Flash :: How Do I Edit Imported Images?

How Do We Edit Imported Pictures With FlashMX?
I have drawings and pictures that I'd like to import to Flash MX and then be able to edit them with the flash drawing tools.
The drawings and pictures are in JPEG and BITMAP formats.
I've been able to import them to the library, but when I put them on the stage - I am unable to use any of the drawing tools like the brush or paint can. I can skew and "combine", but that is about it.

So how do I make a JPEG or BITMAP image editable?

Thank you in advance,
- Paul Kinsella

Can't Edit Symols Imported Into Library?
Oh man.

Well, I'm chugging my way through MX, now this...

I can successfully import artwork exported in SWF from Illustrator -

But I can't really edit it sensibly.. .it seems like I can't pick anything, but when I exit part of the graphic has color I tried to apply...

It just doesn't seem to be working right... I should be able to ungroup, select individual parts of a logo, for example, and apply a new color, right?

edit: BTW I tried running the MX updater but it simply says it can't find Flash 7..

Andrew

How To Stop/Edit Imported Video - Newbie
Hi there. I'm working with imported video files for the first time so please bear with me as I'm sure the solution is very simple.

I have a 20 second flv video file of clouds floating across the sky that I've purchased from a stock library and wish to use it as a backdrop in a flash swf file so that I can overlay other graphics at various frames throughout the timeline.
The video has been imported to the library as an embedded video and has automatically created a movie clip of it. I've managed to create other movie clips of timed animated elements, and then in Scene 1 I simply have 1 frame with a number of layers that contain each movieclip.
I have two minor problems now though. The first is that when I export the swf file, the movieclip of the sky continually loops when I need it to only play once. I've tried placing a stop() action in the last frame of the sky movieclip, but it doesn't seem to affect it. What am I doing wrong?
The second thing is that I would like to crop a few seconds off the start of the sky movieclip. I've tried removing frames from the beginning, but it simply plays the movieclip from the beginning and makes the mc shorter.

I would be grateful for any assistance
Kind regards
Paul

Imported An Avi To Edit, Exported Edited Avi But No Sound
Hi

I imported an avi video of a song so I could put some text before it played, but when I had added the text and exported it again as an avi there was no sound at all. Would be grateful of any guidance.

Thank you

How Do I Edit Images?
I'm very new. I'm sorry to ask (I'll have more questions later!) about how to use swish).

I'm trying to edit the spotlight sample that comes with swish2. But I'm not doing a very good job at it. Instead of "swish" I wanna try making it say chikayo. I figured I could add more letters by doing some cut and paste... but I tried to edit the graphics, but I can't see to figure out how I import it into photoshop. Thanks for the help.

How To Edit Images After Loading It.
Hi,

I need help on how to edit images (resizing, Tween) after dynamically loading it. (using xml or loadVaiable)
The main purpose is I want the image 1 fading out and imaging 2 fading in.

Thanks!

Joseph

Edit Multiple Images In The Library At Once?
Does anyone know a js script or trick to editing the properties of multiple images in the library at once?

E.g I have a 50 count image sequence in my library (all png) - and I want to set them all to the "use document default" JPG setting - without having to click on every single one individually.

I've had to do this before in the past, but it's becoming like mundane Data Entry more than Development. I like to experiment with different settings on say, the first 10, middle 10 and last 10 files in the sequence, being able to highlight all the files and right click to set properties - seems like it would be a logical feature, but it's not there in Flash MX 2004.

There was a script floating around that removed the "Smoothing" switch from all the images in the library, but I can't seem to find it. I'd like to take a closer look at it and see if I can mod it to do what I need..

If anyone knows of a tool, ui enhancement/component or whatever that allows editing multiple image settings, please let me know!

Thanks in advance..

Images Move/resize After Edit Or Re-import
This is odd (at least to me).
I've got a file that has a 32 bit TIFF imported into it.
the TIFF is animated (size & scale).
Obviously, since its a TIFF, it is TOO LARGE.
I can get the file size down nicely in Fireworks (or Photoshop) as a GIF.

The problem is when I either UPDATE(out of FW) or reimport, the animation is still there but the SCALE and POSITION are all off.(It comes in larger and the position shifted).

Both images are EXACTLY the same dimensions.

The exact same behavior also occurs if I try to re-import the original TIFF.

Any ideas/explanations or preferably Fixes/Workarounds?
Thanks!
-Paul

[CS3] Is My Goal To Edit The IMAGES In A Flash Template?
Newguy here:
If I want to edit a flash intro to a premade template, I need to edit the IMAGES...correct?
For example;
I open the temp, flash, images...there are about 5 that say something like..
backo1, back02, back 03

All are the same but the images show the progression of the flash.
Now, if I want to edit the text, (I asked in another thread and apprantly it's not possible to edit flattened .png), I have to somehow edit those images back01, back02..etc.
Am I thinking in the right direction?
Thanks!
Mark

Imported Images
i have a project with lots and lots of grunt work, and i wanted to know if there was an easier way to do it.

i have a file that scrolls about 50 logos of stores automatically. when the logos are imported, the scrolling mc is so long it goes past the viewable area of the flash work window. also each logo needs to be clickable to individual pages.

is there a way to bring in the logos dynamically or something? how would you do it?

help

Imported Images Goes ****ed Up
Hi,

When i import an image in my flash file (.jpg) there is nothing wrong with it if I see the .swf file, but when I convert it to a graphic or movie clip that imported image is getting ****ed up totally, does anybody know how to fix this prob?

tnx in adv

Imported Images
I'm importing a picture from my computer seperate from flash into flash, that's easy. My problem is that I can't get the white(since my picture is not a perfect square) to go away. How do I go about doing that? I want to make the background of the imported image transparent without effecting the rest of it

Viewing Images In Flash As A Photo Edit Tool
Hello everyone,

We are testing vendors for photo editing software built in Flash. I understand Flash does NOT color manage. When we view an image in Bridge or Photoshop and then compare it to say Safari with a Flash pop up window using Flash 9 on OS X 10.4.10 the image is flat and gray.

Has anyone seen this problem before or can anyone offer any possible solutions?

Thanks!

Alex Katsanos
AK Consulting

Morphing Imported Images.
Is there a way to make imported images morph? I know you can do it with images you made in Flash, but how can you do it with 2 images that you imported?

Editing Imported Images
im going crazy. heres the problem. im importing a jpg and that works just fine, but... the image was created in photoshop on a white canvas, and i cant get the white background to go away. i cant erase it, and if i select only the image in photoshop, and copy and paste it into flash, the background still shows up. do i need to change format? im pulling my hair out over what seems to be a simple process...help!

Using Imported Html + Images. . .
I'm using an external text file for my text. I want to know:
[if possible]
1.) How do I switch text files, using text files. Lets say I want to go to page 2 w/o having to change the swf file.

2.) How do I use imported html to show/import images with the text?

Problem With Imported Images
Hey all...

I have a little problem when I import images into my flash movie.. If I start a new movie and import a .png or .gif image it all looks like it should when I zoom in..... But when I then test the movie it doesn't show it right.... it looks like it has duplicated the image and then moved it down by 1 pixel..... The image i've imported has a bright top line and a black bottom line, both 1 pixel thick.... It's very annoying because when I test it the black line at the bottom is gone and the bright line at the top is now 2 pixels thick

Anyone had this kinda problem also ?

Any help would be appreciated

Transparency With Imported Images
Hi,

Do you know the best way to import graphics to Flash? The problems I'm running into are this:

1) Is there a way to import graphics and maintain transparency?

2) What are the most popular file types to import, and from what program? I think Fireworks is a good one, but not sure.

Thanks.

Changing Imported Images
Is there anyway to change an imported image into an actual flash type object that can be used like any object created by flash?

Because I want to use an imported image for a masking effect, but its a gif so i dont know how i would transfer a pixel image into a flash vector. I had to make that image in pixel format just to clear that up.

Thnx in advance

Images Imported Into Flash
ok i really wouldnt call myself much of a newb but mah i thought i would post it in here.. cause im lazy to do it myself.

but images imported into flash.. now i have noticed that when i do it.. well at the moment im making a website, and the buttons are made in photoshop and are plastic looking things.. and well its too hard to make them in flash cause well i am a little lazy and photo shop is just a few simple layer styles.

anywayz.. what is the best extension to save it as.. so that imported into flash it isnt distorted in anywayz.. cause i dont like getting little pixel dots.. and though i could try my best to make it in flash.. its just takes too much time then i have now..

so thanks if you can help..

its obviously either .jpeg , .gif , bitmap , png.. anywayz if you wouldnt mind making your suggestions..

thanks again.. cya

Images Imported With A Hue Effect
How the heck do you import a fireworks image onto the flash document with the image still bieng with it hue/ or seethrough effect. I really have tryed over and over again but i find it cannot be done if it can? then can you import it onto a dreamweaver etc with that effect in tact.

If you still don't know what i'm saying then its the kind of effect like looking out of a stainglass window. that effect on an image whcih i want to import on flash or dreamweaver and move the image anywhere on the document with that effect visable by i.e. overlapping.

If you still don't know what i'm talking about then please say so and i'll get an image of what i mean posted here!

Imported - Images - Links
Basically the bit i need help on is detailed below, and this is what i want it to do:

Ive imported an image,
Its imported into a Movie Clip,
I want the image to have a link to a webpage on it,
I want to take the link form a text file i have,

***Is This Possible??

myVarsL["link0" + imageloaded] <== Where link is, and variable name

_root.mc2.placeholder_mc2 <== Where image is imported to

How would i do this?
Ive tried but with no luck
Lee

Scaling Imported Images
Is it possible to scale imported images.
My movie imports images at real time, they fade in, but i was wondering if its possible to control the size of the image read in, so maybe its imported and is animated from 50% of its size to 100%, anyone know if this is possible,
Lee

Centering Imported Images?
Quick question:

I'm creating a photo gallery. All of the JPEGs are on the server and I'm loading them into Movie Clips via the loadMovie command. Is there a way to get the images to center in the movie clip instead of aligning at the top left corner?

Thanks in advance for any help!

[CS3] Scaling Imported Images
Hi,

I have a Flash Actionscript 2.0 project in development and I have imported images onto the stage that I want to scale when the mouse hovers. However, when I scale, the images distort even with the slightest increase in size. Is there a way to prevent this?

TIA,
Matt

Jerky Imported Images
I've created a simple movie clip which fades an image in and out.
For some weird reason (and i've seen this in other flash movies) the image jerks at some keyframes.

Whats happening is that an entire column (possibly more) of pixels vanishes at some keyframes, practically like the image has been cropped at the centre.

i've removed smoothing on the images, thinking it was a compression problem, but this didnt solve it. I'm at a loss at what to do!

Centering Imported Images
Hello,

I am having difficulty centering jpgs that i have imported into the library with the stage. when i paste to center, the image is pasted centered to the bottom right of the canvas. when i test the video, it looks incorrect, when i post the video to website, it looks correct.

ideally, my canvas center would be my paste to center as well and would look correct in testing, and after posting it to the website.

my canvas size is 560x420.

any ideas on how to accomplish this?

Thanks!

Edited: 11/16/2007 at 02:13:02 PM by photofl0w

Printing Imported Images
For some reason, Flash won't let me print images I've imported, like .jpgs or .pngs. Other computers with other copies of the same program, though, seem to have no problem printing from the same files.

Does anyone know how to make it so Flash will print the whole image? Is there some option I need to toggle somewhere that I can't find?

Border Of Imported Images
hi,

whe i import a PNG with a 1px border into my stage the border becomes "misformed". its like the border is bigger on the left and top then on the right and bottom.

What can i do about that?

thanks!

Resize Imported Images
Can't figure this out.

Is it possible to anyway resize an image after it has been loaded into a moviClip through loadmovie ?

Can't get the code to work. Say somepicture.jpg is a 800 x 600 jpg.

Ex.

loadMovie("somepicture.jpg",MCfoo);
MCfoo._width=100;
MCfoo.height=100;

Skewing Imported Images
I want to import an image and then skew it slightly using actionscript. I know how to import images and such but what I need to know is how to skew it with AS without distorting the image too much.

Thanks

Imported Images Are Fuzzy
Hello,

I'm trying to import some jpeg buttons I've created into flash. Once they are imported, they become fuzzy and pixelated.

I've taken the following steps to fix the problem, to no avail:

1) Go to library > right-click on the image > go to properties > uncheck 'imported jpeg data' > change the quality to 100

2) In Publish Settings, "JPEG quality" is set to 100.

Any ideas? I'm using Flash 5.

Zooming Imported Images
I would like to construct an application where I would have a screen that shows a number of buttons and a framed area above those buttons (like a window). When one of the buttons is clicked, an external .swf or .jpg file would appear into the framed area above the buttons. \This is the easy part.

After the external image file has been placed into the frame, I want to be able to magnify or zoom into details of that image without the image extending past the outside of the frame (again, like looking at the image through a window). Also, I want to have the option of moving the image to see areas that may have been covered by the frame when the image was zoomed in. \Does this make sense so far?

The only thing that I can visualize is to create the stage and buttons on the root level, when a button is clicked - create a new MC and place the external .swf or .jpg file in that MC on level 1, and then some how create a mask on level 2 (window that shows the external image on level 1) at the same time.

Does anyone have a tutorial that they can point me to that shows the technique or code available to do this type of thing?

Problem With Imported PNG -images
This is a kinda strange problem. I've been working with flash for 8 months now, and every time I import a transparent PNG file (created with photoshop) there is something terribly wrong with the transparent area. It's seems to have a tiny glimpse of colour in it! And it's suppose to be transparent!!! Now, I talked to my friends about this, and there's nothing wrong with my eyes

Flash MX creates a little, coloured area around the imported PNG. It's not easily detected, and sometimes I cannot observe it on different monitors.

Anyway, I guess you people know about this problem... So what is the ultimate answer

Call Names Of Imported Images? How?
I have one movie, something like gallery. There are 10 small images. How to read their names so that I can send this variables to asp?

When visitor click on small image to open big one into new pop-up non-flash window (.asp)

rgds.

Shape Tween Imported Images
Can someone help me, if it is possible, I would to tween the shape of one imported .jpg into another imported .jpg

Can this be done? I am a newbie with MX6! Please help!

Thank you

Why Do Imported Images Look So Poor When Published?
I have never understood this issue since I started to use Flash Many moons ago. When importing a gif image to use in Flash it becomes distorted, the bottom right corner seems to get chopped off. Does anyone know how to get it looking like it should do as at the moment it looks nothing like the original picture. I have tried changing jpeg quality to 100 in the publish settings but it doesnt seem to have made any difference.

Thanks

Imported Images In Flash Look Washed Out
I am new at flash, help me please.
Every time I import a pict with a alfa channel into flash the image looks washed out, the colours are not brightas they were in photoshop.
I am using MX with mac os 9 and photoshop 6.
Its driving me crazy.

My Imported Images Are Blurred When I Put The In Flash...
When I import images, it gets all blurred in my Flash program (Flash 5) I'm wondering how I can fix this...Thanks in advance

Using Lasso Tool With Imported Images
Hi,

I imported a JPEG image into Flash and I want to edit that image using the Lasso tool but flash won't let me.
Here is what I want to do:
-Look at the right image in this flash movie, you see how the picture is cropped (doesn't have rectagular edges), that's what I want to do with my image.
http://www.lehigh.edu/%7Einbios/

Thanks,

Difficulty Editing Imported Images
hey, i'm new to flash, but i'm figuring out a lot of things using tutorials pretty quickly, but one thing keeps hanging me up.

i import .gif's or .bmp's and when i try to edit them (with a fill or painbrush or whatever), it only affects what's behind them. i want to be able to paint or draw on the image itself, or alter it using the wand or the lasso. for some reason, it just pretends like the image i imported isn't even there. any ideas? i'm not adverse to just thinking that i'm borderline retarded and will never get this, but any help would be appreciated.

Quality Of Images Imported Into Flash
I need to import transparent images into Flash. I am using high quality gifs but the resolution is lost in flash on the screen. Can anyone suggest an alternative to this. Or how to solve resolution problems. Is there other formats that would help achieve the two goals of quality and transparent aspects of the image.

Thanks
Collin

Can't Read Size Of Imported Images?
Did I miss something here, or am I unable to read the size of images that I import? I'm using a fairly standard

Code:
var myImage:MovieClip = this.createEmptyMovieClip("myImage", this.getNextHighestDepth());
myImage.loadMovie("0010-1.png");
It works just fine, but it won't return the size of the image at all. Am I doing something wrong?

I've been around a while, but haven't had to do this for a couple of years (oddly enough), and can't remember if this is how this used to be an issue.

Imported Images Dont Appear On Stage
Hello,
This is an annoying bug that been bothering me for ages. When ever I import images into Flash 8, they appear off the stage. To fix this I have to select each image individually and recentre them or import them into a movie clip and then centre that. Is there a way to have Flash automatically go through all the frames and place each image on the stage? Thanks in advance!

Imported Images Don't Retain Demensions
This may seem like a trivial questions, but I will ask anyway.

I sized a group of .png images in Photoshop to 760 X 570. After importing them into Flash I find that they have changed to 569.9 X 427.4. Is there some why to tell Flash to retain the original dimensions?

Images Imported Into Flash Appear Bad Quality
I imported png from ps into flash & they look like they're really bad quality when the movie is viewed. I've never had a problem w/this before. I did realize that this is happening when i use free transform to tilt the images. They are perfect when they are level in the movie. Can i not tilt images in flash?? thanks

Alpha Channel Of Imported Images
I have created in image in PhotoShop and have given it an Alpha channel. I'm trying to find a file format that i can save it in that will make it possible for flash MX to see the images Alpha channel. I have already tried *.tif, *.png, and *.gif. Maybe I am saving them wrong. If there is anyone that would know how to do this I would be stoked thanks.