Flash :: [F8] Antialias Dynamic Text

How To Antialias Dynamic Text Field In F5?
I just recently got interested on actionscript, so I'm a newbie on that one. My problem is that my dynamic text fields look pretty ugly because I can't get antialias on them. Static text fields look just fine (within the same movie as those DTFs without antialias). I'm using Flash 5. What I'm doing wrong?

Antialias Text In Dynamic Textfield?
I have a dynamic textfield that is being constantly updated by the user and displayed on stage. I want to make this text antialiased so that it flows with the rest on the text on stage. Is it possible to display antialias text in a dynamic textfield. Thanks in advance.

Antialias Dynamic Text <- Here's The REAL Problem
Is there an option in Flash that can influence dynamic text to look antialiased in the player?

I'm trying get my dynamic text box to render antialiased when seen in the Flash Player (viz. a percent indicator for a preloader). Is there anyone out there who can help me with this? I've seen it done many a time on different sites but just can't get it to antialias!

Check out the preloader on my site:

http://www.sa4x4.co.za/index1.htm

Thanks in advance.

Unwanted Antialias Movieclips On Dynamic Resize
I am building a photography portfolio. I am dynamically loading images into an empty movieclip using XML, but i want this to be framed by a single pixel white frame. I am doing this by placing a white square behind the image and dynamically re-sizing it to 1px larger the the photograph image in each dimension.

Now, even though i am placing and sizing the image and the white correctly i am getting an antialiased border around the image instead of a crisp single pixel line? I have checked that at every level the clips involved are scaled and moved to exact whole integer values...to no avail. If I zoom in to the published movie it looks ok but at 100% the frame is blurred and uneven.

I'm unsure if the border is blurred against the background or if the image is antialliasing over the border at its edges.

Can anyone help me ??????

Cheer in advance.

Ptol

[Flash8] Dynamic Textfield Antialias Problem
Hi All,
I have added some medium large text around 1000 characters in a dynamic textfield and when i use actionscript to animate it horizontally, it scrolls jumpily, slowly and terribly too. However when i remove Embed all fonts. It works fine. Is there anyway to speed this up? Coz i want the dynamic text to look neat and tidy and also be able to use masking. I have already recieved some suggestions but am still unable to get them to work. More Suggestions are welcome.
Treat this as most urgent..

Antialias Text With Variable Text Inside Flash Authoring Environment?
Here's the code I'm using, and the question I have is after the code.

<code>
if (_root.button == 1){
mytext = "Available: {Available} ";
} else if (_root.button == 2){
mytext = "Price: {Price} ";
} else if (_root.button == 3){
mytext = "button 3{button_3} ";
} else if (_root.button == 4){
mytext = "button 4{button4} ";
} else {
mytext = "Zoning: {Zoning} ";
}
</code>

P.S.
These brackets "{}" are used for Generator variables that get pulled in from an access database.

So my question is this...

Is it possible to get this text to show up antialiased in my dynamic text field?

I've already tried to publish the movie with the text field option set to "EMBED ENTIRE FONT", and the only thing that shows up is the data coming from the database... the text that is already embeded in the variable does not show up.

Am I doing something wrong in my code?

any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanx.
-fourfold

Antialias Text
how do i make nice crisp text without all the aliasing. I know how to make it show it crisp in the stage, but when i run my movie it is still antialiased.

Cheers
Jon

Antialias Text
Why doesn't text antialias (smoothen) In a dynamic scroll text box?

Antialias Text?
Hi there,

I am using a font called MINI 7, great for webdesign, but it does not work well if the text is Antialiased. I turn the Antialias text off but then when I export the movie the text is automatically Antialiased. Is there a way to tell flash to not Alias text on export ?????

Thanks !!!

Antialias Text
This might be a stupid question, if it is you have my humblest apologies, but how do I create antialiased text in flash. The minute you publish it smoothes everything out.

Please help

Antialias Text
Having some problems getting text to be crisp...

Selecting 'Antialias Text' from the 'View" menu doesn't seem to do what it is suppost to...

I'm using 'Arial' for the font, but if I use '_sans' for the font it works...

Any ideas why this doesn't function across fonts?

Fishheads with Beer

Antialias Type For Text In Text Area Component?
Can I set the anti alias type for text in a text area component? I have the components on the stage with the appropriate instance names related to those in the code. This code is what I have so far but I cant figure out a way to change the anti alias type for the text entered in the text area control:

Code:

var pformat:TextFormat = new TextFormat(new TrebuchetMS().fontName);
//var pformat:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
pformat.font = "Trebuchet MS";
pformat.size = 12;
name_txt.setStyle("embedFonts", true);
email_txt.setStyle("embedFonts", true);
message_txt.setStyle("embedFonts", true);
//message_txt.antiAliasType = AntiAliasType.ADVANCED;

name_txt.setStyle("textFormat", pformat); //text input
email_txt.setStyle("textFormat", pformat); //text input
message_txt.setStyle("textFormat", pformat); //text area

Antialias On Small Text
I am creating a nav menu with small text (12pt). I dont want it antialiased, but if I view it as "fast" it looks a bit ****e! Have I missed something, do I sort it in the export movie bit or what???
heh

cheers
Dee

Antialias Text - Disable?
Ok, I have purchased some nice new pixel fonts (from fontsforflash)
they work fine in a dynamic text box that is set to left justification, but If i center the text in the middle of the field, flash tries to antialias the text!

how can I display text in the middle of a dynamic text box, without flash trying to be clever?

I understand about the SetQuality FSCommand but is there any further tweaking insted of 0=Low 1=High?

I dont want to disable all antialiasing, only on the text.

hope i have explained clearly...
here is the link to the project i am working on:
click on the latest version

thanx all!

Static Text Non-Antialias?
I needed to create a scrollfield with buttons in it, so I had to use a movieclip and a scrollpane. In the MC I used Static Text, or elsewise the Dynamic or Input Text would run off of the Scrollpane, and all of the text wood be visible and the buttons woodn't show. So I setup everything, and when I viewed it, the text was all blurry and ugly, I'm using a pixel font, and even when I put quality to low, the pixelation is there, but like O, P, D, etc. is filled in, and still loooks weird. Is there a way to fix this so they will look nice n crisp?

Fla - Problem is in scene "Beats" , Symbol "BeatList"

Antialias Text Problem
Hiya, I'd be really greateful if someone could help me out!

I want to take the the antialias off my text as it's looking really ropey and i prefer it without but when I do it stops the text from animating! The way i'm doing doing is either ticking 'Use Device Fonts' or changing the properties of the text to dynamic or input but both these ways are stopping the instance from animating!

Does anyone know of the correct way to do it?

Cheers
Carolyn

How To Antialias Scrolling Text ?
Hi there, thanks for taking the time.

I'm using the Scrollbar component to make a
scrollable text area. And it works fine
but I need the text to be Antialiased and
not sharp like normal HTML text is.

Does somebody know how to do that ?

I'm attaching 2 gifs to see what I mean:

Aliasedscroll.gif I what I get,
Anti-Aliasedscroll.gif is what I want.

I hope somebody can help me, Thanks !!

Antialias Text Not Working
I am new to Flash and have just been putting togther some text effects. I have the antialias text option ticked but when I 'test the scene' or view the html the text is not smoothed although it appears this way when I am creating the scene.

Any help much appreciated, thankyou in advance...

HTML // Antialias Text
I can bring html into a text box in flash, but is it possible to make it Antialias (Embedded)?

Easy Way To Turn Off Antialias Text
After extensive testing, I have come to the realization that by making the text dynamic, non-selectable and not embedding the font . I get exactly what I'm looking for.
Thanks for the help!
Joseph Hahn
CyberHues, Inc.

Load Antialias Text In Flash
Hi!
I've done a simple flash movie to load some text in it so it can be shown in a different way than simple css
I've seen sfir but I intend to do it easier.
My problem comes when I load a text in flash from a param written on the html. It can only be seen aliased [when I try antialias the text isn't shown] and left aligned [I want it on the right]
I have no actionscript, and only a text named "txt" and what I'm trying to pas is "< param name="flashvars" value="txt=it works" >" [or any other text]

Can anyone help me please?

Thank you

Text Blurring: Antialias Problem
I have some textfields that I want to blur and unblur depending on the user interactions. They blur correctly, but when they unblur the text looks pixelated.

It happens with static and dynamic textfields, there is no difference. But it happens with textfields that I have applied a textformat to, and not with those which are formatted at the IDE.

Any idea?

Loaded SWFs And Text Antialias
Hi,

I'm loading several SWFs from one main movie. A couple of those loaded clips have static text fields, set to Bitmap text (no antialias).

If I try those clips separately, the text looks fine, but when they're loaded into the main movieclip, the text gets antialiased and looks awful...

Do you know how can I turn text antialiasing for loaded clips off?

Thanks in advance.

AS2 - Drop Shadow And Antialias Text
I want to antialias text and drop shadow some text. So I tried this code.

Code:
radioGroup.addEventListener("click", rbListener);

qFormat=new TextFormat("Mia's Scribblings ~");
qFormat.bold=true;
qFormat.color=0xF4BA33;
qFormat.size=20;
createTextField("qTxt",100,50,150,200,30);
//qTxt.embedFonts = true;

qTxt.antiAliasType = "advanced";
//qTxt.sharpness=10;

qTxt.text="hello there";
qTxt.setTextFormat(qFormat);
it works ok (although I thought I had to embed fonts) anyway when I add the code below, for drop shadow, everything goes jagged again?

Code:
import flash.filters.DropShadowFilter;
var art:MovieClip = createRectangle(100, 100, 0x003366, "gradientGlowFilterExample");
var distance:Number = 5;
var angleInDegrees:Number = 45;
var color:Number = 0x000000;
var alpha:Number = .8;
var blurX:Number = 10;
var blurY:Number = 10;
var strength:Number = 2;
var quality:Number =3;
var inner:Boolean = false;
var knockout:Boolean = false;
var hideObject:Boolean = false;
var filter:DropShadowFilter = new DropShadowFilter(distance, angleInDegrees, color, alpha, blurX, blurY, strength, quality, inner, knockout, hideObject);
var filterArray:Array = new Array();
filterArray.push(filter);
qTxt.filters = filterArray;

3 Questions:main Bar Off/fixed Size/antialias Text
Hi, I´m gonna do a intro, as an exe. file for a cd rom in flash and I got some questions I think someone might help:

1)How can I take the the main bar off the top, so it doesn´t show options at all, leaving just the screen I designed?

2)I want the size of the screen to be 640 x 480 at all times and not make possible for people to maximize it (it kinda relates to the first questions). How can I do it?

3)Can I have some of the text written not using the antialias and others with? How?

Thanks a lot

Loading An External HTML File/Antialias Text OFF
Is it possible to load an external (same directory) HTML file into a specified area of a SWF file? If not...is it possible to load the external txt file with variables within the external txt file to call for an external image to show? (christ....I've even confused myself with that explanation)

and how the hell do you export a movie so the antialias text is off? not liking the fuzzy look! Just 'unticking' the antialias in the menu does NOT work!

Disabling Text Antialias Of A Non Existing Font In The Users Computer
Hello there,

I need to find a way to disable the antialias of a spefic font "nokia.tff". A way of doing it is to put the text field as "dynamic text" for the antialias to be gone.

But (there's always a "but") this won't happen if the user doesn't have the "nokia.tff" font installed on his computer. Instead, it will replace with a crappy looking "Times New Roman".

No good, that's not the solution!
Well, the last chance was to "embed the entire font outline" into the swf, but (there's the "but" again...) the antialias is back on!!!!

I'm going crazy!
Does anyone know a good way of disabling it?
Thanks in advance

Please Help With Antialias
Well I explane you my problem: I saw a lot of great Flash Movie on Internet, but they're all shining and without antialias.
I use Flash 4, because I can't use Flash 5 but the problem is that when I make some lines, polygons to make the shape of my movie, the problem is that they're all with a too-visible antialias and they're not shining...

What's the problem?

Thanks,
Beppe

Please Help With Antialias :(
I've already posted my question few days ago, but now the concept is clearer (hope so)

I've got 2 scenes

If I test one scene (with ctrl+shift+enter) antialias is activated on my gifs (I want it to be activated)

If I test alle the movie antialias is deactivated! (I don't want this!) How can this happen?

I'm going mad!

Please help!

How To Get Over Bad Antialias?
For some time I have trouble with Flash over bad antialiasing.
To show what I'm talking about, look at this:
http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/180/badantsd2.jpg

Just 3 simple blocks, but some having antialias line on the side... I know this is not much, but in some cases blurs the picture significantly. Is there a solution for this?

Antialias Bug
Hi! I´ve stumbled across a very annoying thing. If i place static text one level up in a mc with a animation on it, some of the text is all blurred, i have found one answer for this: http://www.actionscript.org/forums/a...3/t-56060.html but it still doesnt work. Im finished with an entire site and the only thing keeping me from releasing it is this got **** problem
Some of the text blocks looks as the should and some do not, help me =P

Non Antialias Font
HI all.. Is MX like flash 5 that you can't have non-antialiased fonts that are included?
(using high quality)

I've looked/tried, just want to make sure..

thanks,
J

Antialias Justify
Hi. How can you have text jusified without antialiasing?

Antialias And Loadmovie
Hi all

i 've a little problem with the new antialias function in flash MX.

I made a movie with a pixel font and that movie will be load in a big movie. in that little movie, i have some text write in a pixel font and i antialias it (with the function in flash mx). it works when i launch the little movie alone, but when i load it in the big movie, the antialias has gone away and the the text is blurred.

Did anyone know if the antialias works from a loadmovie or there is a few thing to do before?

thanks by advance.
Yerom

Antialias Problem?
I'm still new to Flash (using 5.0) and when I am working in Flash, I don't have the "antialias text" selected, and the text looks sharp and clear, but as soon as I preview or upload, the text gets fuzzy.

How can I fix this?

Thanks!

RRyan

Antialias [flashMX]
When I put text in flash I could choose between antialias and antialias text.
On the stage I can see the difference between each other.
When I publish my movie it doesn't seem to care about the antialias.

It's like its always converting to antialias text. There is kind of a blur around each letter I don't like that.

Is there a way that I could keep my antialias instead of antialias text

Thanks

Antialias For Readibility
Hi everyone
weird stuff with a font. if i set antialias for readibility, the font looks cut at the bottom. If i set antialias for animation, it is ok. is there any solution for this?
Cheers

Rob

****ed Non Antialias Fonts
-if i place a font without antialias on the root, at a perfect pixel (no .4 .5 blablabla) it's ok (note:but not always)

-if I place it in a movieclip, on the right pixel and even the movieclip is placed right the font will blur almost always, I can't understand why!!!

I'm using a Trebouchet at size 11.
Just to be sure I've tried with a Verdana at a even number size and I tried to publish the movie with different flash player versions.... nothing... ALWAYS BLURRED...

I wonder why even if Macromedia choosed to put the "non antialias text" the fonts will still blur... and MX 2004 sounded like it worked better... but it doesn't!!!
I don't know what to do...
If you have any suggestion...

Custom Antialias
Does this only work with dynamic textfields? I've set the render method of some static textfields to be 'custom antialias', and they display great in the authoring player. But when I view them in the browser, they're a mess.

Dynamic fields work fine though.

Anyone experienced this?

GetTextExtent + AntiAlias
Here's a little problem.

From what I understand, in Flash 8 there are 2 types of Antialias. "Normal" (like in flash 7) and "Advanced" (new to flash 8).

I need to create a bunch of TextField at runtime with dynamic text. I'm using a TextFormat object, to which I set all my style info, using a embed text, and then ask for the height using getTextExtent. I then create the textfield using this height, apply the TextFormat object to the TextField, nd finally apply antialiasing.

When using the "Normal" antialiasing, all is fine, but if I use "Advanced", about 50% of my TextFields are missing the last line , which means the "Advanced" antialiasing creates a bigger font for some reason.

My guess is GetTextFormat, to which I didn't find a way to specify antialiasing, use either none at all, or use "normal".

Is there a way to fix this problem? Is it possible to use "Advanced" antialiasing, and still have dynamic height using getTextExtent?

thanks!

How To Antialias In Windows Projector?
Like the subject says, how do I get scaled images to appear antialiased in windows projector? I found a couple questions in this forum that cover the same thing, but I didn't find any answers. Even when the movie plays at the normal size I built it to, the images still have jagged edges. Any suggestions?

Antialias Is Too Strong, How Do I Calm It Down
Okay, here is the site

http://matthewbernardo.com/flash/

If you click on the portfolio section, each page has a small description. My problem is, however, that the text comes up looking really bad, as if the antialiasing worked it over a bit too much. I tried other settings, but antialias for animation was too soft and no aliasing was terrible (I would switch to device fonts, but not everyone has the font I am using). Also the custom anti alias doesnt seem to do anything. How do I get the text to be crisp, but not burnt?

Thanks in advance.