I'm putting together a flash animation which has 1 png file replicated quite a few times. to be more precise, a snow flake. When they build up on top of each other im getting strange blotches that should not be there.I have a feeling that because of how many times the image is replicated it is struggling (Flash, not my computer), as when there were only half of the flakes it did not do it.
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I have a silly question, how do you verify if your install of FMIS needs updating or security patches?I currently have FMIS ver 3.5.3 r824a.How the heck do you even verify if Adobe has a higher version? FMIS page just says FMIS 3.5
Sheesh, can Adobe make anything straight-forward?IT dept where I work says one of their security scans implied - that the FMIS install on one of our servers needs updates, what updates, who knows...
I keep trying to place some pngs in an XML file inside flash. The jpgs work fine but when it gets to the pngs nothing shows up. Do you need to have a special Action Script?
View 5 RepliesI have a flash site which draws from an XML file for loading images. The jpgs work fine but nothing shows up when I try to load the PNG files. Does flash not support it?
View 1 RepliesI've been trying to import 258 PNGs into Flash. It gets up to around 200, +/- 1-2, and anything after that has "Bitmap not loaded" were the thumnail image should be in the library.
My computer is running 64 bit Vista with 4gb of ram.
After whittling down of the options we've encountered a problem with PNG's and ActionScript 3 (AS3).
When loading a PNG 8 or PNG 32 with alpha transparancy we're getting the following error reported in Flash:-
"Error #2124: Loaded file is an unknown type" Now, we're dealing with some legacy images, and it appears as though this problem isn't universal - some images believed to be 32bit alpha PNG are loading. BUT, some conclusions:-
converting one image that was 32 bit alpha (NOT WORKING IN AS3) to PNG 8 index transparency DID work.
And converting that same image to PNG 8 alpha DID NOT work.
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i have about 70 imgs i brought into the library in Flash CS5. Now the SWF is to big bc there all .png files, i tried to go into properties and change there .png to .jpeg but its a very looooong process, is there any way to highlight them all and either change them but updating the .pngs to .jpeg files ?
View 4 RepliesI'm using a set of PNGs to run my cu3er slides. They keep the transparency, until the transition and then they're boxed with a white background. Is there a way to either keep it transparent or set the background color? http://205.186.139.193/ is the test site
Javascript:
<script type="text/javascript">
var flashvars = {};
flashvars.xml = "<?php bloginfo('stylesheet_directory');?>/slider/cu3er.php";
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Has anyone ever encountered this weird, unique error I am gettingWhen I export my program to a SWF all the imported PNGs with alpha transparency (ie; soft edges) render totally wrong - no transparency, very blocky and pixelated. See the attached image for an example;this is out of the blue. Has exported fine recently.
View 1 RepliesI need to important transparent pngs into my SWF, and have them clickable as buttons. Right now, I'm using JPGs with the loader component, but I'm aware this method does not work with PNGs.
View 5 RepliesFlash can compress .png files like Photoshop can compress .jpg files better than any other tool hands down. I have 77 .png files that are 1.8 .megs on my c: drive after I imported them and setting the file compression under the "File > Publish Settings" to 75% for jpg and published the .swf with all the .png on the stage the file size is 350K that's about 20% of the original file size of the .pngs downloaded file by file with 77 separate request.
I can create linkage in the shared .swf and test the movie with code in the shared .swf to add the movieclip holders for each:
.png to the stage but when I load the shared .swf into the main
.swf Flash acts like it can't create the classes based on the
Linkage I setup or that the MovieClip linkage doesn't exist.
I tried a test to have the shared .swf with all the .pngs and linked movieclips to add the assets to it's own stage and it works fine but that means a lot of my code and logic is included in the shared .swf that the designers need to add .pngs to. We need to have the main .swf get a handle of the linked .png assets and place them in the main .swf to load the assets to different parts of the main .swf. It's cute that the shared .swf can add the linked assets to it's own stage but not too useful.
Also the way we deploy we cannot roll out a new release/build to update the .pngs but we can upload a new .swf to the asset server so the .pngs need to be in a separate .swf. I can get the shared MovieClip to add the linked assets to it's own stage when testing and when loading my problem is the main .swf that loads the shared .swf cannot create instances of the classes that are exported for runtime sharing using linkage.
I have been experementing the the loadmovie command in AS1
it works for JPGS
but i cant make it work for PNGs, GIFs, or BMPs
how do i load external images of these types into flash
I'm currently constructing a scrollbar as part of a website using as3 and png images. I've got loaders for each image inside of an array, and when loading on each image finishes, it's added as a child to a sprite on the stage. I've got a background image with no transparency, which loads fine. On top of that, I've got the actual slider, which loads the RGB data, and appears to be using the alpha as a 1-bit mask. So anywhere that I have partial transparency, it just shows up as black, where it should be showing the background underneath. I can't find any attribute that will change the way loaded images process alpha transparency.
View 2 RepliesI have an artist I'm paying to do animation art for me. I need PNGs for each frame in the animation but she is most comfortable doing her animations in Flash. It sounds like getting the frames for me will be difficult for her. She was able to do the still art we needed and give us that as a frame, but for some reason the animation is different? Keep in mind we need PNGs with full transparency support in the background. We can't be clipping these frames out by hand.
View 1 RepliesI'm having a helluva time trying to figure out the syntax for smoothing of dynamically loaded png's. It's such an easy function for as3, but seems very complicated in as2.
Actionscript Code:
import mx.utils.Delegate;import mx.transitions.Tween;import mx.transitions.easing.*;var numOfItems:Number;var radiusX:Number = 100;var radiusY:Number = 40;var centerX:Number = Stage.width / 4;var centerY:Number = Stage.height / 2;var speed:Number = .001;var perspective:Number = 3;var home:MovieClip = this;theText._alpha = 0;var tooltip:MovieClip =
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I am trying to print a movieclip with printjob in flash. This movieclip contains two layers: one with a PNG image with transparency and one below with a jpg image. The problem is that the transparency of the png is not respected so the jpg image does not appear. The code i'm using is real simple: var my_pj:PrintJob = new PrintJob();
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I have a series of PNG files I need to use in a Flash project.Usually I bulk load my PNGs via an xml or json page.I'm just wondering, what is the difference between loading PNG files this way and adding a PNG to the stage via the Library (say, if you imported a PNG file to the library and then added it to the stage via Actionscript OR if you just dragged it on the stage)
View 2 Repliesi have a transparent (in places) png in a movieclip, can i use that png in the movie clip as a mask? i have seen lots of ways of creating compositions but i need the mask movieclip on the top to be able to mask a movieclip underneath that has lots going on animation wise? is this possible. i dont need answers i just need the right direction or a yes or no, i fail to believe i cant copy the bitmap data of a movieclip (and the transparent png images in it) and then use that as a mask
View 4 RepliesI want to create a flash gallery that simply reads all of the files within a folder (they are all PNGs) and show them on the screen, then move to the next photo after a preset time. This would give us a dynamic was of displaying our content, if we could 'drop' the resource in a 'Images' folder and flash would then read that folder.
View 1 RepliesI'm an actionscript dude - I'm working on a papervision game.
I have an asset of which is 127 pngs in a sequence for an animation.
I can happily project this onto my papervision plane. Problem is, there is no transparency. I Can't use a BitmapFileMaterial as I have many pngs -
I have a simple Flash movie which loads several external PNG-24 images into movie clipsEach movie clip is partially transparent (using alpha transparency), and made drag-and-droppable. Everything works properly except that for each movie clip, I am able to drag and drop the clip using the transparent space around the image. I want the "grab-able" area of each clip to correpond to only the non-transparent areas of the PNG, not a rectangular box around each movie clip.
View 2 RepliesWe're working on a project right now where our animator is creating animations in Flash (the tool in which he's most comfortable) which we need to export for our application. He's using separate sprites (for a person, we'd use eyes, mouth, hair, feet, etc.) and transforming them appropriately. So, if his head is rocking back and forth, one frame might be normal, one might be rotated 20°, another normal, and another -20°, and so on.
What we need is to export all of the sprites used in the animation, along with the transform data for each object in each frame. Unfortunately, the animation is being done in Actionscript, which complicates things somewhat, and because we're using sprite components that we use in multiple places, we want each component of the animation exported separately. As long as we can get it into some kind of more easily parse-able format, we should be fine, but we're not familiar enough with Flash, in a technical sense, to know where to start looking. Solutions in Python would be preferred, since that's the language we're all working in.
I'm having an issue with solid backgrounds showing up behing transparent PNGs in Flash. I know this isn't a lot to go on, but I have no idea what is going on here, My client sent me the attached image.. This is what they are seeing (the green box behind the top of the vehicle). I am not seeing this. Apparently this box, and other similar boxes show up during image transitions.
I am using Tweens to fade between different models and colors of the vehicle. I was originally using Caurina/Tweener, and experienced similar issues myself, but since switched to using the built in tween class, and am not seeing any problems anymore, but apparently my client is.You should be able to see the attached image. You can also view the demo link, to see if you see any issues yourself with the PNGs fading in and out....(you'll have to sit through the intro, then click EXPAND on the final frame)
I want to load external png's through this code:
(for this code, check the mcBandPreloader in de .fla file)
Code:
var imageLoader:Loader;
var RespJpeg:String = "images/arch1Proj.jpg"
function loadImage(url:String):void {
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Here the problem is that I can't type html in my external txt file. (I did checked the html button in Dynamic Text Properties. What am I doing wrong here?
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I have an expanding banner ad that when expanded appears underneathe the other embedded swf's on the page.Is this a known problem? I've tried a million ways to play with the z-index.
View 1 RepliesI'm not sure if this is a flash thing or a dreamweaver so I've put it in both for now.
I have just finished my flash website and it looks fine in Firefox and Safari but a friend sent me a snapshot of how it looks in IE and it has some weird scrollbars showing up, as well as the normal browser scrollbars...why is this?
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I have a dynamic text field that I create and populate with code, and a UIScrollBar that goes along with it.works correctly, the scroll-bar appears no problem.The issue comes in when I load the SWF into another project.I have a SWF interface that loads other pages (SWF, FLV, etc) When the SWF with the scrollbar is loaded into the interface, the scrollbar does not display at all.Here is the code for the scrollbar SWF, if:
import fl.controls.UIScrollBar;
var myTxt:TextField = new TextField();
myTxt.border = false;
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I've got a swf file that is supposed to play back a flv within a player. When I test it locally, it works fine, but when I upoaded all of the files (swf, flv, and SteelExternalPlaySeekMute) to the server, when I call the main swf on the page, it doesn't show the controls. If I just call up the swf in a new browser, though, it works fine.
I think the problem may lie in the fact that the html file that loads the swf is not in the same filepath in the server as the swf file. Could it be that the swf is looking for the controls swf in the html's directory, rather than the directory its in? (Though, that doesn't make sense, because it appears to load the flv without an issue, and they are in the same directory)
i had a actionscript1.0 flash file.i edited that file using actionscript2.0(flash8.0)
and pubilsh .swf file. that .swf file did not have page number,any label,text.it only has display images
handling of frame-by-frame bitmap animations?I'm putting together an app with an animated character that stands on screen and moves around doing animations. Each animation (Talking, Dancing, Jumping, etc) is an individual Movie Clip made up of around 50+ PNGs in sequence. I'm using CS3 to create the clips, and export them as SWCs for use in Flex.
The problem is memory usage. It seems that Flash will place the entire movieclip into memory , and when we are talking 50 frames, 256w x 256h, 24-bit color, 8-bit alpha, that's a lot of memory (so (256*256)*4 = 250k each frame * 50 frames = ~13 megs of memory for each clip). Couple that with the fact that Garbage Collection doesn't seem to happen very often, and this simple little app takes can take up 300megs+ of memory.
