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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!

Ultra-newbie Question About Editing Imported Images
Hi there folks. I'm an ultra-newbie with a problem: When I import an image (say, an image of a chicken), there's a white box around it. I want to use the lasso tool to select only the chicken, and make that a symbol that I can animate, but I can't seem to use the lasso tool on an imported image. I figured: ok, I'll use the lasso tool in Photoshop to cut out the chicken, and import THAT... but it still puts a white box around the imported chicken image. Can anyone help me figure out how to get this darned chicken image going? Many thanks in advance.

PS.. if there's a good online manual that talks about this, feel free to point me there. All I found on Macromedia's site were their tutorial movies, and their TechIndex which didn't have such low-level info. Thanks!

Difficulty Loading Images Using LoadMovie
I am having difficulty loading images using variable names for images, and then loading the variable with loadMovie.

btn action:

p1_btn.btn_mc.onRelease = function() {
if (!(_root.image_1="01.jpg")) {
_root.smiles_image_1 = "01.jpg";
_root.smiles_image_2 = "02.jpg";
}
_parent._parent.mask.gotoAndPlay(2);

loader action:

this._parent.image_mc.image_1.loadMovie(_root.smil es_image_1);
this._parent.image_mc.image_2.loadMovie(_root.smil es_image_2);
this.onEnterFrame = function() {
filesize = this._parent.image_mc.image_1.getBytesTotal();
loaded = this._parent.image_mc.image_1.getBytesLoaded();
loader._visible = true;
if (loaded != filesize) {
loader.load_bar._xscale = 100*loaded/filesize;
} else {
loader._visible = false;
if (mask._alpha<99) {
mask._alpha -= 10;
}
}
};

--
If anyone has any suggestions

files
.fla
.swf
.html

Editing Imported Jpegs
I would like to edit a jpg I imported by erasing portions of it. When I do this it seems to be working, but when I release the mouse it pops back to the original image. What can I do? I tried converting it to a graphic symbol to no avail. Thanks for help!!!

Editing Imported Bitmap
I have an imported bitmap that I'd like to crop to the size of the document. How would I do this however? It does not allow me to use the lasso tool on it in Flash MX. If I copy paste it to Fireworks for example, the dimensions are thrown off and I don't even know where to crop it. Is there any way to edit it within Flash?

Thanks.

Editing Alpha Levels On Imported Photoshop Text?
When I go to change the alpha channel on some text I imported from Photoshop CS3, I can not find a slider to adjust it in the properties panel. I have noticed, however, that text that I have created in Flash is actually editable, and the alpha channel can be adjusted for it.

This makes me wonder.. other than dynamic text; is there a difference between the types of text you create in Photoshop and text you create in Flash? Does anyone know if it is possible to edit the text, or if it needs to be imported as non-editable text?

Thanks in advance for the help.

Edited: 04/24/2008 at 04:36:43 AM by djdk224

Editing Images In Flash Mx
I put in an image with a transparent background, but where it is supposed to be transparent, it is white, and will not let me delete this white part, is there any way I can do this? Thanks.

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

Editing Bitmap Images In Flash
Hey, I am just wondering how i can edit bitmap objects which i have created in photoshop and then imported into flash MX. I have created a border for the site, but want to put the buttons on top in flash, can anyone tell me how to do this? when i try to draw over the object nothing appears!!Do i have to convert the object which i created in photoshop, so it can be edited? help plzzzzzzzz

Thanks Lopster

Editing FLASH Images In Photoshop
Hey

Is it possible to edit lines made in flash ( without any kind of tween attached to them ) in photoshop? I've tryed to select export image, but which format is editable in photoshop, of those which are displayed? Anyway, what can I do to edit lines made in flash in photoshop?

-Mikkel

Any Free Programs For Editing Images?
hey,

Does any1 know of any free programs for editing images, paint sux.

Baljinder

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?

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.

How Do I Edit Imported Images?
I have drawings and pictures that I'd like to import to Flash 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 ---

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

Replacing Images W/o Editing Flash File?
What's the best way of changing images on the main page (say once a month) without messing with the original Flash file? Does it work the same way with replacing text too?
Thanks

Editing This Code To Allow It To Load Random Images After The First One Has Been....
How do I edit this code to allow it to load random images after the first swf has been loaded? I want it to cycle through the images but with a delayed time. So when the first image is loaded maybe like 2 mins later the next swf loads. I'm not sure what i have to add to the code, but any help would be appreciated.

thanks

choice = Math.round(Math.random()*5);
switch (choice) {
case 0 :
location.loadMovie("image0.swf");
break;
case 1 :
location.loadMovie("image1.swf");
break;
case 2 :
location.loadMovie("image2.swf");
break;
case 3 :
location.loadMovie("image3.swf");
break;
case 4 :
location.loadMovie("image4.swf");
break;
case 5 :
location.loadMovie("image5.swf");
break;
}

Problem Editing/changing Images For XML Gallery - Help
hi - i'm trying to change images and captions for an xml gallery as shown below, but the new pictures (which have the same name/path as before) either won't format to size or won't show up! the instructions i'm following are:

http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx20...togallery4.htm

this is our gallery -

http://www.yetiintelligence.com/yeti_photos.html

and these are the pictures -

http://www.yetiintelligence.com/photos

image06, image08, image09, image13 are the new ones that don't work, although image 13 partially works but doesn't fit. as you can see, all the other images are formatted size-wise for the gallery, but the new ones aren't.

is it not possible to change the gallery just via the xml file? what to do?

please help - thanks!

anya

Cropping/editing Images With Flash Interface
hello,

i'm trying to find a way to allow someone to upload an image to my flash movie, crop it (according to a mask with a set height-width ratio), and save the new one to the server.

i've done a great bit of searching on the net and have only found one that integrates with PHP (URL) but i'm on Windows Coldfusion and Flash, and plus, it doesn't have a 'set' size ratio, it allows you to do whatever width or height.

any tutorials, etc would be very much appreciated!

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,

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?