Flash :: Scaling/resizing Vector Square

Resizing A Square
Hi guys,

Can someone please help me. I'm looking for a way to resize a square in actionscript 3. The code I already have is this.

ActionScript Code:
function onOver(e:MouseEvent):void
{
var itemName:String = e.target.name;
if (itemName.match("item1") || itemName.match("item2"))
{
var item:Object = e.target;
while (e.target.width < 300)
{
item.width += 1;
trace(e.target.width);
}
}
}

Problem is, that this causes 'item1' to resize to 300 too fast (sub 0.01s). I'm VERY new to AS3, so if there is a way of making it resize to 300px in another way that won't make it change so fast, please let me know.

Thanks!

Resizing A Square Simple No?
Hello world!!!!

I want to have a button change the dimensions of a square in my flash document.

It sounds simple enough to me but after a day of searching i am very frustrated, i don't know nearly enough about flash to know where i should start looking to find the answer myself. And all the examples i find in forums are over complicated or have little or no explanations.

Someone point me in the right direction please.

desperate? i think so.

Vector Scaling
Hi all.

I've a 430 x 430 vector square filled with a simple gradient from #444444 to #000000.

This is the file:
http://www.presslabrecords.com/prova.swf

Why it displays horizontal lines?

I've tried:
_quality = "BEST" or
_quality = "LOW" but is the same.

Thx to all

Does Scaling Effect Vector Rendering?
OK, this is totally wierd. I have this movie that contains a number of clips that are scaled from small to large by Actionscript. One clip contains text that has been broken to outlines, thus vector art. And the other contains a simple horseshoe-shaped fill--also vector art.

So the crazy part is this: as I scale these graphics up in their separate movie clips, some (most) of the curved paths that make up these shapes are suddently no longer curves. They are rendered as "corner" points, ie, straight lines between them instead of curves. The text outlines are almost entirely devoid of curves (though somehow one or two isolated curves on a few letter shapes are still there) and one full half of the horseshoe-shaped fill is still a curve, but the other half renders as straight lines between the anchor points.

Has anyone seen this before? What is going on?? When I preview these shapes and work with them on the stage, they look fine--all curves intact.

Super-frustrating. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Scaling Vector Width (Flash MX 2004)
Hi.

I'm creating a website (flash only) that will feature a thin vector rectangle at the top. I only want the width of this rectangle to scale when the browser window is resized.

Also, this rectangle will be the only scaling item and all the other content will remain static. I would appreciate advice on how to achieve this effect.

Thanks
Lawrence

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.

Resizing A Vector Box Using Action Script
I am trying to make a container for content on a site that changes its size (x and y) according to how big I need it to be. I will be setting the size of the box each time it needs to change, it doesn't need to get that information from anywhere else. I want it to ease into each new shape in a cool way. I was considering using the Tween and Ease classes, but I'm not sure that is going to be the best way to get it done.

Any suggestions?

Vector Scaling Object Without Affecting The Orginal Point
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Resizing Bitmap Vs Scaling
I'm reading Essential ActionScript 3.0 about resizing a bitmap (page 671), but I don't fully understand the benefits of it versus just scaling the bitmap. Is there a performance benefit such as using it to zoom in on images? Don't you still have to load the full size image anyway?

Resizing & Scaling An Image Into A Mc
Is it possibe to resize and/or scale a group of images that are completey different in sizes(height & width) into a fixed size Mc?

My understanding it cannot be done, only if the group of images are the same, then you can size or scale them.

If this possible does anyone have a function out there I can take a look at?

Resizing & Scaling An Image
One of the members wrote a function that sizes an image onto a movieclip and it works great. But only if the images are the same size. I want to be able to import any size image and scale if necessary and resize the image into my movieclip. Can anyone help me?

_global.resizeImage= function()
{
//maximum image dimensions
//Note: The images have to be the same size
//so they can be scaled the same.
wMax = 292; //42
hMax = 359; //109

if(img_mc._width > wMax || img_mc._height > hMax)
{
//which dimension is the most oversized
wDiff = img_mc._width - wMax;
hDiff = img_mc._height - hMax;
//calculate ratio
if(wDiff > hDiff)
{
ratio = (wMax/img_mc._width) * 100;
}
else
{
ratio = (hMax/img_mc._height) * 100;
}
}
else
{
//if image doesn't need to be resized set ratio to 100
ratio = 100;
}
img_mc._xscale = img_mc._yscale = ratio;
};

Resizing Flash Without Scaling
How do sites like Bacardi (http://www.bacardilive.com/) have full screen flash movies regardless of how big I resize my browser? Also how do they keep it from scaling while still taking up 100% of the browser window? They aren't making a flash movie that is 1152x864 are they? Thanks!

RESIZING / SCALING Flash Movie
Here's my REAL TROUBLE when I try and fit my flash movie (the swf) to fit to the browser window. As theoritically CORRECT, all elements in the movie scale in proportion to the browser screen. This proves to be a problem for i'm not able to display or animate the LOGO (or any image) the same size as they're supposed to look like. Instead I get a stretched image.
Is there any solution at all for this problem, whereby though the movie resizes in proportion to the browser, a few symbols remain unchanged?

Resizing Movieclip Without Scaling Content?
Hi!

Is there a way to scale a movieclip without scaling the content within that clip?
I'm working on a site where I want to use a scroll area that has different height depending on resolution. Now when I put text inside the text gets streched vertically... Is there a way to prevent that from happening? The same will apply to pics placed inside the movieclip...
If I use a textfield instead of just typing directly inside the movieclip the text is scaled keeping the correct dimensions but I want the text to stay at a constant size...

Niklas

Resizing Movie Without Scaling Objects
I would like to have a button in a movie that, once pressed, will resize the height and width of the .swf movie, but I don't want anything else on screen to be scaled to reflect the change in movie size.

For example, if the movie dimensions are doubled in size, I don't want a text box to double in size - I want that to stay the same size.

Anyone know how to solve this?

Preventing Scaling With SWF Resizing [renamed]
i,m sooo mad i,ve finaly finished what i,m workin on ;/

now i have this new problem

check out this file

http://www.joshuajonah.com/index.swf

when u resize it the stuff in it doesn,t resize they move to the center without any change in thier size :/

but in mine it get,s smaller or bigger soo in one computer it,s small n in another it,s big @@

but in this

http://www.joshuajonah.com/index.swf

it,s the same size everywhere ....

HELP plzzzzzz

Scaling Flash And Browser Resizing
Edit: appears to be a Firefox-only bug (gasp)

So I've hacked together a scaling flash component for a flexwidth site. Trouble is, it only scales and pops to the appropriate width once the user resizes their browser window. Ideally the flash component would do this on load.

Here's a link to view it in situ:

http://www.focusdesignonline.com/newsite/

The CSS holder:

Code:
#rightholder {
height: 100px;
width: 100%;
}
The actionscript:

Code:
// stage aligned top left
Stage.align = "TL";

// stop the stage from scaling with the browser window.
Stage.scaleMode = "noScale";
stop ();

// initial postitions and scaling values for squares
squareOne._x = 0
squareOne._y = 100
squareOne._height = (100)
squareOne._width = (Stage.height)

squareTwo._x = quarterPercent * 2
squareTwo._y = 100
squareTwo._height = (100)
squareTwo._width = (Stage.height)

squareThree._x = quarterPercent * 3
squareThree._y = 100
squareThree._height = (100)
squareThree._width = (Stage.height)

squareFour._x = quarterPercent * 4
squareFour._y = 100
squareFour._height = (100)
squareFour._width = (Stage.height)

// initial postitioning for thumbs
portOne._x = 0
portOne._y = 100

portTwo._x = quarterPercent * 2
portTwo._y = 100

portThree._x = quarterPercent * 3
portThree._y = 100

portFour._x = quarterPercent * 4
portFour._y = 100

// end initial position setting

//create a listener that checks to see if the browser window is resized
sizeListener = new Object();
sizeListener.onResize = function() {

//variable to determine quarter percentage of stage
var quarterPercent = Stage.width * .25;

//first square stage stretch behaviour
squareOne._x = 0
squareOne._y = 100
squareOne._height = (100)
squareOne._width = quarterPercent

//second square stage stretch behaviour
squareTwo._x = quarterPercent
squareTwo._y = 100
squareTwo._height = (100)
squareTwo._width = quarterPercent

//third square stage stretch behaviour
squareThree._x = quarterPercent * 2
squareThree._y = 100
squareThree._height = (100)
squareThree._width = quarterPercent

//fourth square stage stretch behaviour
squareFour._x = quarterPercent * 3
squareFour._y = 100
squareFour._height = (100)
squareFour._width = quarterPercent

//first thumb stage stretch behaviour
portOne._x = 0
portOne._y = 100

//second thumb stage stretch behaviour
portTwo._x = quarterPercent
portTwo._y = 100

//third thumb stage stretch behaviour
portThree._x = quarterPercent * 2
portThree._y = 100

//fourth thumb stage stretch behaviour
portFour._x = quarterPercent * 3
portFour._y = 100

};

Stage.addListener(sizeListener);
All help and input very much appreciated !

Scaling Resizing , And Keep Aspect Ratio With Tween
I have built a forumla that is keeping the correct aspect ratio of a photo when the stage is resized, everything is working great.
I'm trying to do the same thing but I want to animate the photo position and proportion with tweens, but no matter how I'm trying to include the tween in the function the aspect ratio is wrong.
I have attached the .fla so you can understand what I mean, the .fla has no tween because is not working anyway....

Full-browser Flash Resizing / Image Scaling
Hi everyone,

I am stuck on this 1 part for a site im building.

I need to calculate the given area so it's a number that can be used for xscale,yscale (or if you know a way to just set the _width and _height while keeping the ratio that's fine).

The area I need to calculate is shown with a grey border in the above picture. All of the black boxes represent movieclips with X and Y being in the top left of each MC.

Code:
// retain aspect ratio when resizing
var imageSpace:Number = (Math.sqrt(Stage.width+Stage.height) * Math.sqrt((_root.footer._y*1.1)/(1400*2))) - 2;
_image._xscale = imageSpace;
_image._yscale = imageSpace;
_image._x = (right_nav._x - (Stage.width/2)) - (imageSpace);

This calculation kind of got out of control. the "1400" was static because most of the images loaded were about that size, I do have access to the current image's size but there has to be an easier way to scale, without going passed the footer or right_nav, and centering the image in the middle of the grey box area.

Any help will be great.

Thanks.

De Ole "dynamic Resizing Of A Square" ...
I have a square that is being dynamically resized depending on which button is selected. The problem is that when it resizes it resets the original size of the symbol and tweens from that size and not the previous size it had tweened from (Did that make sense?!) So the box jumps between transitions and does not go from dimension to dimension smoothly.

Also I wanted to add some velocity and elasticity to the transitions.

Here's the code on each clip (I'm not a AS guy. I read this in a post and tried it on my own) ....
code:
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
// Set dimensions and speed and more
w = 200;
h = 150;
xpos = 100;
ypos = 150;
speed = 5;
// Move the thing
this._width += (w-this._width)/speed;
this._height += (h-this._height)/speed;
}

I've included the file in case my assessment of the issue was too confusing.

Looking forward to enlightenment ...

Thanks

[F8] Generating Square And Square Root Expressions In Flash
How would u generate x^2 in flash.... the actual expression?
Thanks..Also how would you generate square root of x in flash...the expression?
Thanks in advance

How Do I Cut A Square Out Of A Larger Square Using Actionscript
I want to use actionscript to draw a square in a larger square that appears as a hole or window in the larger square. I know how to use AS to draw a square, but I can not seem to find a way to cut one square out of another. Does anyone know how to do this?

No Resize/scaling A Movie Clip On The Scaling Stage...
I know this has probably been answered here already, but I've search through all the threads with "scaling" and "resizing" and can't find the solution.

Basically I have a GUI element on a gallery that I don't want to scale, while the rest of the page is free to resize/scale.

I think I need to add a listener of some sort to the stage, but I'm not sure how to do this. If you can point me to a thread where this has already been answered, great! Otherwise I would be grateful for any help you could provide here.

Scaling Images In Flash To The Scaling Of The Browser Window - Anyone?
Does anyone know how they are scaling these images to the size of the browser window but keeping all of the graphics the same scale?

Check out the portfolio section of this site to see what I mean.

Any Help??

http://www.paprika.com/

Scaling Dynamic Textfield Without Scaling Font
the titel sys it...
if you create a dynamic textfield...you drag it but you can not see the prcise idth value...so lets say i have a field and the width is 198,5 and i want it to be 200...the problem is if you scale...the fonts also scale...any ideas...

[9-slice Scaling] Not Scaling At Correct Size ?
Hi people,

I found something strange with the 9-slice scaling option.
My MC with that option is simply smaller than the one without it !
You can see an example here (fla in attachement).
with the simple code on the green button :

Code:
on (release) {
_root.i += 10;
this.scroller._height = _root.i; // the left one with 9ss
this.bar._height = _root.i; // the right one without 9ss
}
Does someone have any explanation ?

thanks

Auto-resizing Flash File When Resizing Windows, HOW?
Hello everyone,

I have been to one web site tonight at my friend's house and I have forgotten whats the web site address. But this thing amazed me and stupid me doesnt know how to do.

you know whenever you build a web site you usually build for certain resolution right (1024x768 or 800x600 etc.. when i visited this web site, whenever i resize the window (make the window bigger smaller etc) the flash movie will follow the window size (extact fit).

I really want to know how to do that...? Anyone please help?

Help would be fully appreciated.

Ella

Scaling Cursor/Scaling Draggable
Hello.

I am trying to create a draggable movie that will scale depending on it's _x and _y coordinates.

Basically, when the movie is on the lower part of the screen it will be larger than when it's on the top part of the screen.

I would like the scaling to be smooth. I can say, "if this clip is above 100, then reduce by 10%", but it looks poor.

Does anyone have a nicer way to achieve this draggable scaling?

Thanks.

Scaling/preloader..scaling To A Certain Size..
Hi gang...ok...I have a percentage preloader using getBytes.....and I have a preloader bar that increases dependant on the percentage of bytesloaded...what I want is to have the preloader bar scale so that when the percentage reaches 100% the loader bar will be a certain width.

Here is my code so far....please help me edit my exixsting code..and NOT start just re-write the whole thing..I am trying to learn..and incorporate.

Code:
//In Frame 1 I have this:
total = this.getBytesTotal();

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

//In frame 3 I have this:
gotoAndPlay (2);

//In frame 4 I have this:
gotoAndPlay ("start");
I made an MC with the name of "growbar" on the stage....

I cant figure ot what I am overlooking...

-whispers-

p.s. Nevermind..I feel like a fool....I found it..LOL

Non-scaling Object In Scaling Movie
Does anyone know - Is it possible to have an movie clip, that retains a fixed pixel size e.g. 200x100 inside a flash movie that scales to 100% to fit browser window?

Scaling Shapes Without Scaling Strokes
Hello, I am a new Flash user. I am creating a simple animation to be used in an educational video. I created a graphic symbol which I have tweened in many instances to fade in/out and to grow in size. This is a simple circle without a fill, starting out with a solid 5 pixel stroke. How can I grow this symbol (it ends up at least 4 times larger than its original size) without growing the stroke as well?

Scaling Vs. Non Scaling Of Loaded Clips
Hi there,

I am trying to achieve the loadmovie whereby my container flash movie (main.swf) is 100%x and 100%y scaled in the browser...ie so it's size is dynamic to the browser size (This is fine...know how to do)

But want to load the internal clip at exact dimensions - ie I guess a loadmovie in a target clip or level? with exact x and y size dimensions that always centres in the container flash clip. ie. its size is constant no matter the browser size.

Look at this site for reference.... http://www.beachblanket.co.uk/

Thank you for your help!
Josh

Full Scaling Site + Scaling MC's
I have been trying to figure out how to do this, because I think it looks fantastic. I know that there are a number of things you add to the stage in order to get it to sit aligned right in the middle. I have even manged to ease the stage movements so that when you maximise and minimise by adding friction and acceleration, the movement is smoother and cleaner.

It looks like whatever is loaded into the MC expands and contracts the parent MC, with a border. The movement is seamless and I was wondering if anyone knows how to achieve the same effect.

I have gotten pretty far with it too, but I am momentarily clueless as to this part.

check it out
http://www.nulldesign.de

Resizing Problem Of Swf When Resizing Browser Window
Can any one know the javascript function to auto resize the swf when resizing its pop up window.
I need to auto resize the swf when i resize my popup window in which
the swf is displayed.
Is there any javascript function available to perform this requirement ?

I am just displaying the swf from a location with help of php code

<object classid="clsid27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/
swflash.cab#version=7,0,19,0" width="100%" height="100%">
<param name="movie" value="<?=$this->baseUrl?>/public/data/
startintro/<?=$this->start_intro?>?<?=time()?>">
<param name="quality" value="high">
<embed src="<?=$this->baseUrl?>/public/data/startintro/<?=
$this->start_intro?>?<?=time()?>" quality="high" pluginspage="http://
www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-
flash" width="100%" height="100%">
</object>

[F8] Exporting From Vector Programs To The Other Vector Programs
I can do the cut and past thing from illy to Flash but if I go the other way things get ugly. Like simple text that has been broken past in to illy pretty rough and sometime illedgible. I mean I thought that is why vector is the bomb over raster. Is there ways to get good clean exports to manipulate in other vector programs out of Flash

Resizing Textbox Without Resizing Text - How?
Hi there,

I create a dynamic textbox (it doesn't matter about the dynamic bit actually, I've tried it with the others), type some text in.

I then go to resize and replace the textbox using the properties panel. This way of course you can get quick and pixel perfect placment.

BUT, when I use the properties panel to resize the box, the text gets all squished, stretched and distorted. Why? The box never goes smaller than the text that's in there so there'd be no pressure on the text to resize.

When I click and drag the handles on the text box it resizes with no problems at all, but this isn't quite accurate enough.

How do I resize the text box using the properties panel but without affecting the actual text inside it? Is there a property or a box that I haven't clicked/need to click?

Cheers

Resizing Objects In Transition (resizing)
I came to a little problem when I was trying to make a resizing function. Other people (flash designers) should use it then in fla while designing stuff so the whole thing (all objects) support resizing functionality. When end user start dragging the browser window, the flash site will reflect this and resize itself keeping the proportions.

Of course this is easy stuff to do. But… until you come to the point that designers will want to animate objects on the stage (changing their size). The problem occurs when user resizes the browser when some animation is taking place on the stage. I can’t come up with the solution that will update the resizing animation and reflect resizing of the browser in the same time. In other words, if you resize the stage and object is in transition (resizing itself) it doesn’t reflect stage size change properly.

You can find my as class + fla at this link http://www.flashportal.sk/stageResize.zip

Please let me know if you have any ideas how to solve this or any questions.

Any help is appreciated. Thanks

[F8] Resizing A Movie Without Resizing The Text
I am trying to make a Flash movie with the dimensions of 100%x100% instead of specific pixel dimensions. So no matter what window size the browser is everything will appear.

However, when the window shrinks the text does too. I have seen many other sites that use the same 100%x100% that follow the size of the browser, and shrink everything but the text.

Can someone help me out? Is that a new feature of Flash CS3?

Thank you all so much in advance.

Resizing Sprite Without Resizing Its Children
Hi.

I have a class called GalleryItem that extends Sprite. Each GalleryItem has a Loader that loads an image of variable dimensions into it. Now, I want to be able to change the GalleryItem's dimensions without affecting its contents' dimensions. How can I do that?

Thanks in advance.

AS3: Resizing Sprite Without Resizing Its Children
Hi.

I have a class called GalleryItem that extends Sprite. Each GalleryItem has a Loader that loads an image of variable dimensions into it. Now, I want to be able to change the GalleryItem's dimensions without affecting its contents' dimensions. How can I do that?

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Resizing Objects In Transition (resizing)
I came to a little problem when I was trying to make a resizing function. Other people (flash designers) should use it then in fla while designing stuff so the whole thing (all objects) support resizing functionality. When end user start dragging the browser window, the flash site will reflect this and resize itself keeping the proportions.

Of course this is easy stuff to do. But… until you come to the point that designers will want to animate objects on the stage (changing their size). The problem occurs when user resizes the browser when some animation is taking place on the stage. I can’t come up with the solution that will update the resizing animation and reflect resizing of the browser in the same time. In other words, if you resize the stage and object is in transition (resizing itself) it doesn’t reflect stage size change properly.

You can find my as class + fla at this link

http://www.flashportal.sk/stageResize.zip

Please let me know if you have any ideas how to solve this or any questions.

Any help is appreciated. Thanks