I have started to put together a flash piece. When I preview it, it displays as it should, however if I export the movie and then view the swf it doesn't display the animations from within one of the folders. I have made sure that the layers aren't hidden.
View 10 RepliesEvery time I draw a gradient box throuh the code (I use a lot of them for the backgrounds with dynamic colours) I can just pray that it shows on the stage. Most of the time it does, but some times it doesn't. The trace statement is lying to me that the graphics is on the stage.
I resize dynamically a textfield to the height of the text in it. Most of the time it resizes correctly, but some times it doesn't, and makes my next line of text invisible. The trace statement again is lying to me that the textfield was resized.
Is there any way to make sure that my code is executed correctly or at least to find the error and fix it?
The example of the text animation and dynamic background I use is here: [URL]
On Windows (Vista32), I want to display some simple graphics on top of a fullscreen flash window (an overlay of useful information while using the flash application). What's the fastest way to accomplish it?
I think I may be able to achieve it using DirectX with the DDSCAPS_OVERLAY flag but with the only example I've found I get an exception:
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I have the code to copy parts of a huge loaded BitmapData to a target BitmapData that is just the size that I can display. I think I have set the scroll bars of an enclosing Canvas to show the size of the larger image and allow the user to scroll. Now I need to put the selected pixels on the screen. When I try to add a Bitmap component as a child of the Canvas, it get an error because Bitmap is not a UIComponent. What's the best way to put the target BitmapData into an Image component?
View 1 RepliesI was wondering about MC and hey can help to lag a game out. I set up an advanced class system so i don't have to use MC to simulate walls, all i use isthe x,y,width and height. Well anyway since i don't need MC anymore I was wondering if there is a way to attach Graphics instead of MC cause a Graphics file size is relatively small than that of a graphic, I think. If anyone could tell me thats true and show me a way to attach graphics that would be nice. I haven't tried it yet but maybe if I exported the graphic from the library imihgt be able to call its name, but it doesn't have an instance name so im stuck.
View 2 Repliesi am trying to receive in my function as a parameter either a shape or a sprite and then access their graphics property, but this gives me an error:
Code:
public static function makeRect( obj:DisplayObject, ...
var g:Graphics;
if(obj is Sprite){
[code]...
//1119: Access of possibly undefined property graphics through a reference with static type flash.display:Graphics.
I have a large vector drawing (imagine 5000x5000) that i want to break up into separate pieces. I know that I can convert this vector drawing into a bitmap and then use the copyPixels method to create many separate bitmaps of the different regions of the original vector drawing, but is there any way to subdivide it into movieclips that just contain vector graphics instead of a bitmap?The reason im dividing a big chunk of vector graphics into smaller pieces is for performance reasons, so flash would only render a small part of this big chunk at a time (only certain regions/voxels/subdivisions are rendered at a time). But bitmaps apparently take up a lot of memory and the system im using would take much less memory if these subdivisions could be preserved in their original vector graphics form.
I imagine I could use masks somehow to achieve this effect (for each subdivision, duplicate the huge image and mask only the region that the subdivision represents), but I dont know the performance costs of masking or if this will create other problems.So is there anyway to split up a movieclip of vector graphics into smaller movieclips of vector graphics the same way copyPixels can with bitmaps?
I'm trying to solve this problem since 1 week ago. But still no luck. I'm using flash cs4. I have a prealoder which is done on action script 3. but the problem is when I added my swf movie it becomes just a plain graphic. All buttons converting in to graphic. I imported swf in to library first and drag and drop the swf movie from there to stage.
View 9 RepliesI just made my first flash game. A memory game, But I cant figure out how to put some graphics on the front of the card. And make it take the pictures from a image folder. and make it look ok ?
View 1 RepliesUsing AS3 code, is it possible to combine 2 graphics or more into one?
Example : combining a rectangle and a triangle to make a nice arrow?
I have an .as class file which creates a circle at the mouseX and Y, another .as file that acts as a getter/setter for my array and a .flv file to run to script. It's sposed to create a circle at the mouse coordinates and expand. the problem is, it creates the circle which expands but depending on how far away you click from the top left, the circles fly right off the stage towards the bottom right.
I traced the x and y coordinates of the circles but their coords aren't changing. heres the code
///// AS File /////
package com.tools.circleDraw {
import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.display.Graphics;
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I have a load of FLA files with large libraries of vector graphics. Is there a way of forcing Flash to create an export(jpg or swf)of all the graphics in a library without having to manually drag them onto the stage or into a scene before publishing or exporting them? I'm thinking there might be an SDK or utility or something that can read fla files and export everything programmatically.
View 3 RepliesI am designing my whole app in photoshop and currently in the process of moving all of the images to flash to add interactivity. The promblem is, when we put the app on the iphone the quality of the graphic is lowered for some reason. When I am building in photoshop my settings: 640px by 960px 72 ppi Saving out as a .jpg When I send the jpg as a picture to my iphone 4 and view it in my "Photos" app, it looks great, but on the test app it loses quality. Does anyone have anyone have any idea whats going on here?
View 16 RepliesI'm looking to build a website that has a flash interface and allows visitors to upload vector art in a number of file formats such as SVG, EPS and AI.
I have two rather large problems...
1) I need to load the original vector art, probably convert it to FLV and display it in my flash application.
2) After the user potentially loads a number of images, adds some text, rotates or transforms some elements, I need to save the resulting composition into a vector art format that I can print.
I'm not much of an AS developer...my experience is mostly in .NET/C# & C++. I'm looking for a good library or API that provides the functionality I will need to convert different image formats and save the results. How much of this can be done using Flash / AS...? How much in C#...?
I am getting below error when I try to use hudson and maven [code]...
View 1 RepliesI have two layers in Photoshop: 1 -- a texture, 2 -- a semi-transparent image that overlaps texture. The combination of the two looks nice in Photoshop. I export them separately from Photoshop saving them as 24 bit PNG with transparency and colors converted to sRGB. (Working color space of PS is sRGB.) The result of importing them into flash makes me cry (see images below, note what areas around crosses look like).
I tried both loading PNGs dynamically and directly importing them into fla (compression type: lossles, allow smoothing: false). Looks like semi-transparent areas are saved inaccurately on export. What's more puzzling to me is why the results differ between dynamic loading and direct importing. Here is that psd I'm stuck upon. Inside the zip you'll find transparency.psd, which has only two layers. I still have no luck in placing them into fla: transparent areas get dirty. [URL]
I'm using flex and drawing a circle using the Spark Ellipse primitive. I am setting the x,y coordinates of the circle myself. I am drawing them within a TitleWindow component. Is it possible to force the circle to not be allowed if I specify a coordinate that is outside the TitleWindow? Or do I have to check the coordinates manually myself?
View 1 Repliesmaking a flash game that has a lot of rather complex illustrator graphics. In the game you walk down a street, so all the graphics has to be moved every frame. In some levels where there are a lot of objects in the street the game starts to lag. after importing it to flash and making a mc of it, break it apart to save flash from drawing all the shapes that aren visible anyway?
View 2 RepliesI have created an animation that randomly puts graphics on the screen (they come in from 0 - 100 alpha). It works great with an array of just a few movieclips. Now I want to import several hundred images from an external list but how do I convert them to movieclips on import? Or can I import them into a movie clip and have a script do the tween?
What are people doing about the lack of manuals with CS4? I can't figure anything out anymore. [URL]
I've checked on the web, but I can't find an article/explanation on how to import vector graphics from illustrator into Flash.If this isn't possible, how do you go about dynamically importing it (not in the swf)?
View 1 RepliesI would like to completely separate the content (text,photo gallery,video files, etc) from the web graphics (interface). What is the best way of accomplishing this? The main reason for doing this is so that the client can quickly update the content as if he/she was editing a text document. I want to avoid having to open the flash files in order to change content.
View 2 RepliesI have swf which consist of many vector graphics.[URL]..If I import the swf to the stage, than I can manipulate this graphics. But this is not enough for me. I need to manipulate from Action Script.
I need to change the colors of this piceses from AS. I tried to use function getObjectsUnderPoint(new Point(mouseX, mouseY)) but it doesn't work. This function doesn't see shapes, graphics or something else.
In Flash the cursor won't move if I use my tablet, but it moves if I use the mouse.. the tablet works outside of flash, like in paint. I use Windows 7 if thats the problem. Yes, I do have the latest drivers for Windows 7.
View 1 RepliesThe documentation for the List component at[URL].. states "A list can also display graphics, including other components," but nowhere can I find an example of HOW to make this happen. Can anyone please point me to a working example, I really need to be able to leverage this functionality, but I cannot for the life of me find anywhere it's being done.
View 4 RepliesI'm creating a card game where the cards flip and are draggable. At the moment, I'm trying to add graphics to my cards using the addChild method, but I'm not having any luck. My cards flip and drag around properly, but I can't seem to get graphics on them. I have the graphics linked for use in action script. I have my cards in memory.fla and am using two external .as classes (DraggableClip.as and MemoryGame.as). Here's the code for both.
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Is there any program or setting for "pointing" flash programs at my graphics card rather than leaving it to the processor and RAM alone? I am running a specific frontend software that is a flash executable- unfortunately it lags heavily on execution despite the fact that I have a very nice video card installed.
View 3 RepliesI can't seem to find free vector art made with flash. I want something like an FLA file I could open up and have a button or something nice looking to copy and paste. Does such a place exist?
View 2 RepliesI have downloaded the latest flash pro cs5.5 package and installed it on 3 different windows XP machines and I get the same bad result. This is Flash Pro 11.5.0.325 on XP SP3.
I made a small slideshow swf consisting of two jpeg images and nothing else. No music or other bells or whistles.Just 2 images converted to symbols, some keyframe/tween definitions with altered alpha channels.The slideshow runs perfectly and as I expect.
I save the slideshow as a .fla file.I need to add some more functionality from this plateau to show that the product can do what we need to the boss.
When I later load this .fla file, I don't see my graphics on the stage anymore. I right-click on the images and click on the option in the dialog to update the images. I see that the white stage now has the image I expected. When I close the dialog that lets me update the image flash pro abends and I get the crash dialog from microsoft.
Why can I make this slideshow and have it run perfectly, save it successfully (so I think) and then it won't load properly or let me work on it after one save?I have downloaded the latest flash pro cs5.5 package and installed it on 3 different windows XP machines and I get the same bad result. This is Flash Pro 11.5.0.325 on XP SP3.
I made a small slideshow swf consisting of two jpeg images and nothing else. No music or other bells or whistles.Just 2 images converted to symbols, some keyframe/tween definitions with altered alpha channels.The slideshow runs perfectly and as I expect.
I save the slideshow as a .fla file.I need to add some more functionality from this plateau to show that the product can do what we need to the boss.
While doing a tutoral it wants me to go to the library and select a pre-installed graphic.When I go to Window and open the Library it is empty. And under Window/Common Library's to submenu has three choices, Buttons, Classes, and Learning Interactions. Does Flash have a gallery of sample graphics and animations installed in Flash Professional 8? If so how do you open it?
View 4 RepliesIs there anyway I can effectively call the equiv. of setText on a Flex Graphics object ?Specifically I'm using a custom cell renderer to display data in a datagrid. The renderer uses the Graphics object to set the background colour of only a portion of the cell (say the left half) based upon the underlying data. I would like to be able to have text over only that portion of the cell which has the background colour (eg centred within the left half). I know all the widths (of both the cell itself and the graphics object) but I don't know how I can set text (centred) over the graphics object.
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