Flash :: Importing A Graphic Question

Graphic Problem Upon Importing
Hello!
I'm having a strange problem.

I created a graphic in Illustrator that I'm exporting as a swf file which is in turn being imported into my Flash movie.

Oddly enough, when I import it INTO Flash, one of the letters loses its fill and it fills in an area that should NOT be filled in. The lowercase "a".

Any ideas or suggestsion? It's driving me batty!
Thanks!
Furpants

Graphic Importing Problem / CS3
Hey guys,

So I'm having a problem when I try to import a .png file into my flash project. Once they are imported and put on the stage they become severely aliased almost as though they are being resized without actually being resized.

Any tips would be much appreciated! Thanks!

Importing Graphic In Flash
What's the best way to import graphic file (created with photoshop or similar tool) into flash so it doesn't loose it's quality and stays nice and clear? Are there any tips and tricks? :wink:

thanks

Swf File Importing Into The Library As A Graphic
I have a standard swf movie that I am importing into another mover. This particular swf file is interactive so that the student can drag an x to the right answer and then there is a reset button. When I try to import this file into my main movie it seems to loose all interactivity or action scrip coding and come in only as a graphic file. What am I doing wrong?

Swf File Importing Into Library As A Graphic
I am trying to bring a swf file I made into the library of a new movie. I have don this many time, but for some reason this particular file will not come into the library as a swf. Can anyone help me with this? I am desperate.

I am attaching the fla file, if you export it as an swf file and try to import it into a new movie it will come into the library or onto the stage as a graphic file and cannot be used.

I am using FlashMX2004

Thanks to anyone who can help, Carolyn

Importing SWF Creates Bitmap And Graphic
I've created my user interface in Photoshop > opened file in ImageReady and exported document as SWF for my Flash 8 pro. When the SWF is imported to Library in Flash, the library gets a bitmap AND a graphic of each image.

Can someone explain why?

Which should I use on the stage?

Do I need to keep both library items?

*Confused*

Importing Screen Dump As Graphic
Hi...

I have taken a screen dump of an application created in access. I then want to insert this shot into my flash document. The problem is it loses so much quality you can't read the text.

The picture is fine in photoshop or fireworks even as a jpg, but as soon as it is imported into flash the quality is so bad you can't read the text.

I have set jpeg quality to 100%, bt it makes little differance.

can anyone help?

ta

Importing Fireworks Graphic Files Into Flash...
Hello,

I'm trying to import a graphic that I created in fireworks (.png file) into my flash movie. The actual importing seems to work alright, but the problem is my graphic is using an effect from the effect list, but when I import the graphic, the effect doesn't show up. Is there a way to stop this from happening? I have tried coverting to a gif file (because I want it to have a transparent background), but it messes up how the image looks. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

P.S. I wasn't sure which board to post this on, so if there is another one where I should have posted, please let me know.

IMporting Graphic File Types/Transparency
Wondering what file formats support tranparency. acutally maybe not a direct flash question now that i think about it.

i have a pic i want to import into flash maintaining transparency. flash doesnt support tga, but gif and jpeg dont support transparency.

anyone know?

thanks

Replacing A Graphic For Another Graphic
Hi! Im right now creating a flash program, in which i want to replace the graphic with another graphic from the library using ActionScript coding. I have started using action script properly a couple of days ago, so anything beyond a beginner level code wont really make sense to me.

Thanks for your help.

After The Graphic
Once I import convert a graphic file from its original form(ie JPEG, GIF, etc) and convert it in to a graphic, do I need to keep the original file in my movie, or is it just taking up space.

Graphic
I have a globe graphic on my website and I was wondering if anyone knows how I can make it spin. Thanks

Get Me Out Of This Graphic
okay,

lets say you have a scene named "horse", a button symbol named "cat", and a graphic symbol named "ostrich".

WHY IS IT that when you put "cat" in "ostrich" with the actionscript,

on (release) {gotoAndPlay("horse", 30);
}

it doesnt play the thirtieth keyframe of "horse", but rather it goes back to the very first scene of the entire .fla and plays the first keyframe of that?

PLEASE HELP MEEEEEE!

Graphic Help
I am fairly new to Flash, and am currently trying to build a site in it. My problem is that the images that I import into Flash look fine on the stage, but then when I preview the movie they look like they have significantly decreased in quality. If anyone can help with this I would appreciate it. Thanks.

Need Of Graphic Help
Hi folks...
Due to non-availibility of different effects (that can be applied for designing) in Flash, I have to use Photoshop CS. I've made some cool graphics for buttons and it's other parts...mostly are in curved shape for flash site. Then I imported that particular graphic into Flash after saving it in JPEG format in Photoshop. But it shows in rectangular shape....which needs to be edited. But I couldn't edit that into nice one as it was in Photoshop. I direly need help on that whether there's any special technique in Flash....So I request any one of u to send me some wayout....Thanx in advance.

Flashish

Avi In A Graphic
I imported an avi and put it inside a graphic, with a few still pngs ontop of certain frames. On the main timeline I am playing it as a graphic, then creating a keyframe and changing it to single frame to pause and run some flash stuff ontop, then changing back to playonce to continue the avi.

It is was working fine, and still looks fine inside flash. But now sometimes when I run a swf it either doesn't jump to the right times, or it goes to the right time but also puts the first frame of the graphic ontop of things.

any suggestions?

Pan Across Graphic
Maybe this is the wrong forum area but ,I am using koolmoves and am a newbie to flash and action script. I am looking for a action script that will allow me to have a smooth pan across a graphic and also a script that will allow me to use a txt file and display the text in the flash. Any help is appriciated.

rodder

BS Or Not BS: Graphic First Then MC
So, let's say you have four objects, each it's own shape and size. You want to actionscript those objects.

Will file size be affected if you first make graphics and then place those graphics inside of a new movie clip for each rather than just making the objects movie clips from the beginning?

I've been hearing some stuff and wondered.

Fly In Graphic
M'kay, so here's my latest waste of time. It requires Flash 8, so make sure you have that.

Oh, and I'm too lazy to make a new build for Kirupa, so here's the one for Newgrounds instead.

Gimme feedback and whatnot.

(Note: In general, my coding is unprofessional, but strong. Don't be offended by my use of line breaks instead of semicolons...Or by the way I don't fully constrain/define variables...If it was necessary, I would do it. But it's not, so I'm not gonna waste my time. Cheers.)

Get X Value Of Rotating Graphic
Not a problem you would think..

I would like to get the x value of a ball MC, which is contained in a movieclip that's rotating via an enterframe clip event.

i.e.

I have a moviclip called "ball" which is located in a moviclip called "rotate", this actionScript is on the clip event of "rotate".

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
setProperty ("_root.rotate", _rotation, _rotation+10);
..:xBall = getProperty("-root.rotate.ball", _x);
}

However this appears to return a value of x IN RELATION to my rotate MC, i.e. it's a static value.

Is there a way of getting Flash to return properties in relation to the stage, or do I have to hit that maths books again!

I tired using a controlClip insted of the clipevent script but that gave me a very strange x value????

Thanks for any pointers in advance,

Stu

Graphic Collision ?
Hi,

Im a bit of a newbie to Actionscript, do you know how i can get a collision to recognise the actual shape of the graphic, instead of the Blue box around it !!!!!!!!!

Help would be appreciated

Cheers

Graphic Equalizer
could someone tell me were i could find a tutorial on how to make a graphic equalizer.
ex. the one they use in this sites sound loops section.
thanks for any help.

Keeping A Graphic Always On Top Of Dup MCs
Does anyone know how this can be done: a moving movie clip is duplicated and flies over an object, but the object sets itself over that movie clip or any other dynamically created movie clip for that matter. The answer to this problem could mean great implications!!(Ok, it's not great. But the information would still be nice)

Graphic Masking...
I just figured out how to get a graphic into flash without the box around it so that just the image shows and not its background. I can do masking with text. How do I do masking with images? The image shows up fine but when I try to mask it masks as if it is not transparent. In other words...the graphic within the image is not masked but the box that contains the graphic is masked instead. does that make sense? How do I mask just the imag and not the background box?

Graphic Equalizer Is There Any Way To Do This
hi, does anybody know if there is any way to make a realtime graphic eq that moves in time to music,
any help greatly appreciated

Help With Graphic Equalizer
Hi N Thanks 4 reading this Post

Anyway is there a tutorial out there that will help me
Mimic a Graphic equalizer
Like that of a stereo where the diff: colour of L.E.D`s go up and down 2 the sound of a music file
Been played in FLASH ?

Graphic Equalizer?
I have no scripting experience but I'd like to make a graphic eq that would actually go along with the music that flash is playing. Any idea's on how to go about making this or any code I can 'borrow'?

Graphic Equalizer?
Does anyone know how create graphic equalizers like they use on this site for the sound loops section - as you can see they react to the different pitch in sounds.

Scrolling Graphic- Duh
I can't believe I've been toying with this for three days. I have to ask, I can't take it anymore. I have a graphic and 2 buttons that should scroll it. I got it to work but it went too slow, now I found a script that introduces a speed variable that you can change and I can't get it ot work for the life of me. Pleas, please, someone take a look and tell me what I'm doing wrong...miakazi

on MC (called content):
onClipEvent (load) {
scrolling = 0;
frameCounter = 1;
speedFactor = 3;
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (frameCounter%speedFactor == 0) {
if (move == "up" && counter>1) {
this._y--;
} else if (move == "down" && counter<counter.maxscroll) {
this._y++;
}
frameCounter = 0;
}
frameCounter++;
}
on buttons:
on (press) {
_content.move = "up";
// scroll up
frameCounter = speedFactor;
}
on (release, releaseOutside) {
_content.move = 0;
}
all of the tutorials are for scrolling text boxes and I can't tweak them correctly for graphics. Thanks for anyone'S help! miakazi

Graphic Changes In Flash
I have a .gif image that I have imported in to my animation. It fades in from 0 to 100% in the span of 20 frames. It has a straight edge that looks fine in the timeline. When previewing the movie, the straight edge developes a blip in in, like a jagged edge. I have no clue what is happening, I have tried several different image formats, sizes, etc, yet it always distorts when played. Any ideas?
Thanks

How Do U Make A Graphic EQ?
does anyone know how to make graphic eq, that goes by the music?

or if u know a tutorial, that explains it....

thanks!

Exporting A Graphic From An SWF
Hey all,

I'm a novice user of Flash 5.0a and I'm trying to figure out if there is a way to have a "Save As" button within an SWF file that will essentially export a user-created image to either gif, jpg, or bmp format. I understand that we can use ActionScript to print directly to the user's printer, but I am more interested in allowing the user to generate a custom graphic they've created within my SWF interface and saving it a bitmap graphic.

Does anyone have any leads or ideas on how this might be accomplished? I'm completely stumped. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Mike Harris

FLASH Graphic EQ's
I have never tried to make a "graphic equalizer" before. (those things/lines....bouncing up and down with the music)

Anyways...I have a couple of questions before I try to make one.

DO these really react to the music? If so..how is the coding done?

If the dont go with the music...are the just randome motion tweens that make bars go up and down??

Anybody make one of these? Or see a good tutorial on these....just curious..if there is any REASON(coding) behind these..or if they are purely cosmetic

any tips are appreciated

-whispers-
[Edited by whispers on 05-03-2002 at 06:28 PM]

But How Can I Call That Graphic?
ok!
How can i call that graphic or symbol in scroll text?
urgent!

How Do I Fade A Graphic
I imported a .jpg file and turned it into a graphic. Now I want to make it fade in and out. How do I do that?

Help!

Dynamic Graphic
please can you share as to find a solution for that:

http://board.flashkit.com/board/show...hreadid=330323

Graphic Ontop Help
Ok, I am making a little menu swf for my site and it has sliding graphics in it.
There is three buttons and when you click a button a graphic slides out. It does this for each one but i need each one to be ontop. So when i press button 1 a graphic slides out, and when i press button 2 a graphic slides out ontop of the other which is good but while button 2's graphic is there when i press button 1 i cannot see it because it is behinde graphic button 2. How do i make it so when the graphic is slided out it is on top? Please help if you kind of understand.

Graphic Problem
When I import a picture (gif) of my top field (a field with lines around it) the lines get thicker when I press 'Test Movie'.
And also, why doesn't my site look the same on the stage and in the player??

Things get all messed up..

Tanks in advance

Graphic Problem
I don't understand.. When I create an image in Pgotoshop, not an advanced graphic just a topfield, like the blue one here [Post new Thread] but i have a gradient in mine and a line around it.
And then, when i Import it into Flash (I've tried GIF, JPG, BMP & PNG) the line around the field get all messed up...
It gets thicker in the left and nothing is seen on the right!

Why? What can I do to make it look like it shall?

Please help.

Button Behind A Graphic
Hi all,

I have a button that moves wehn you put you mouse over another button.

The moveable button that comes out from undernearth a graphc. this works fine, the problem is when the button goes back under, you still get the button action as if the graphc is not even there...?

how can you stop this from happenning?

Graphic Links
Does anyone know how to make the type of links that are in this site.
http://www.jimmychoo.com/home/home.htm

I would like to make links like the one ones on the bottom.

Please help

Thanks

Scaling (bar) Graphic...
Hola gang-

I would like to know how I can ADD an image/grapgic (whatever) that will "scale" (either _x or _y) to coincide with my "percentage preloader.

Thsi is what I have so far: (on a scene called preloader..before scene 1)

1. On frame 1 I have :
total = this.getBytesTotal();

2. On frame 2 I have :
loaded = this.getBytesLoaded();
percent = Math.round((loaded/total)*100);
displayPercent = "loading_"+percent+"%";
if (percent == 100) {
gotoAndPlay (4);
}

3. On frame 3 I have :
gotoAndPlay (2);

4. On frame 4 I have :
gotoAndPlay ("Scene 1", "start");

5. I have a text box with the variable name of:
"displayPercent" (no quotes)

How can I (simply) add a bar the will scale either _x or _y with each increas of the percentage? Thanks

-whispers-

(if you could explain a little too..and NOt just post code..I like to learn so I wont have to ask again.

Graphic Pads
Hi everyone.

Just wanted to get some feedback on graphic pads before i got one. Aiptek has the 6000, 8000, and 12000 and they all look pretty good. I don't need it to be too over the top fancy, just something I can draw with to make Flash movies. I've seen more professional ones, but they're much more expensive too. If there's something better for the fair price that Aiptek charges, and it exits here in the USA please let me know!
Thanks
Rob

Graphic Arrangement Win AS
First off: I am using Flash 5.

I am attempting to write something of a flash-graphics app, and there are two things i'm running into difficulty in. The first is a very broad one: I need to be able to have users create boxes, circles, etc, and have them scalable and selectable. This I've done as of yet with just a large number of pre-made movies, which include a bit of re-sizing script and the ability to be selected. This is a start, and it achieves the effect, but it is limited. Is there any way to have flash generate these little movies on the fly, and name them sequentially, realizing that some of their programming is instance-dependant? I'll work more on making them independant movies, then I just need to have someone tell me how to make flash create an instance with a sequentially ordered instance name.

Now, the second and more pressing question:

How can the user affect object viewing order? While editing I can use the "bring forward, send back, bring to front, send to back" commands. Is there a programming version of this, allowing users to change the order in which something is viewed, provided they all share a single layer?

I'm very interested to know this one. Does anyone out there know how to help me?

-Brad

Graphic Implode
Hello. I am a new user to Swish and I have a graphic (.bmp file) that I want to implode...I want it to start in pieces and build. I can change the fine format of the graphic if needed. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks you so much in advance!!!

Importing A Graphic Question

I have a logo which is very detailed and it hasa white background on it.I've imported it into Flash and would like toremove only the background, but Flash isn'tcooperating.What am I doing wrong?

I have a logo which is very detailed and it has
a white background on it.

I've imported it into Flash and would like to
remove only the background, but Flash isn't
cooperating.

What am I doing wrong?