Flash :: Remove Background From Imported Vector (EPS) Images

Vector Graphics Vs. Imported Gifs
hi

I'm new to flash and I want to create a game

now in this game I want to have a human character that the player can move around with the arrow keys and aim his weapon with the mouse

so obviously I want the arms to rotate to aim whereever he's aiming, now my debate is: should I use vector graphics or imported gifs?

what's the pros and cons?

I'd like to do the body as an imported gif and the arms separately as imported gifs as well

but then I thought... what about collision detection and all that
also I'm going to have the character in 8 different positions for walking around (for a kind of psuedo 3d - ness) and that means I'll have to draw his arms in different positions too if I don't want him to look stupid

any help appreciated

thanx

Any Way To Keep Imported Vector Art Looking Clean In Flash?
Hi,

if you visit this site...

http://sixstation.com

you will notice that the images he uses in his flash movies are very clean and crisp.

However, right now I am making a movie and my images (which are "saved for web" gif images with 256 colors) have a white jaggedness around them. not to mention the color is rather flat compared to the original ones i created in Illustrator.

I attached a sample flash file for anyone to see an example of what my images look like. It opens with Flash MX.

my question is is there anyway to make my images look clean and nice like they do in that guy's website?

any suggestions will be much appreciated.

[F8] Distort Imported Vector AI File
client has a simple vector outline that I want to distort in Flash. Shouldn't I be able to distort a vector image in Flash....I understand a bitmap but I thought the vector AI file would be the same as a shape in Flash.

If not, what is the workaround for this. How do you distort a vector image in Flash?
It needs to be able to do a 180 degree turn.

If A Vector Graph Can Be Imported To Swf By ActionScript
I have a problem in my work,
if a vectorgraph(such as ai file except a swf file ) can be imported to swf by ActionScript
Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
wusj

Imported Vector Graphic (logo) Looks Rough
Created in Adobe Illustrator, the graphic looks clean until it is published in Flash.

What is the process for a clean output. Have tried a .png and still get the same results.

Can You Remove Sound From Imported Video?
Can you remove sound from imported video?

How Do I Tile Background With A Vector Shape?
Hello,

I have a small vector shape (a circle) that is a symbol in my library (type: Sprite). I want to tile my background with this symbol. Also when a user resizes the window i want the background to delete and retile the background (not just tile over the tiles that are already there).

I found this code which works with a bitmap image, but how do i change it to work with a vector image instead?

var tile:Sprite;

function tileBG():void {

//create a reference to the old tile container
var oldTile:Sprite = tile;

//create a new tile container
tile = new Sprite();

//fill the container
tile.graphics.beginBitmapFill(new bgTile(0, 0));
tile.graphics.drawRect(0, 0, stage.stageWidth, stage.stageHeight);
tile.graphics.endFill();

//add the tile container to the display list
bgContainer_spt.addChild(tile);

//get rid of the old container
if (oldTile != null && oldTile != tile) {
bgContainer_spt.removeChild(oldTile);
}
}

tileBG();

Thanks in advance

Ben

Repetitive Pattern Vector Picture As Background
Hello all,

I would like to use an Illistrator file as a repetitive pattern for the background of my flash web site.
I couldn't find any pointer in the documentation.
How could I do this?

Thanks a lot,

David

Vector Images
I am developing very quickly a nice passion for Flash 5 and the deeper I get the more test movies I make and hope eventually to use within other projects.

One thing I know there are, is lots of wave files to d/l all over the Net and of course you can make your own easy enough.

Vectors on the other hand make me wonder. I have the tools ... Photoshop, Illustrator, Freehand etc. but my turn of fate is lack of imagination! I can sit with keyboard and mouse all day and not come up with much to use.

A couple of years ago I paid someone to do a Flash site for me @ http://www.cdbizzcard.com and my goal is to get that good. That's just one example, but the vectors seem to be pretty good! Are those things that he created in Flash or is there a place to get some images of that type?

The more I look at Flash sites, the more I am amazed at some of the artwork. What I'm getting at is this: Do web designers create all their images in a vector program, or within Flash, before the movie is created? Or is there a place to get some "standard issue" vectors for a newbie to learn to use?

Vector Images
This is a newbie question, but I just want to make sure on something.

If I need to use vector images for a project can I make these vector images in Illustrator and then import them into flash? I guess I am not clear if I save them a certain way to make them vector or is it the way they are made.

Thanks.

To Use Or Not To Use Vector Images
I'm designing a Web game in Flash. Do I need to use Vector based images because otherwise my game will be huge.

I have someone hand drawing the characters. I would love to use Vectors but I will need to go through the process of converting each image to Vectors.
- I've used Flash's trace bitmap feature. Works well but it creates about a million vector points => big game.
- I've looked at a few tools (ImpressionX, IXSetup, TraceArt) that will convert images to vectors but they don't even do an adequate job.
- I've tried jpgs instead of vector but I have a lot of images so the game ends up being too big. Am I missing something in regards to max compression?

It was recommended that my only option is to trace each picture using Vector tools (e.g. in Flash).

Time and resources are limited, so I am trying to find out what all my options are.

Thanks,
Rob

Vector Images
I am an advanced Illustrator and Photoshop user, but I'm having a hard time in Flash. I can't really create the vector art that I am able to create in Illustrator, but how do I import the vector art from Illustrator? If I copy and paste it comes in as pixels and its very jagged. If I import, it does the exact same thing. if I copy the vector info to photoshop and save as a transparent GIF or PNG it is STILL jagged... does anyone have any suggestions??

I Want Imported Png Background Transparent
Hi there,

I am trying to reduce the file size of a swf,so I have decided to change the original images to png files. But i have to flatten the image before being able to save it as a png file and the i lose the white image in my picture and end up with a flat white background too???

Any ideas on how to do make the background transparent?

thanks for your help

Imported Swf With Transparent Background?
i'm importing external swfs into my main movie. is there a way to make these imported swfs have trasparent backgrounds?

Size Of Vector Images
Hi all,

Desparately need help. I have 5 buttons which control MCs using tellTarget , 'if action =' and 'ne' commands. Within the targeted movie there is another MC controled.

The problem is the size of the second movie targeted is impacting the speed of the fuctions. ( I think). When you rollover one of the buttons only one MC at a time is suposed to stay in it's 'down state' all the rest should go to their 'up' state. this is sometimes not happening. the movement is also not very smooth.

Would this problem be due to ineffecient ActionScript or size of movies? I'm only using Vector drawings which change Alpha level over a few frames, but I suppose they are reasonably detailed. If it is the size/complexty of images how can I reduce?

Please can some one help?!? I need to get this project finished other wise i'm in big trouble ;-|

Thanks Steve

Small Vector Images
I have some small vector images as outlines and they look bad quality, they are about 20 by 20 pixels in flash when shrunk down.

Any one know how to make them better quality.

Creating Vector Car Images..
I'm having some difficulty creating vector car images without importing a full photo with the car image into flash then turning it into a vector. What would be the most productive program to use or technique for high-semi detailed color vectors (illustrator/flash)? Also does the use of the gradient fill have a significant size on the vector? I tend to use this tenchique alot to add more color shadowing to automobiles. If you got pics of cars please send them this is a pain doing 20 vector cars.

Question About Vector Images...plz Help.
Is it possible to convert an existing bitmap image that I have made into a vector image without having to do too much work? I have little experience with vector images. The scenario is that I have doors that are opening and closing. Initally, I made bitmaps and I am currently using those for the door animation, however I have been informed that if the doors were vector images, the animation would be much smoother. Any help would be greatly apprecated. Also, please check this thread that is below and add any comments you may have. Thanks.
http://board.flashkit.com/board/show...hreadid=290520

Exporting Vector Images
Okay, so I want to export some images from my Flash file so that they can be used for print purposes. Ideally I want them to remain as vectors. However, when I "Export Image" as either an EPS or AI file, the file's colours are washed out when I open the file in Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks, Freehand (I tried everything)

Has anyone discovered this problem? Am I doing something wrong?

Vector Atuo Images
Can you help? Doing a flash site for a wheel company and would like to use vector images of most of the cars out there. Is there somewhere I can or the company can purchase them? Thanks

Importing Non-vector Images
..hi!

i need to import non-vector images from photoshop7. They are type heavy
so need to be crisp. I need to reduce them to anything up to an 8th of their size - they often have 10p type - i need to skew them. (to be displayed in flash of course) ..anything i do ends up in in tremendously bitmapped images
...what can i do at iether / both ends?? anything would be helpful right now

many thanks
h_zoe

Why Are My Vector Images Jaggy?
Notice the logo in the top left part of the page: http://caillouette.com/Deadsite3/

I converted the vector text to paths and for the gradient effect I have a white vector text with outlines converted to fills and below that I have a white vector text which creates the white outline for the black text.

But I can't figure out why it's not clean.

If you zoom in, it's clean, but you zoom out it's jaggy.

thanks

Vector Based Images
I dont know if i should post this here or in fireworks but here we go.

I have an Autocad File which is vector based. I want to be able to modify it in Fireworks. Through Autocad we have exported the image as a wmf which is vector based. I import this into Flash (since fireworks cannot) and can edit the lines etc as a vector based program should. I am not an avid Flash user and am more proficient with Fireworks so i thought i could select all the lines and cut then paste into fireworks... didnt work... it puts it into fireworks as a bmp graphic and cannot edit as a vector. Then i tried exporting the image from Flash as a PNG which is the extension Fireworks uses... again the same thing happened. Figuring that Adobe Illustrator is also vector based and knowing Fireworks can import them i tried exporting it as an ai then importing it... same thing happened once again... does anyone have any ideas how i can get this to be able to be imported or transferred to Fireworks and be able to edit it as a vector?

Bill

Vector Images Vs JPEG And GIF
I have a question, when you use other programs like illustrator to create your images, do you exprot them as flash formats or jpeg and gif? I'm asking because 'sometimes' flash doesn't recgnize the transparency, embedded bitmaps, and whatnot if I export flash file from Illustrator. Oh, and which method will make the final flash movie file size smaller? I'm guessing vector points is smaller, but just to make sure.

Al

Remove JPG's Background
I import a jpg but my movie background is black and the jpg bacground is white how do i make picture background black too?. As you can see in the movie the a plug comes from left but having a white background. i gave it a blur effect by using adobe photoshop.But please dont say to make a jpg in black background bcoz i want to make the background color full.

Deleting Background Of Imported Graphic
When I import a graphic object from Adobe into Flash a White 'Bounding Box ' is around it, how do I delelete this white background, a book suggested 'Deselecting' from the modify menu but didn't work, any idea's?

Transparent Background On Imported Movie
I'm trying to import a separate movie into another flash movie. This all seems to work fine using the loadMovie command, except the new imported movie obscures my original background.

Is there a way of importing a separate movie in to another movie and keeping the background of the imported movie transparent?

or a way of positioning the imported movie, without the need to double up a new layer the same size as the original.

Any help much appreciated!

Converting Raster Images To Vector
Hi---can anyone please walk me through the process of converting a raster image to a vector in FlashMX? Or do I convert it first in Freehand? Much obliged for any guidance you can give.....

Good Resources For Vector Images?
Does anyone know of any good (free) sites on the net where you can download vector shapes to use, arrows, stars, hearts etc etc?

Vector Images Tween Or Jpg Sequence
i was working on a motion graphic effect. though it could be done in flash totally (graphics drawing to motion tweening). but i found it plays pretty slow regardless how high i set the fps (even to 120f/s).

but once i export them into jpg sequence then import to stage again, they just play right, smooth and fast.

just want to confirm with your guys if this is normal or reasonable. my understanding is that for vector images flash swf player does a lot of work to calculate on the graphics and it's motion. but if it's an sequences of images, the player just play the sequence, thus save a lot of CPU resource hence plays faster.

am i wrong?

Vector Algorithm Altering The Images, Why?
When I copied the images I created in one area and paste it in another, I noticed the pasted image is a little bit distorted and is not the same as the original one. Also, when I converted other images into a movie, it does the same thing too. Does anyone know why does the vector algorithm altered it and not perserved the artwork?

Thanks,
FletchSOD

Importing Vector Images Into Flash
i'm looking for an answer on importing from illustrator without the image being transformed into bitmap....

Remove Transparent Background
Hi all,

I would like to know if it's possible to remove a background transparent of png

- load my png
- copy it in my new Bipmadata with draw

But how i can copy my png without th background ?

thanks all

Remove Background On MenuBar
Hi, I am currently making a flash website where all of the text is loaded externally from a single xml document. I have now decided to include a MenuBar as my way of navigating. Because I wanted it going down I have stuck it in a for loop, as you can see in the code.

I am in need of one last thing that i can't for the life of me figure out; I need to make the background of the menubar(s) transparent.

Would anyone be able to help me with this?

Many thanks,
Kyle

Attach Code

//*********************
// Create navigation menu
//*********************
for(e=1;e<6;e++){
createClassObject(mx.controls.MenuBar, "navMenu"+e, 20+e);
_root["navMenu"+e].move(500,-27+(e*30));
_root["navMenu"+e].setSize(195, 30);
_root["navMenu"+e].setStyle("color", "0x000000");
_root["navMenu"+e].setStyle("themeColor", SiteContent_colour7);
_root["navMenu"+e].setStyle("fontSize", "13");
_root["navMenu"+e].setStyle("fontWeight", "bold");
_root["navMenu"+e].setStyle("fontFamily", "Tahoma,Verdana,Arial");
}

How To Remove Background Of An Image
Does anyone knows how to remove the white frame of images I need to combine into a flash MC? Thanks!

Image W/ Transparent Background Imported To Flash MX
Hi there. What I'm tring to do is something that would seem very basic and easy, but I'm still having problems.

I'm just typing out a word in Photoshop. Then applying a slight bevel to it, a slight glow, and a slight drop shadow. My problem is that when I save it as a gif (must have a transparent background), and import it to Flash, it looks terrible. The glow and dropshadow are pretty much eliminated, and the letters look all choppy.

I need the word (which is part of the nav) to have a transparent background so I can make it into a symbol (movie), and apply a tween while using the advanced color option to make the word gradually glow when rolled over, and gradually fade back to normal on rolloff.

I know this is possible, because I've seen it done. I actually have an .fla from a designer who's done it - but I have no way to contact him.

Anyone have some advice? Thanks much!

Flash, Video And Scaling Non-vector Images
i have been asked to produce a short Flash movie which will also be burned to DVD, and i would like to know what effect scaling will have on any non-vector (ie imported png's) images i use in the movie.

i intend to make the movie 720x576px (4:3 ratio) in Flash, at 24fps. when it is played on DVD it needs to scale up so it fills as much of the screen as possible.

i have two questions in this repsect:

1. will it scale automatically when the DVD is played? if not, how can i make it do so?

2. when it scales up in size, will the quality (ie the resolution) of the non-vector images suffer?

thanks in advance for any help you can provide

Andy.

How Can I Get An InDesign Vector Images Into Flash Without Redrawing
I've created a logo in InDesign and trying to get it into Flash to create a symbol?
Thank you,
Suzy

Remove Part Of The Alpha Of A Background
Apologies for the confusing title.

I will try and explain.

Ok first of all I have a picture, and on top of that is a layer whose alpha is set to 85%.

Now another layer I have is a graphic of a mobile phone.

Now whilst using the mobile phone as a cursor, by using startDrag, I am wondering is the following possible.

How would I go about making the centre of the phone remove the alpha area that it is on. For example, the entire picture looks white-ish, but my idea is that when I place the drag the mobile phone over the picture, a small section of the image becomes clear, i.e. the alpha is removed.

Does anyone have any pointers or know how to complete this?

Again my apologies if I havent explained myself any better.

Remove List Component Background
Ok, this might seem easy, that's what I thought at first aswell

I've got troubles removing the background color of my List Components, on both disabled and enabled states. I was able to remove the background color on the enabled state, using the folowing code:
code: _global.styles.ScrollSelectList.backgroundColor = undefined;
But this removes fucntionality aswell.

I'm guessing this is because it's using hitTest somewhere (that's just growse), so if I could set the alpha of the background mc to 0, it should work aswell. However, I can't find this background movieclip anywhere.

The disabled status is a bit harder, since I can't even remove the background at all.

Any help is appreciated
~Sph

? How Do I Remove Background In Scrollpane Component ?
please help...

In Flash 8, how do I remove the background from the scrollpane component so that it's not showing the default white?

Thanks!!!!!!

Import AVI Into Flash, Remove Background
I am creating a small swf file that has an avi file of a man giving an interview.

The AVI background of the avi is black and I would like to remove this or make transparent when played.

Is there anyway to edit the background of the AVI file removing the black background and making it transparent?

Thanks in advance.

[F8] Saving Dynamically Generated Images (hopefully With Vector Data)
I'm generating runtime images in flash by attaching multiple vector-based movieclips into a holder movieclip.

I'm wondering if there is a way to save these images other than taking screencaps.

I read one suggestion online: Add the print(); script and print to a PDF. The article I read said this would preserve vector data. When I try this, however, I just get a bitmap image. Maybe I need to change my pdf settings or plug-ins or something???

Any other suggestions for getting either a high-resolution version of the images I'm generating, or somehow getting a vector-based format saved.

Problems Importing Vector Images Into Flash From Illustrator
Hello I am having some problems when I import illustrator files when I to stage in stage. The image seems almost flattened. when I select the image with the direct selection tool only 2 lines are editable. I tried to change the preferences to allow AI files to be imported as editable paths though it didn't make a difference.

How Do I Remove Background From Image In Flash? Use Another Program?
i have a background image of a scenery and i have an image of a person. if the person's image has a background to it how can i cut the background out of it so i can just animate the person?

an example of what i am talking about is on the opening part of https://www.amadeodecada.com/Secure.html where u can notice the girl is in in color and looks as if she is a seperate image from the background which is in black and white.

thanx in advance.........

Can't Remove Pause In Background Music Loop
Hi. I am wondewring how to make a background music loop that doesn't pause when the song restarts. I have seen flash files that loop and you can't really tell where the loop ends and begins again because it imediately begins again. Is this possible with Flash MX 2004 or do I need to use another program?

Thanks