustrator allows me to, exported as a SWF, manually dropped it into Flash CS4 and saved down but it never comes out looking the same.
There is only 1 layer in the file, all shapes are vectors, no masks and the only "effects" I guess you could say, are the gradient fills. how to get this file into Flash and keep it's curves and gradients?
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May 15, 2010Is there a place online where I can find like 16 linear gradients that match good with each other? I need them for a chart of mine and the ones generated (by Flex) aren't good enough.
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Mar 29, 2011I am trying to create a simple gui component that has a vertical gradient, simple enough right... I create the sprite, and draw the gradient with beginGradientFill and a matrix with a 90 degree radian angle on it; but it stops working if the sprite has a long width, below is an exmaple of what I mean:
package {
import flash.display.GradientType;
import flash.display.Shape;
import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.geom.Matrix;
[Code] .....
If I change
matrix.createGradientBox(800, 100, Math.PI*0.5, 0, 0);
to
matrix.createGradientBox(800, 100, Math.PI, 0, 0);
It works fine - but horizontally - why is it that applying 90 degrees the fill does not work?
ActionScript 3.0 :: Fading Gradients - Animation Slows Down Dramatically
Dec 29, 2009I got a script that fades gradients into each other working. No actually runtime errors but after about 10 minutes (or so) of running the fading animation slows down dramatically. The code is about 100 lines long and for the first 10 minutes (or so) it runs great. I have made a note in the code where I think the issue is arising.
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ActionScript 2.0 :: Enabling Drawing Only When Drawing = True
Sep 28, 2009I cannot get this to work. Without the "var drawing", "var drawing being true or false" and the "if statement", it works fine. But I need to add the "var drawing" so that you can only draw if you turn it on by pressing the "draw_btn" button. Note, I do not get an error, the script "apparently" contains no errors. Here is the code:
ActionScript Code:
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Jan 13, 2012I've created a drawing tool which allows the user to draw on the canvas, the problem is that if I try to draw over a movieclip nothing happens. Is there a way I can allow for the user to draw over movieclips? For example if I had a background of paper?
Here's the code I'm using for it:
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//1.
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Feb 18, 2009I need to draw on stage about 40,000 4x4 squares each a different color. The color is determined by an xml file. I have this working in as2 and have converted it to as3 the problem is the amount of time it takes to draw is causing cs4 to time out. I have extended the script time out to 60 seconds. In cs3 as2 it would draw the squares in about 15 seconds. I was hoping as3 cs4 would improve performance but seems to be the opposite. I have tried several methods such as adding children and various drawing variations. the bellow seems to work the best, but is still causing flash to crash.
ActionScript Code:
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import flash.display.Graphics;
import flash.display.Shape;
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