Flash :: Overlapping Drawings

Drawings
i created a movie in which i draw lines to create a somewhat lightning beam using actionscript but ever since i put a movie clip on the background the lines are either invisible or just gone so my question is is there a way to place the mc containing the lines above the backgroundmc ?

How Do I Loop Drawings?
hey how do i put drawings in a loop? i need them to loop for my main page

Saving Drawings
I have created a drawing API in Flash MX Professional 2004 and i was wondering if it is possible to save the drawings and then viewing them at a later date.

Thanks

Transition Drawings
hello could some please tell me how i can do transition drawings in flash

Thank You!

Making Drawings
Guys I want to make a flash movie that uses lots of different sizes of arrows. I am having a hard time drawing the arrow head, i m using line tool. I dont get the equal angles on the arrow heads. plz help.

I am trying to build a intro file similar to the one in the this website >>>http://www.websitetemplates.name/flash-intros.jsp The template that I am interested is the one in second row and second column.

Thanks

Looking 4 Frame Drawings
I want to show some students how to put together an animation. I would like to show them individual screen frame drawings to show this development process. does anyone have any simple examples which they wouldn't mind me printing out and displaying as an example?

Thanks

Flash Drawings
For good animations.. you need good drawings!!

I will draw anything you ask me to cuz im such a saint .. Simply message me and tell me what you need - object/ tree etc.. background/ hell etc.. Im not charging lol nd no funny busines.. Jus doin sum nice deeds..

Feel free to ask me to draw anything.. and hurry up before i lose my Enerjectic Moment nd then tell you all do em ur selves mwahahahh ahahh ha ..

Andy

(Drawing depending on whats requested.. for e.g. A Japanese Manga tree.. I will simply draw in flash.. with all the details in ONE SYMBOL.. SO all you have to do is download the file and simply cut/copy the Keyframe or Symbol and then paste in to your own movie..Please allow 2days for notifying of your drawing being completed.)

Using Hittests With Api Drawings
I have got this for my line drawing:

var xx:Number;
var yy:Number;
this.createEmptyMovieClip("line", this.getNextHighestDepth());
line.lineStyle(1);
onMouseDown = function():Void{
line.moveTo(_xmouse, _ymouse);
};
onMouseUp = function():Void{
line.lineTo(_xmouse, _ymouse);
}

and for the gravity and bouncing (on my ball) i have got:

onClipEvent (load) {
ySpeed = -2;
gravity =5;
bounce = .9;
ground = 350;
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (_y<ground) {
ySpeed += gravity;
} else if (ySpeed>gravity*4) {
_y = ground;
ySpeed *= -bounce;
} else {
ySpeed = 0;
_y = ground;
}
_y += ySpeed;
if (hitTest(_root._xmouse, _root._ymouse, true)) {
xSpeed = (_x-_root._xmouse)/2;
_y--;
ySpeed = (_y-_root._ymouse-_height)/1.5;
}
}

how would i make it so that if the ball hits the line i drew it will bounce up?

Saving Drawings
Hi All

I basic question here, I aint after any code I just need a point in the right direction.

So ultimately I want to create a simple drawing application. the twist is though I need to some way remember the drawing someone has done, like a save function.

Someone will draw a simple drawing and I want them to save the lines, so the can load the simple line drawing they do next time they come back.

Now is there a way I can record where the line is made on the stage by co-ordinates, or can i save a movieclip as a vector images (SVG i think) some how??

I have been searching for a while now, i have instructions on how to draw but not saving. any ideas/link would go down a treat

Thanks in advance
Sam

How To Save Drawings?
I have a drawing application where user can draw circles, boxes etc.
Is there any way to save that drawing to a jpeg file or swf file or send the final drawing by email?

Thanks for your help.

[Flash] Drawings
Hi there!

It's some time ago I make a question in this forum, but I guess it fits the topic quite well.

I was experimenting for some time now the posibilities of form tweening (even more after seeing some videos of the working by FI) and found that it gets innacurate when the vertex number varies between the start and the end of the tween. This is not a real problem if you work on modifications of the same form. Or that was what I guessed once. Next I noticed that when gaining in complexity, there appears extra vertexes "out of nowhere".

This is not desirable, as you can imagine... I wonder if there's a way to avoid this, appart from "keeping it simple", 'cos it's not allways possible, right?

//And if there's a "flash drawings" forum, I appologize for not noticing it

Vector Drawings--- AAAAAAAARRG
hello!

aah my second post... well I'm currently a Photoshop fan, and now I'm working on Flash. What I like to do is create a new layer over a picture of a drawing, trace over it, color it in and give it a background... So in Flash, I tried this, but whenever I go to use the paintbucket, it doesn't always fill... It's like I have to paint around the edges of the pencil in order to make it "fillable". help!! am I doing something wrong?? I'm new to flash and vectors, so i thought I'd ask, because sometimes it fills without any outlining, but other times you have to outline it with the paintbrush... help! thanks!

Best Method For Saving API Drawings?
After a person draws something, what is the best way for me to capture that data and save it. This is what I am talking about: http://kendude.com/experiments.html

Thanks.

[F8] Saving User Drawings
I have create a dynamic drawing pad for my website users (Online Notes), however I would like to save what they draw on to the canvas (_root).

Is it possible to save what the user drew on the _root or will I need to create a blank canvas for the user then serialize the canvas and store it into a SharedObject?

[f8] User-made Drawings And More
Hi,
I am new to scripting things in Flash, and I was wondering if I could have some help with a project. Essentially what I want to do is create a box that users can draw in, then save their image, and reflect it horizontally, vertically and both (so it creates a sort of mirrored symmetrical design in 4 attached quadrants). So, if that wasn't clear, the idea is for a person to just design 1 box, and then the others will produce themselves based on the user's original image.

I found a tutorial explianing how to make buttons for line thickness and different colors, but what I don't understand is how to be able to draw in only a specific area, and how to use that finished image to duplicate/reflect, etc.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Demonstration Of The Actionscript Drawings API
i am new on a flash and i have been assigned to draw a simple drawing, that dispalys as a house, i have no idea to do this, was wondering if some1 could point me to the right direction, on how i could draw shapes that enables me to edit them and make a house in a MovieClip Class

Vector Line Drawings?
Does anyone know where there might be some good places to learn how to do some scripted drawings using only lines. For example, if you wanted to draw a car begining with only one line and watch as the whole thing took shape, finally ending with the finshed car looking like a blueprint sketch.
Is there a place where they might have some tutorials for this sort of thing. I'm sure that I could make a movie where I just drew every part of the car but that wouldn't look all that great when finished so I wanted to know if there would be a good way, like scripted movement, to make the motion smooth.

Anyone know??

Dynamic Drawings To Showcase At FlashForward NY
Hello everyone, I am speaking at FlashForward in New York on "Dynamic Drawing in Flash MX." I would like to show off some creative examples using the shape drawing API. Post your URLs in this thread or email me directly, and I'll work them into my session (with credit, of course).

Getting Rid Of Curved Edges In Flash Drawings
I know this is a really dumb question I should know the answer to, but when u draw a line in Flash, the edges are curved. I want them straight

[F8] Upload Online Users Drawings.
Hi!

I'm trying to create a function were you can draw a painting and then upload it
so other users can watch them. Like a paint application on the web were other guests can watch your drawings.

I hope you understand what I mean. Does anyone know how to do this or does anyone know a tutorial were my question is explained.

Thank you for your time.

//Michael

Reading Vector Drawings From Mysql
hi
im working in a project where i have a lot of .fla files with vector drawings inside of them,
what i supposed to do is to create a flash movie to show that drawings but i should protect them from being copied by bots or by users,
so my first idea is to save somehow the drawings into mysql (not as swf because a swf can be decompiled also not as regular image jpg,png,.. etc) and then read the mysql database using amfphp or something similar and send the data to the swf and recreate the image using bitmapdata, so i need to know how to save the drawings to mysql and how to recreate them in the swf.

If someone knows a better way to do all this please tell me

any help?

Disable Drawings Put Into A Drawing Object
hello

in Flash CS3, when you draw anything it automatically puts this into a drawing object which is just stupidly annoying. how do i disable this???

Anyone know??

Thanks

Dynamic Drawings To Showcase At FlashForward NY
Hello everyone, I am speaking at FlashForward in New York on "Dynamic Drawing in Flash MX." I would like to show off some creative examples from our community using the shape drawing API. Post your URLs in this thread or email me directly, and I'll work them into my session (with credit, of course).

Flash Drawing Pad - Saving Drawings To Database
For the use in a collaborative webapplication. We are looking for a flash drawing board that enables the user to save the drawings to an image in a database - (Using PHP if needed).

Anyone seen anything like that out there?

Drawings In Flash Dont Show When I Publish Swf
hi guys.
well yeah when i draw in flash and i preview it as flash the drawings show but when i publish it they dont.
ne reasons why this would happen.
cause say i have a bmp image in the background set on layer 1 and then i draw something in layer 2 using the flash drawing tools it dosent show, when i preview the movie in flash it shows but not when i publish it.
but the weird thing is it will always show up if i have nothing else besides the drawing it self on the stage.

ne ideas how i can fix this problem cause id draw more in flash if i new why it does this.
and yes i make it that they are arranged so the drawing is in front and the its layer is above all the others i want it to be. so why does this happen.
thanks hope u know whats wrong.

Anti-alias Problem With Vector Drawings
Hi,

I have a anti-alias problem with my flash file.
My SWF has a solid background-color (##00CCFF) and some vector drawings on it.

When I open it in flash player and zoom in, everything looks sharp, but when we use this SWF on a bluescreen (swapping the background-color with some video image), we see jagged edges around the vector drawings...

Does anyone know how to overcome / fix this problem?
Regards,
Vic.

Paint Bucket Won't Fill Line Drawings
I'm using flash 8.

After i finish using the line tool to draw an enclosed shape, the last last line i drew always remains selected and the Fill colour box in the properties panel always produces a red stroke through it indicating no fill colour is active.

If i select the fill tool at this point, the last line i drew still remains selected and the same red stroke is there and i can't get a colour to replace that red stroke.

In order to deselect the last line i drew, i have to go to the Select tool and then click somewhere on the stage outside the shape i've drawn. This then allows a fill colour to occupy the box in the properties panel - the red stroke is eliminated - hurray!

I then go back to the fill tool and with a fill colour selected i try to fill the object and nothing happens.

If i use any of the other drawing tools - oval, rectangle pencil, brush etc. firstly i don't have to deselect the shape i've drawn with them before going to the fill tool, and secondly they all fill with colour like clockwork, no problem.

I also have similar problem with stroke tool when used with line drawings, again no problem when used with drawings created by any of the other drawing tools.

Could anyone tell me what i'm doing wrong? Much appreciation.

Saving Drawings From Paint Online Application
Hello,

I was wondering if you could help me with this one, please: I would like to make a drawing application where users could save their drawings in a sql database or, if thatÂ´s not possible, a .swf file that would be saved in my server disk space. Is that possible?

Many thanks in advance,
Chico

Saving Drawings From Paint Online Application
Sorry for the double posting! that should go into the Actionscript forum. Administrators, please fell free to delete this one

Hello,

I was wondering if you could help me with this one, please: I would like to make a drawing application where users could save their drawings (in swf / vector format, preferably) in a sql database or, if thatÂ´s not possible, a .swf file that would be saved in my server disk space. Is that possible?

Many thanks in advance,
Chico

Edited: 11/09/2007 at 04:46:10 AM by foq

Saving Drawings From Paint Online Application
Hello,

I was wondering if you could help me with this one, please: I would like to make a drawing application where users could save their drawings (in swf / vector format, preferably) in a sql database or, if thatÂ´s not possible, a .swf file that would be saved in my server disk space. Is that possible?

Many thanks in advance,
Chico

SketchPad HELP - Saving/Redrawing Dynamic Drawings...
Hi guys

I am currently making a sketchpad in flash, the user can draw dynamic squares, line, circles, freehand etc....

I need to be able to save what the user has drawn, or click a "redraw" button and then flash re-creates what the user has just drawn.

Each different line, circle etc is draw in a new movieclip on a higher depth than the previous movieclip.

Does anyone know how to do this, or any good tutorials or .fla files I could use to help me!?

Many thanks

Jonny

Overlapping
Hi

If I have two objects, for example two circles, one blue and one red on different sides of the screen when I move the circles so that they cross paths, at the point where they overlap, can I specify what colour (i.e a different colour) I would like the overlapping area to be?

Many Thanks in advance
Jules

Overlapping One SWF On Top Of Another.
So i have this swf i want to place ontop of a menu i have created, (instead of having a logo onto of the bar i want to have another flash movie) i have tried the file>import and i only see the first frame of my animation i can post the fla's if needed....

Overlapping MCs
Hi!
I have a layer and a frame where all of my MCs are found. There are 5 square MCs. onRelease the MC expands, how can I make it always on top? The expanded MC should stay on top. My MCs are created at design time. Is there an AS for this?

Overlapping Objects
I'm working on a racing-style game (side view, things move to the left, charachter stays still) where you have to avoid things in the road. The game is going along well, and I'll probably be done soon, but I'm having a problem with the things in the road.

I'm using duplicate movieclip to make lots of things in the road, but they all end up over the main charachter, when they should be under him. I tried to set the depth to zero on every clip made, but when another clip was loaded into depth level 0, the previous one would dissapear, which really isn't going to make the game very fun. Is there some sort of "bring to front" thing I can use to make the vehicle stay on top, or any "send to back" I can use to make the things in the road stay at the bottom? Any help is appreciated.

2 Hit Test Overlapping?
It it possible to have a button "inside" another button? I thought it was... but since both buttons have different hit tests (that overlap) when the mouse goes over both hit test they both freeze and flicker.

How can this be done. I really need the 2 buttons inside each other with overlapping hit tests.

Thanx for the help!

-Ryan

Overlapping Problem
I have a movie clip and a button on the main time line. Both have a script which displays a message using trace method. I have placed the button on the centre on the movie clip. NOw when I click the button, then the click event of movie clip is also called and two messages appear in trace window. Could someone explaim why this is happening and how can I avoid it. thanks

Overlapping MC's - Impossible?
Is it possible to make MC's overlap?

I have a set of buttons, each containing a seperate MC on rollover. When I rollover a few buttons really quickly I want the MC's to carry on playing till the end, instead of playing just the new one. Basically, I want them to overlap - not get rid of the one that was already playing. I hope this is clear - it probably isnt

Can anyone help??

Overlapping Menus..ahh
aiite, my site http://www.asiansinc.com/aznphoenix/cloud.html has an overlapping problem. Like, when u press on Cirrus, and the onto Altostratus, altostratus overlaps over cirrus and when u want to view cirrus again, you gotta click on altostratus to view cirrus. How do i make it so Altostratus can tell that Cirrus is being played and plays it again so it'll close?

Overlapping Buttons
I need some help. I have a menu system I am workig with where at one point the 2 symbols containing the buttons overlap each other. The very bottom pof each layer is another symbol so to avoid the buttons underneath the symbol from being active. However when the top layer of buttons is out, over the buttons underneath which you cannot see, it does not stop the bottom layer from being active. for instance, the bottom layer is my gallery containg 3 links. but when i press a client button, a new row of buttons scrolls out over the gallery links hiding it so all you see is the client links. But if the cursor rolls over a spot where the gallery buttons would be, they become active and play in the over state. So my question is, how can I have a layer of buttons, in a symbol, overlapping another layer and not have the lower level be active. It sounds confusing because it is too hard to explain and maybe it just is that confusing, but any help would e greatly appreciated.

Overlapping Ad Banners
Hi, I`d like to know how to make those kind of flash banners which comes big and overlapping the HTML page then turn small and get positioned in a corner or header like a normal ad banner...

is there a way to make the flash movie transparent and then change size in an HTML page??????

Overlapping Buttons In Map, Help
Hello, i am a proud owner of Flash MX, and well im a novice still, but in any case i have started to do a virtual map for my historical site that i create.
The problem is this, on the map it views the conquests of Sweden, and ah well.
We once ruled WHOLE of Norway, and once we only ruled a small part of it, so each of theese sections needs a button (when you move pointer over area it turns grey its entirity).
And well, i found a way to make it, theoreticly work, is that if i make a button over all of norway, with exceptions of the part we had before, and in the button i drawed in the part i we had before so it should cover all of norway, but it aint activatd over the old area...
Damn it is hard to explain..
BUT the button over the old area we had overlapps teh old, so it does not change there.
So.. Well... I know the explanation sucks, but that is the best i can do without showing you..
SO if there is anyone out there whom beleives he has the knowledge to help me and solve this, e-mail me, contact me and i will send you the FLa file so you can see the error, and give it a try.
Sincerily
Mikael

Overlapping Hit Areas
I have a movie that the hit areas are overlapping and I need to know how to make it so that only one plays at a time.
This is a navigation and when rolling over it the scroll out menu is there and one scroll out menu overlaps the other causing my hit areas to over lap

Overlapping Colors
I have three colors: red, yellow, blue. Each color is represented by a circle that animates along it's own individual motion path. I want to know how I can make red and blue show as purple when they overlap, or yellow and red show as green, or red and yellow overlapping show as orange...and so on and so forth? help me out yaw! please!

Overlapping Colors....? Help Please
I am trying to show subtractive color mixing using 3 circles, one Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow respectively on a white background. Now in order to overlap the colors I need to make them transparent. Is it possible to do this without losing color saturation? When I lower alpha level and overlap, the colors washout... also the layer order effects the results....this should not happen.... any suggestions....???

trying to recreate something similar to the "color mixing" game for "subtractive primaries" at the following link:

http://www.ontariosciencecentre.ca/s...ges/subcol.dcr

Any and all suggestions are appreciated.
Aloha from Maui!

I have attached a test fla showing my problem...

Overlapping Drawings

You know that when u do all the drawings in flash, if they overlap they'll "join" or erase each other. Is it possible to disable this as a whole? I know that you can transform into a symbol, group or place in a different layer but it's really quite troublesome. Thanks